Boutique Hotels Daily News Digest

The Crowne Plaza Vilamoura, set to open in January 2010, will be the first Crowne Plaza hotel in Portugal.

A Vegas-style gambling experience is Hungary bound. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hungary, a stylish and modern world-class resort, will open in 2012, close to Vienna, Austria, Bratislava, Slovakia and Budapest. Amenities will include a pool and deck for lounging and entertainment, a Rock Spa for relaxing and detoxing, and a Rock Shop, where guests [...]

These days, restaurant menus are so descriptive they read like fine literature. And with all the scrumptious-sounding descriptions of foams, emulsions, purées and reductions, it’s tempting to bathe in the dishes rather than eat them.  Actually… now you can! Order up a treatment from the new Apothecary Menu at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai’s Spa, and both [...]

America’s tallest building - Sears Tower in Chicago - will get a $350 million facelift and a new luxury hotel. The 110-story structure, soon to be re-named Willis Tower, will see almost half of its stories (50, to be precise) occupied by the new hotel which will be powered by the building’s new high-power wind turbines [...]

Scheduled to open in 2013, the new St. Regis hotel in Bermuda will mark the debut of Starwood and the St. Regis brand on the island.

The Ellington Hotel Berlin is the latest hotspot for the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. The boutique hotel could indeed be hosting one of the highlights of the fashion week, with design duo Klaus Unrath und Ivan Strano presenting their first Couture Bridal Collection on 2nd July. “The number of couples saying ‘yes’ in church-free [...]

Travellers to Eastern Europe can take advantage of excellent value for money offers this summer. In Hungary for example, products costing 1.17 Euro here can be snapped up for just 1 Euro there, whilst in Croatia purchasing power is almost as strong. Thanks to the weak pound, England has become notably cheaper than recent years, [...]

On June 25, the W Chicago-City Center held a party to reveal its renovations that included a 56-foot runway fashion show; body-painted models; a human vending machine; a six-foot martini glass complete with flirty model; and a special performance by Pop/R&B artist Kat DeLuna.

Bringing the heritage, the beauty and the romance of Italy to the fine dining scene in Hong Kong, Chef Stefano Poli, the new Executive Chef at The Luxe Manor’s signature Italian restaurant Aspasia, has created a tasting menu of Venetian delights that bring the flavours of the country to life. A native of Venice himself, [...]

Michael Saxon lives in Penang, Malaysia where he is the General Manager of one of the Far East’s most prestigious and historic hotels - the Eastern & Oriental.  Happily married to his Malaysian wife, Beatrice, with whom he has two beautiful daughters, and working in the job of his dreams, he exudes the quiet charm [...]

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