Fairmont Hotels & Resort will add an eighth property in California having inked a deal to rebrand the iconic Breakers Hotel in Long Beach.

The Hotel Palace Luzern, first opened in 1906, will soon reopen as Mandarin Oriental Palace, Luzern following a meticulous, multi-year restoration and upgrade.

The Ritz-Carlton has debuted a second property in New York City with the opening this week of The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad.

Blue Palace, A Luxury Collection Resort, Elounda Crete, has assigned La Collection by Lea Seguier & Craig Farrell, as its representative in Australia and New Zealand.

Can you find Australia in England? Yes, at Heckfield Place Hotel & Estate, ten minutes by Range Rover shuttle from Hook rail station or 40 minutes’ drive west of London’s Heathrow airport.

InterContinental Hayman Island Resort will introduce a new collection of ultra-luxury Beachfront Pavilion suites in September 2022.

Australian property developer Greaton has appointed Multiplex as the builder to complete The Ribbon project in Darling Harbour, Sydney.

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InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is set to return to Romania with the luxury hotel brand to take over management of the property currently trading as Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest.

Now’s the time to think Scotland, more specifically this year’s Edinburgh Festival. The program, which runs from 5th to 8th August, 2022, includes such festival debuts as the Australian World Orchestra. Now a decade experienced, this combines Australia’s most highly rated musicians who are living elsewhere around the globe with their counterparts back home. In Edinburgh, maestro Zubin Mehta is in charge, and lead soprano is Berlin-based soprano Siobhan Stagg, born in Melbourne.

Mary Gostelow, LATTE’s weekly columnist and industry icon, has been recognised on the global stage, named in the International Hospitality Institute’s 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality.

InterContinental Sydney has confirmed a September 2022 debut for its extensive enhancements as part of its two-year, $110 million renovations.