By John O’Ceallaigh All that Covid stuff notwithstanding, things must feel pretty good in Italy right now. There was that recent Eurovision win and then last week’s UEFA Euro triumph,…
By John O’Ceallaigh Though heavily impacted by C***d regulations, the Cannes Film Festival is taking place IRL this year. While it may not be the most egalitarian of occasions, its…
By John O’Ceallaigh Back in March 2019, I stayed at the Rosewood Hong Kong hotel to attend its heaving, no-expense-spared opening party; even with all the competing distractions offered by…
By John O’Ceallaigh I recently wrote about Reschio, a newly opened hotel in Umbria formed from a 1,000-year-old castle. Developments like that don’t – can’t – come around often, and…
By John O’Ceallaigh Rocco Forte Hotels this week opens Villa Igiea, and beautiful as the renovated 19th-century seafront palazzo in Palermo looks, I’m more interested in the group’s forthcoming The…
By John O’Ceallaigh There aren’t many political leaders who seem to be beyond reproach, but I think we can all agree that Nelson Mandela is among the few global figures…
By John O’Ceallaigh I hadn’t planned to write anything for LUTE this morning, but I was then reminded that Reschio Estate opens today in Italy and found myself daydreaming about…
A lot has changed since The Carlton Tower hotel opened in Knightsbridge in 1961. As London’s first tower hotel and the tallest hotel in London, it became an immediate landmark….
By John O’Ceallaigh The clue’s in the name: Britain’s Iconic Luxury Hotels is known for its storied hotels. But the company’s latest launch is a departure from that norm –…
By John O’Ceallaigh Space and privacy are in abundance at Kisawa Sanctuary, another long-anticipated resort whose opening was much delayed by the pandemic. Soft launching this month on Benguerra Island…
