IHG Hotels and Resorts continues to expand its Luxury and Lifestyle portfolio, with high-end hotels now representing 20% of its global pipeline.

A 16th century palace in Spain’s Ávila region has been confirmed as the location of Six Senses’ newest luxury resort, Six Senses Quexigal Palace.

Mandarin Oriental has once again been named the year’s top luxury hotel brand in the Luxury Travel Intelligence annual ranking.

Six Senses is adding new properties in Italy, with the ultra-luxury hospitality company securing hotel management deals with Gruppo Statuto for Six Senses Milan and Six Senses Lake Como. They build on the 2023 opening of Six Senses Rome in the restored Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, and Six Senses Antognolla in Umbria

Six Senses is now offering sound therapies throughout its 27 properties worldwide.The mindfulness movement of recent years saw meditation become mainstream with time spent meditating around the world increasing by +2,900% since 2020, according to The Global Wellness Institute. And sound healing is set to follow suit as online searches for sound healing surged by +83% in 2023 and the market set to grow globally by +7.8% by 2032, The Global Sound Therapy Market Forecast predicts.With that in mind, Six Senses has recognised the powerful potential of sound to quiet the mind, as today’s hyper connected traveller increasingly seeks to find calm in a chaotic world.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is expanding regionally in the Americas market with the addition of a picturesque country estate outside Western Pennyslvania. Six Senses RiverStone Estate is situated on a sprawling wooded ridge at the confluence of the Allegheny and Clarion Rivers, 90 minutes north of Pittsburgh.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC this week reported a “strong performance” for its half year results to 30 June 2024. The hospitality company’s revenue on reportable segments rose 7% compared to H1 2023 to US$1.108 billion, with operating profit increasing 12% to US$535 million.

Six Senses Kyoto opened its doors for the first time this week, marking the brand’s entry into Japan and an exciting new addition to its flourishing urban collection.

The highly-anticipated Six Senses La Sagesse has opened this week in Grenada, marking the brand’s debut resort in the Caribbean. The project broke ground five years ago, in 2019.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has inked a hotel management agreement with Whitestone and Redrock Portfolio to open a resort, spa and residential community on the shores of South Carolina on the US Eastern seaboard.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has been revealed as the international partner for a new project backed by Diriyah Company being developed on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Earmarked to open in 2026, Six Senses Wadi Safar lies west of Diriyah and northwest of the capital.

Six Senses has earmarked a March 2024 opening of its first resort in the Caribbean: Six Senses La Sagesse.