The first hotel in Turkey under the LXR Hotels & Resorts brand, Hilton’s collection of independent luxury properties, has opened six kilometres from downtown Bodrum.

Hilton Worldwide will raise the flag for its luxury hotel brand Conrad Hotels & Resorts in Las Vegas for the first time as part of a new multibillion-dollar, three-hotel integrated resort.

LXR Hotels & Resorts, Hilton’s collection of luxury hotels, has announced Zemi Beach House as the brand’s first hotel to open in the Americas. The 76-key beachfront hotel continues to be owned, operated and managed by the Goldstein Family of New York.

Hilton says it expects to open seven additional hotels across its luxury portfolio in 2019. Coupled with four new openings that have already debuted, this year is on track to be the busiest year in Hilton’s 100-year history for high-end launches across Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, LXR Hotels & Resorts and Conrad Hotels & Resorts.

The Biltmore, Mayfair is set to open as LXR Hotels & Resorts’ first UK property, following an agreement between Hilton and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. The luxury hotel, situated in a prime location in the heart of Mayfair on Grosvenor Square, London, will open for business in Spring 2019, marking the new brand’s European debut.