Palazzo Sasso, Amalfi
As compiled from Andrew Harper’s twitter feed, @HarperTravel. Please note that news about upcoming properties does not constitute endorsement from Andrew Harper.
The Persian Room at the Plaza, 1934: http://goo.gl/qgpM5
New @La_Residence (Hue, Vietnam) video: http://goo.gl/XJ3Qd
LVMH opens an 8-room boutique hotel in Saint-Tropez: http://goo.gl/iHUJy
Mandarin Oriental Milan coming 2013, names GM: http://goo.gl/300CK
Langham Hotels bought The Observatory from Orient-Express.
@Silversea announces 5 new Med itineraries, business-class airfare included: http://ow.ly/bBIEj
Who buys hotel condos? All sorts of people: http://goo.gl/tlv1k
London Bulgari Hotel slideshow from @Telegraph: http://goo.gl/HwejL
Warren Buffet bets big on luxury travel – NetJets makes major investment in @Bombardier, @fly_cessna: http://goo.gl/zwQrB
Amalfi’s @palazzosasso changing its name to Palazzo Avino in 2013 due to legal issues: http://ow.ly/bAcLo
Interesting. @kempinskihotels opening a hotel in Accra, Ghana later this year: http://goo.gl/dFYqz
@SixSensesSpas coming to the Alpina Gstaad: http://ow.ly/byPMY
@OrientExpress is selling Sydney’s @observatoryhtl: http://ow.ly/byOTg
Congrats on the Green Globe certification @RWTuckerspoint: http://goo.gl/3pAzS
@RWMayakoba announces new managing director: http://ow.ly/byOsP
Chef Angela Hartnett partnering with @limewoodhotel for new restaurant: http://ow.ly/byOit
Remarkable. “Bookings at London hotels for the Olympic period are down by around a third on last summer”: http://ow.ly/byO2c
India’s Sahara Group set to buy @ThePlazaHotel for $570 million: http://goo.gl/69svD
@MO_HOTELS Middle East debut will be in Doha, late 2014.
@ZoetryResorts Paraiso turtle release photos: http://ow.ly/byNzq
“We predict that by 2020, more than 330 cities in China will have the same level of disposable income that Shanghai had in 2010.” BCG Study.
“Opportunities in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo.” Kempinski Hotels.
New Bangkok luxury hotel The Siam opens: http://goo.gl/Nj5ie
Rosewood Hotels Names Jennifer Cooke as Area Director of PR for The Carlyle & Tucker’s Point: http://goo.gl/dqlRb
Who’s looking at Burma? Who isn’t? Aman, Six Senses, the list goes on: http://goo.gl/7oKGW
Here come the new suites: Dorchester, Le Meurice, Plaza Athenee: http://ow.ly/bwPSo
Robert De Niro bringing a Nobu Hotel to Las Vegas: http://goo.gl/z37Vs
Remarkable. iPads account for 86% of @FourSeasons mobile revenue. via @barbdelollis http://goo.gl/baAfy
Bernard Lackner, New Fisher Island CEO: http://ow.ly/bwNPG
Kempinski hotels appoints new VP: http://goo.gl/ZXQ8N
Nice concept image for @RosewoodHotels Abu Dhabi: http://ow.ly/bvsw3
Very clever @FSSantaBarbara wedding shot: http://ow.ly/bvsgv
Press release for the @FourSeasons Encantado take-over: http://ow.ly/bvs3g
Will the ill-fated Temenos project on Anguilla rise again? http://goo.gl/jfiYf
Excellent @FinancialTimes piece on the upcoming Antiquarian Map Fair in London: http://goo.gl/1v3oi
New resort Seri Chenang opening in Langkawi at the end of the month: http://goo.gl/W3gJU
Four Seasons has taken over Auberge Encantado in Santa Fe.
Wonderful overview of Southeast Asia’s heritage hotels (Raffler, Strand, Metropole, etc) from @CNN: http://goo.gl/KKpIy
Rickshaw rides in London this summer compliments of @MOLONDON: http://goo.gl/hk9dh
Banyan Tree VP Arthur Kiong departs: http://goo.gl/E5rZz
3 @thesavoylondon myths: Harry Craddock started the American Bar, Richard D’Oyly Carte was Irish& the hotel is haunted: .http://goo.gl/ohiyd
Austria’s first @RitzCarlton opening this summer: http://goo.gl/9pZDJ
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