Design Hotels Papaya Playa ‘pop-up’ hotel project is up and running on Mexico’s Riviera Maya until May 2012. The pop-up concept that has long been popular with retail, restaurants and bars is now firmly on the radar for the luxury travel market. Together with Emilio Heredia, owner of the existing Papaya Playa beach bungalow resort, [More...]
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W Hotels has opened its highly anticipated first property in Paris, the W Paris Opera. Set inside a historic 1870s Haussman-era heritage building near Opéra Garnier, Galeries Lafayette and Place Vendome in the eclectic, historic 9th Arrondissement, the hotel delivers on classic French style with an urban twist. W Opera is set to deliver on [More...]
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London’s boutique hotels are among the best in the world, with a style and class all of their own, and with all eyes on the capital for this year’s Olympic Games, there’s never been a better time to discover the best of Britain. Here we showcase the top 10 London design hotels. Blakes Designed by [More...]
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Ceviche, from restaurateur Martin Morales and chef Alejandro Bello, has been ten years in the making, and after a series of pop-ups as tasters now has a joyfully decorated home in Soho’s Frith Street. The atmosphere is loud and buzzing, ‘just how we like it’, says Martin, who is clearly proud and passionate about the [More...]
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Malaysia Airlines has announced plans to introduce its first A380 service from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur from 01 July. The first 494-seat aircraft, sporting a fresh livery, will operate three times a week on the London-KL route until August when a second A380 enters service in August to offer daily flights. A third A380 aircraft [More...]
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The Miramar Group has announced their hotel development project on 388 Jaffe Road in the Wanchai area of Hong Kong will be named Mira Moon. The hotel will be the second in group’s portfolio and with building nearing completion anticipation is growing for the hotel’s scheduled opening in early December 2012. Mira Moon will be [More...]
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Sofitel Luxury Hotels has announced the opening of new Bangkok hotel Sofitel So Bangkok on 28 February, the second Sofitel So label address after Sofitel So Mauritius. The hotels in this label share a strong focus on design and are all created by celebrated designers, like Kenzo Takada for Sofitel So Mauritius. With designs led [More...]
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Pretty Beach House, one of Australia’s most sophisticated yet intimate luxury lodges, has joined the Luxury Lodges of Australia group, further proof that Australia’s era of experiential luxury travel has come of age. Pretty Beach House is a quintessentially Australian, super sophisticated guesthouse, perched high on the escarpment at Pretty Beach, on the NSW Bouddi [More...]
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