Pairing fashion with hospitality It’s no longer enough for a hotel to slap its logo on a ball cap, a luggage tag, or—perish the thought—an ashtray. These days, properties are giving the resort souvenir fresh appeal, stocking their gift shops with high-style collaborations that reflect a sense of place. Royal Mansour Marrakech Early this year, […]
Centara Sandy Beach Resort in Danang Vietnam’s neighbour to the west, Thailand, is home to Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, and one of Asia’s fastest-growing hospitality brands. From a single hotel in Bangkok launched 36 years ago, today there are more than 70 Centara properties operating or under development across Thailand and
A clubby, art-filled sibling to one of London’s grandest hotels Why stay? For a contemporary hotel with a smart Park Lane address right on the edge of Mayfair – and serious, noteworthy art. What is it? The Dorchester’s sassier, sexier little sibling (the mothership is just across the street), 45 Park Lane feels a bit
La Veranda Resort Phu Quoc – MGallery hotel review With its expansive coastlines graced by pearl-white sands and palm trees, Phu Quoc has long been one of the most enviably lovely islands in all of Southeast Asia. Despite its abundant natural beauty, for years this oasis remained remarkably somnolent, undisturbed by the mass tourism that
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Located in China, Rosewood Guangzhou soars some 1,740 feet high and boasts the world’s fastest elevator, traveling almost 70 feet per second Late last week, Rosewood Hotels opened the tallest five-star hotel in the world in Guangzhou, China. Their second hotel in mainland China, located in the heart of Guangzhou’s chic Tianhe District, the hotel
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We checked out this elegant Philippe Starck-designed hotel at the French Riviera Set the scene Wend your way from ridiculously sceney St Tropez through blush-rosé vineyards up to Lily of the Valley, where wellbeing meets Côte d’Azur indulgence. Philippe Starck has designed the hotel (unusually named for a place perched at the top of a
Exploring Milan, the city of art A much-deserved curtsy to Milan’s most beloved Renaissance Man “Art is never finished, only abandoned,” Leonardo da Vinci once spoke, but when he abandoned his art, he made sure they were in their utmost supreme form. But before he painted the soft smile on Mona Lisa’s lips, or the
