INLE LAKE, Myanmar – A man with more than 30 years of hospitality experience and a passion for working in remote areas has been appointed general manager of the new Sanctum Inle Resort in Myanmar’s storied Inle Lake region, effective July 7. Philippe Arnaud comes to the 96-room, Brigitte Dumont de Chassart-designed hotel from Paris,...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Grand Hyatt Taipei is slashing prices by 30% for leisure travelers who book rooms during a four-day window July 4-7 for stays between July 11 and Aug. 31. And the hotel is cutting rates for Hyatt Gold Passport members by 40% during a three-day booking window July 1-3 for stays between...
HALONG BAY, Vietnam – Paradise Cruises, creator of the most luxurious overnight cruise experiences on storied Halong Bay, is giving its inaugural fleet an overhaul that’s designed to make each vessel feel entirely new. Renovation of the four Paradise Luxury boats, the first of which set sail in 2008, commenced in May and is expected to...
HUE, Vietnam — La Residence Hotel & Spa, a 1930-built art deco marvel in the one-time imperial capital of Vietnam, has named Edouard Lallemand as its new executive assistant manager. The 33-year-old French native comes to Hue’s most storied hotel after a two-year stint in Danang where he worked at the Pullman Resort as...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Grand Hyatt Taipei is rebating 8% of the master bill to organizations that book events at the property from June 1 through the end of September. The booked event can take place anytime between now and Feb. 29, 2016. The new ‘SMICE’ package also provides for complimentary wireless and wired...
SINGAPORE – With its new “Art of Design” initiative launching this month, GHM is ushering hotel guests into the workshops of stone masons and jewellers, onto the chair in painters’ studios and into the tents of Bedouins. Each of the GHM luxury hotels below has crafted a two-night minimum stay package highlighting the local...
TOKYO, Japan – Palace Hotel Tokyo is rolling out the mat and pulling back the curtain on up close and personal experiences with sumo wrestlers and Kabuki performance artists this summer. With Grappling Tokyo and Unmasking Tokyo, which have been created in exclusive partnership with TOKI, the hotel is deepening its already considerable Palatial...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — A group of Vietnam’s most exclusive hotels in each of the country’s most compelling stops is working to position the destination as a brighter lure for the world’s most upscale travelers. The five properties, including the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and The Nam Hai in Hoi An, form...
SINGAPORE — One of Asia’s most ambitious hospitality and building solutions companies is trading hunches for algorithms with the next-generation hotel lodging revenue management system, PriceMatch. Louis T Collection entered into a strategic partnership agreement with PriceMatch, a cloud-based revenue management system that has proven results–increasing hotel RevPAR by an average of 7.2%. Crafted by...
Dispatches from the NY Times Travel Section (Sunday, May 25, 2015) Smithsonian, that venerable old institution of natural history and all things science, has announced plans to start publishing a quarterly travel magazine, entitled Smithsonian Journeys The editor is Victoria Pope, and the angle on the magazine, according to the Q&A with Pope, is that it...
