Tiffany shareholders have approved the company's sale to LVMH for $16.2 billion and the deal is expected to close mid-year, subject to regulatory approval. Not surprisingly, LVMH's patriarch Bernard Arnault says 'Tiffany will be an outstanding addition to our unique portfolio of luxury brands'. Questions? Which of his children will M. Arnault put in charge [...]
Category: Hotels and resorts
Will cleaning fees for luxury hotel stays REALLY become the norm?
In the USA, Luxury is becoming increasingly differentiated from what the rest of the world thinks of luxury. It was the great US of A, for instance, that piloted, and grew, the idea of 'resort fees', automatic extra charges for things you might not need, say beach towels and valet parking (and of course those [...]
Luxury at a “lemon” villa next to Italy’s River Arno
Next month, Villa La Massa Hotel, five miles from Florence, adds "La Limonaia", a conversion of the resort's one-time greenhouse for lemon trees. The two-floor La Limonaia has eight bedrooms and two suites, which can, via connecting doors, become two-bedroom suites.. In fact the entire resort, which now offers in total 51 rooms and suites, has [...]
JW Marriott sells MINDFUL TRAVEL
JW Marriott, in collaboration with Aromatherapy Associates, yesterday announced the launch of The Mindful Travel Edit, a collection of four spa products aimed at relieving travel’s most common stressors. Just in time for a new year of travel, the kit includes a collection of bath and body essentials to allow travellers to stay relaxed during [...]
Staying there: Equinox Hotel, New York
Chris Norton joined Related’s Equinox to set up and run its Equinox Hotel brand. A fitness freak himself, he knew no-one else could copy this concept, which started with brand awareness and nearly 400,000 members of Equinox fitness clubs worldwide. The first hotel, in Hudson’s Yards at 11th Avenue and 34th Street, New York City, [...]
News: Coronavirus, learn more
The Pacific Asia Travel Association PATA is hosting a free webinar tomorrow, Thursday 6th February 2020, to look at current data and insights from ForwardKeys. The webinar is timed for 1600 Bangkok time. To register, contact zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x2EQ6-F-TLC1pavWKMb9KA ForwardKeys analyses global aviation capacity, flight searches and over 17 million flight booking transactions a day, to provide a look into the current [...]
Danish hospitality in Scotland, and beyond
Anders Holch Povlsen inherited his family's clothing company, Bestseller, when he was 28 - Forbes says he is now worth some $8 billion (the sum has been boosted by his largest-share in online fashion retailer ASOS). He and his family are passionate about Scotland, and so far they own 220,000 acres there, through their conservation [...]
Read more: Ted Turner’s unique Vermejo ranch
Vermejo Park Ranch is 40 miles west of Raton, NM, USA - it is four hours' drive south of Denver and four hours' drive north of Albuquerque. The 600,000-acre ranch, bought by Ted Turner, is home to 1,400 bison, plus antelope,1,400 bison, deer, elk, mountain lion, 180 species of birds. There is memorable fishing, Orvis-endorsed, on [...]
Want to stay in a revolving space hotel?
The Gateway Foundation, a private company developing a space hotel, thinks "the first spaceport" could be accepting hotel guests by 2025. The Foundation's Von Braun Rotating Space Station will orbit Earth and will accommodate not only scientific research but also visiting tourists looking to experience life away from our home planet. But, while any timeline [...]
Be PROUD in New York
In just three editions PROUD Experiences, the event created by Reed Travel Exhibitions to focus on the LGBTQ+ travel sector, has established itself as the voice for international travel brands, destinations and experiences with a growth for 2020 of 100% since year one. Now double the size, with 80% of exhibitors confirmed more than six months [...]