Your Private Palace: The Langham Nymphenburg Residence is Munich’s most regal retreat
The chaos of the last year meant there was a long list of luxury hotel and villa launches that never got the love they deserved, but with some sort of…
Mantis Kivu Queen uBuranga: Mantis Collection reveals Rwanda’s new “floating hotel”
By John O’Ceallaigh The pandemic may have paused activities temporarily, but with an end of sorts apparently in sight, Rwanda’s rapid ascent as a luxury-travel destination has resumed. Following the…
The LUTE x Bouteco webinar: How Hotels Can Make the World Better
Last year, a series of LUTE Lockdown Lounge webinars examined how the luxury-travel industry should respond to the various crises precipitated by the unfurling pandemic. While the C-word continues to…
The Aerial: The rags-to-riches BVI private island promising life-changing retreats
As rag to riches tales go, Britnie Turner’s is an impressive one. Today a very, very rich 32-year-old, just over 10 years ago the South Carolina native was living in…
Thailand’s train hotel: Introducing Bill Bensley’s railway-themed InterContinental Khao Yai National Park resort
By John O’Ceallaigh Prolific Bangkok-based hotel designer Bill Bensley is renowned for his brilliantly unconventional properties. That’s a reputation he looks set to consolidate further as word of the forthcoming…
Palazzo Fiuggi: Italy’s newest medical retreat opens its doors
By John O’Ceallaigh For me, Italy is shorthand for indulgence. When I go there on holiday I’m signing up for gelato for breakfast and a conveyor belt of beach club…
The Great Migration: the Serengeti mobile tented camps leading the way
By John O’Ceallaigh There’s a slight problem when it comes to planning a Great Migration holiday in Tanzania and the clue’s in the name: the spectacle moves through the immensity…
Casa Pacha Formentera: Ibiza’s superclub settles down
By John O’Ceallaigh In a riff on those ‘want to feel old yet?’ memes that show child actors of yesteryear as addled by middle-age as the rest of us, spare…
Britain’s new hotel brands: from glamorous golf retreats to remote treehouse idylls
By John O’Ceallaigh Clearly, there’s never been a more challenging time to kickstart a new hotel brand but the imminent debut of three new hotel groups on British shores is…
‘A vibrant social hub’, The Marbella Club’s new Clubhouse is a hopeful harbinger of good times to come
By John O’Ceallaigh We’ve become so accustomed to bad news, that a recent notification about the forthcoming spring launch of Marbella Club’s new Clubhouse seemed to have been beamed in…