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...Marriott-owned hotel group Ritz-Carlton launched its own luxury cruise liner last year. Luxury resort operators Aman Resorts and Four Seasons have also announced plans to launch their own cruise ships....
...But luxury hospitality moves fast. “My goal is to be a purpose-led luxury lifestyle brand,” she declares. “When people ask me, ‘Who are your hotel competitors?’...
...Its first incarnation opened in 1927 as one of the first luxury destinations in Vancouver, a young city out in Canada’s wild west....
...“We’ve had a lot of Citadel and hedge fund clients that are looking for a resort type house that’s the opposite of what they’ve had . . . They want to play tennis, go fishing and entertain.”...
...At a glance: Rooms: 101 rooms, 53 suites Good for: Relaxed luxury and attention to detail Not so good for: If you want to be amid the hustle and bustle....
...The $158bn asset manager has also taken security over a coastal resort dreamt up by Evergrande more than a decade ago in mainland China, on the Yellow Sea about two hours’ drive from Shanghai....
...The company behind Las Vegas’s Caesars Palace, Harrah’s and Planet Hollywood was about to close a $17bn, debt-laden sale to Eldorado Resorts....
...The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, which was converted into a luxury detention centre during the corruption purge late last year, has resumed taking guest bookings, in the latest signal that the crackdown...
...The project is to be managed by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, an international hotel and resort company owned by Hong Kong-based property developer Chow Tai Fook Enterprises....
...Mr Sternlicht founded Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 1995, and built it into one of the world’s largest hotel groups....
...The deal included luxury hotels such as the Crillon, which Starwood later sold to the Saudi royal family....
...commercial collections, filling the gaps between the drama of the main catwalk shows each year, the “pre” collections (that’s pre-fall, which lands in stores early summer, and pre-spring – sometimes called resort...
...In Italy, Qatar has bought couture house Valentino and the owner of a luxury resort business in Sardinia. In France, it has picked up a host of assets – including the Paris Saint-Germain football team....
...In April last year, Qatar’s sovereign fund agreed to acquire Smeralda Holding, owner of luxury resorts in Sardinia, from Colony, for about $1bn....
...The new chief executive is John Scott, previously chief executive of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, a chain of 17 luxury properties....
...The new chief executive, John Scott, comes from Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, a private luxury chain he just sold for $230m, giving him some welcome and fresh experience in dealmaking....
...Greece needs euros, Greeks need jobs, and Aman Resorts’ devoted followers tend to have money to spend....
...Global luxury hotel groups are also eyeing Niseko, which was initially developed into a ski resort largely by Australians. “We would love to have a place in Niseko,” says Mr Clavell at Ritz-Carlton....
...But in the quest to lure the deepest-pocketed buyers, project developers have clearly prioritised luxury over authenticity....
...The resort on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island stands alongside its Bahamian counterpart with a water park, marine habitat, and spa and luxury stores....
...Among the optimists, Hilton Worldwide is teaming up with Al Habtoor Group to launch a $272m Waldorf Astoria resort on the Palm Jumeirah (pictured)....
...Dubai’s economic recovery, underpinned by uprisings elsewhere in the Arab region, is filling his hotels while sales are strong at his agency for Bentley, the luxury car brand....
...Another big drag is that we have to be proactive in choosing what to watch – one of the great luxuries of traditional TV is that something is always on....
...The Regent once led the luxury hotel industry by pioneering concepts such as full-fixture bathrooms, villa resorts, and having luxury shopping malls inside the hotels – all now industry standards....
...LVMH, the luxury goods company, is to enter the five-star hotel management business, initially through a partnership with Egypt’s Orascom Development Holdings, to build two resorts in the Middle East....
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