Reservations are now being accepted at the “world’s first super boutique” hotel, Edwardian Hotels London’s new five-star The Londoner Hotel.

Qantas Group has revealed sweeping changes to its international flight operations in the wake of the spread of coronavirus into Europe and North America over the past two weeks. The capacity adjustments follows service reductions already implemented primarily on routes to Asia.

Nobu Hospitality has opened reservations for its second property in the UK, Nobu Hotel London Portman Square, set to open summer 2020 and accepting bookings from July.

Eurostar will commence direct services between London and the Netherlands from 30 April 2020. Tickets for the direct return journey have gone on sale this week.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas will raise its flag in London at the site of a former department store which will soon wear the badge of Six Senses London. The hotel, wellness club and spa mark the brand’s entry into the United Kingdom and will open with 110 guest rooms and suites, starting from 33 square-metres and celebrating the building’s origins, while making space for modern living, along with 14 branded residences.

Qantas has kicked off 12 months of centenary celebrations as it marks a fresh milestone in aviation with a non-stop London to Sydney flight. Flown by the latest addition to the national carrier’s fleet, a brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed in Sydney at 12:28pm today [Friday 15 November, 2019], 19 hours and 19 minutes after leaving Heathrow.

Australia’s national carrier, Qantas, is preparing for its second ultra-long-haul research flight, as part of scientific studies into minimising jetlag for passengers and improving crew wellbeing.

Edwardian Hotels London has flagged a Spring 2020 opening date for its new “super boutique hotel” that is under development in Leicester Square. Previously flagged to launch in 2019, the £300 million property will feature 350 rooms, including 35 luxury suites. The project has been on the drawing board since 2013.

Qantas is set to test the viability of proposed ultra-long-haul flights (approximately 19 hours) between Sydney and London and New York on passenger and crew health and wellbeing before the year’s end.

Kimpton Fitzroy London is one of those surprises that, once found, could easily become a habit. First, where IS it? Well, walk 10 minutes north of Aldwych, up Kingsway, past Holborn and its tube (underground) station and you are in Bloomsbury, an area of London that was named after a 13th-century Norman landowner, William de Blemond.

Even though he was only in Australia three years, as GM of InterContinental Sydney from 2006-2009, Colombian dynamo Alvaro Rey created his usual innovative storm (apart from anything else he enhanced the products in that hotel’s 11th floor rooftop Club InterContinental so that those revelling in views down to Circular Quay, the harbour, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House could also taste and sip the best Australia has to offer).