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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
