Hotel Indigo has opened its fourth property in Japan in the capital city, Tokyo. Together with Pan Pacific International Holdings Corporation, the neighbourhood-inspired Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya debuts in one of Tokyo’s most well-known areas near the iconic Shibuya Crossing.

Ground has been broken on a huge FJ$230 million extension of Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa. Dubbed the ‘Vatu Talei’ project (‘The Jewel’), the new development is adjacent to the existing structure and will comprise 190 rooms and suites, and is expected to be completed in approximately three years.

Mandarin Oriental has entered Greece for the first time with the opening of an exquisite beachfront resort at Costa Navarino, the sustainably driven destination in Messenia, southwest Peloponnese.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has not one, but two properties on the horizon in Australia, with announcements for major cities to be revealed before the end of the year. One of those is almost certainly Sydney.

The Leading Hotels of the World has welcomed four new member hotels to its portfolio. The latest additions are properties that are new openings of have undergone significant renovations, and include Leading’s first Qatar-based offering, a stylish London townhouse, a holistic wellbeing retreat in Chiang Mai and an arty, Art Deco hotel in Vancouver.

BWH Hotels (BWH) has inked an agreement to operate a new, stylish 120-room hotel, Aiden SCQ – the first Aiden property of BWH’s lifestyle boutique brand in Western Australia, sitting alongside Aiden Darling Harbour which opened in Sydney in 2022.

Sydney’s Tank Stream Hotel in the CBD is set for a refurbishment and brand repositioning under EVT Hotels and Resorts, transitioning to Rydges Australia Square in mid-2024.

Sir Richard Branson’s Moroccan retreat Kasbah Tamadot is expanding through the addition of six brand-new two-bedroom Riads, now available to book for travel from September 2024.

Marriott International, Inc and MGM Resorts International have agreed to exclusive long-term strategic licensing agreement and the creation of MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy. The new arrangement encompasses 17 of MGM’s resorts, representing more than 40,000 rooms in Las Vegas and other cities across the United States.

Melbourne’s inner city, already set to benefit from the $1.7 billion Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation Project in 2028, will receive another boost to tourism with the announcement that diversified property developer Time & Place, along with joint venture partners MaxCap Group, and Australia’s TFE Hotels, will open a $150 million boutique hotel in Southbank in September 2025.

Mandarin Oriental has slated a mid-2026 debut for a new luxury resort in Sardinia, located in the north-east of the island in the heart of Costa Smeralda. Mandarin Oriental, Porto Cervo will be the ultra-luxury hospitality group’s fourth venture in Italy.

This November will mark the opening of SO/ Maldives, a sartorially-rooted retreat set on a pristine private island and surrounded by the Emboodhoo Lagoon. Located a 15-minute speedboat ride from Malé’s Velana International Airport, the hotel blends rare accessibility with exquisite privacy, with each of the 80 individually designed villas nestled directly on its own slice of white-sand beach or on stilts above the lagoon.