SINGAPORE — A little more than a year after The Chedi Andermatt’s remarkable debut, the hotel’s management company, GHM, has named a permanent replacement to the pre-opening / launch general manager. Jean-Yves Blatt assumes charge of the acclaimed 101-room hotel today, March 4, succeeding the property’s first GM, Alain Bachmann, who relocated in July...
HANOI, Vietnam — Favorite classics and comfort food dishes were rolled out on February 16 as The Press Club unveiled its new a la carte menu. The Press Club is famed for its kitchen and chefs known for creating some of the capital’s finest cuisine and tantalizing cocktails. The new a la carte menu...
SINGAPORE — Louis T Collection [Louis T] laid another stone in its foundation with the appointment of Akira Park as general manager of Mantra Samui Resort. Located on Thailand’s idyllic Koh Samui Island, the hotel is the first for the new hospitality and building solutions company. Park spent most of his hospitality career with Hyatt...
SINGAPORE — The Mantra Samui Resort is about to undergo a major transformation. The boutique hotel on Thailand’s Koh Samui is not only gaining a new owner, it’s getting an entirely new hospitality group at the helm. Louis T Collection (Louis T) recently acquired the property as the first milestone in its ambitious plan to...
HANOI, Vietnam — Openasia, a Hanoi-based investment firm with a growing group of hospitality interests in Vietnam has acquired the 37-cabin Emeraude cruise ship and set about a series of upgrades to enhance the passenger experience on famed Halong Bay. With the acquisition, Openasia initiated the final phase of work on a three-year refurbishment that...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — With Taiwan dropping onto bucket lists the world over, the Grand Hyatt Taipei is harnessing three great drivers of the country’s appeal in a tempting new stay package called Tempting Taiwan. The three-night package trades on the rising allure of Taiwan as a destination for outdoors enthusiasts, design aficionados and value-minded travelers...
SINGAPORE — Louis T Collection (Louis T), a new hospitality and building solutions company, and Frontdesk Anywhere, a leader in cloud-based hotel management software, have recently joined forces to provide independent hotels with an all-in-one platform that manages front desk operations alongside centralized rate and inventory management, revenue management and online distribution. A rising new...
NEW YORK — For the second straight year, the same four Vietnamese hotels achieved coveted placement on the T+L 500, an awards list compiled by Travel + Leisure magazine in the United States. The named hotels were the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, The Nam Hai Hoi An, La Residence Hotel & Spa in Hue and...
SINGAPORE — The most recent property to debut under the GHM banner, The Chedi Andermatt, has bested the playing field in all Switzerland, winning favour as the country’s top-rated hotel by reigning European Newspaper of the Year SonntagsZeitung. The accolade lights another milestone on GHM’s journey as a developer and operator of some of the world’s most exclusive...
TOKYO, Japan — The arts, gastronomy, culture and natural wonders of Japan are coming together in a new JPY 6,000,000 experience offered by Palace Hotel Tokyo beginning this January. The package, Quintessentially Tokyo, combines a collection of previously introduced Palatial Pursuits in an opportunity to capture the essence of Japan over a five-night, six-day stay....
