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The earliest hotels were little more than inns where travellers and their pack animals could rest. We trace the moment more elaborate establishments emerged, places that set out, as we would say today, to be destinations.
Flying to Dubai to spend New Year's Eve in a hotel of silk skirts, Venetian glass and gold-threaded bedspreads, our writer finds she no longer wishes to linger between unfamiliar sheets. They will simply pass through.
In creating Villa Clara, husband-and-wife team Olivier Gougeon and Marie-Hélène Mouawad have not only brought a little of old Beirut back to life, they have turned it into a delicious taste of the times.
From Nicaragua's first luxury beach resort, where rainforest meets the Emerald Coast, to Singapore's highest green-rated hotel with its solar-powered sky gardens, here are five pioneering new openings redrawing the boundaries of luxury travel worldwide.
Our insider's guide to Gstaad steers you to the resort's most rewarding tables, from Charly's celebrated hot chocolate, worth braving the dated decor for, to the fondue that foodie friends swear is the finest in town.
The traditional Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad is as renowned for its rich-and-famous residents as it is for its enduring and picturesque surroundings. Now, for the first time in over a century, there’s a new hotel in town. Let’s just say the bar has been raised. French speakers call i…
It was with trepidation and excitement that our writer wound along the roads by the Hyatt Capital Gate to the Rayana Spa. A trip to be pampered and thumped into relaxation is hardly his average experience.
Our pick of new hotel openings spans Anantara's third UAE property, the Eastern Mangroves in Abu Dhabi with its vast Royal Mangroves residence, and the St Regis chain's first African resort, on the south-western tip of Mauritius.
The moment our writer walked into the Bamboo Bar, the memories flooded back: a child sipping juice beside his father, listening to a Bacharach-ish pianist. Until then, nothing about Bangkok's Oriental Hotel had felt familiar.
Barcelona is celebrated for Gaudi and its Gothic Quarter, not skyscrapers. Yet two modern towers stand out: Jean Nouvel's Torre Agbar and the soaring Hotel Arts, both symbols of the city's post-Olympic renaissance.
Having just opened at the end of May 2012, the Bvlgari was readied just in time for London’s Olympic rush. With a two-floor spa, its own cinema, a ballroom, 85 rooms and suites, this shimmering gem isn’t cheap. But then the best things in life never are. I must confess, I don’t like jew…
Pronounced just so, Hyatt echoes the Arabic word for life. Whether coincidence or not, the Chicago chain is pressing ahead with an impressive expansion of its varied properties right across the Gulf region.