I entered Six Senses Douro Valley at the top, on the eighth floor, and looked through picture windows at hillsides of terraced vineyards.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is adding the Italian capital as its first destination in the European country. The Six Senses Rome will occupy the Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, built in the 18th century in the centre of Ancient Rome.

Six Senses Douro Valley has revealed its new Vineyard Wing to greatly enhance the wine estate with seven suites, three additional guest rooms and a meeting and event space. The 19th-century manor house and surrounds, located in Lamego in northern Portugal, is set on a UNESCO World Heritage site within the world’s oldest demarcated wine region.

Six Senses Bumthang, the fifth and final lodge in the collection of Six Senses Bhutan properties in Gangtey, has begun welcoming guests. The property joins sister lodges in Thimpu, Punakha, Paro and Gangtey.

Six Senses Resorts Hotels Spa has released a sneak peek of its debut property in Israel, Six Senses Shaharut. Located in the Negev Desert, the luxury resort will open in June.

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.

Six Senses Bhutan is opening its fourth lodge, Six Senses Gangtey, following the successful launch of three lodges in Paro, Thimphu and Punakha earlier this year. The October opening has been carefully planned to coincide with the arrival of the black-necked cranes from Tibet, a good omen for the lodge, which is aptly named the ‘Traditional Bird Watching Bridge’.

Six Senses has announced it open its the first resort in the Galápagos Islands, with the property slated to open in 2021.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas brings its trademark unique and quirky take on hospitality to two restored Ottoman-era mansions in Istanbul, Turkey.

LTI – Luxury Travel Intelligence has revealed the top 12 luxury hotel brands in the world for 2019. The results are based on a rigorously defined algorithm, LTI says, that measures the performance and values of luxury hotel brands. That algorithm encompasses over 120 touch points relevant to the high-end hotel sector.

Property developer Range Development held a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday 23 August for the Six Senses La Sagesse at Saint David’s Parish in Grenada.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas will add the French village of Saint-Laurent-Nouan to its destination portfolio in 2022 when it begins operation of Six Senses Loire Valley.