IHCL announces the opening of the Himalayan Woodcroft, 41 rooms facing snow-capped Churdhar peak in Himachal Pradesh: Kathkuni style, a pool above the valley, 12,499 rupees (€119) a night before tax.
New Year's Eve at 300 dollars per adult, a Christmas buffet at 170 dollars, breakfast with Goofy, a festive tea: the Four Seasons resort in Orlando, Florida, has published the dates and prices of its 2026 festive season.
W Hospitality Group's study lists 105 luxury hotels in the pipeline in Africa, totalling 19,453 rooms: 57 under construction, 70 in North Africa, 35 south of the Sahara, with Cairo far ahead.
Leaving Cuba has cost Meliá 79.8 million euros: net profit is down 47.4% over nine months, at 93.5 million. Excluding Cuba, the result holds steady, carried by the summer in Spain.
Marriott announced on 4 November 2026 the opening of La Résidence Phou Vao in Luang Prabang: 36 suites, the first Marriott hotel in Laos and the group's 800th in Asia Pacific excluding China, after Belmond and HMD Asia's renovation.
Hilton has passed 100 open or planned hotels in the Caribbean, nearly 60 of them trading. San Juan gains 257 rooms, while the Waldorf Astoria at Dellis Cay and AMARIS Grace Bay are due in 2030.
Wyndham will bring more than 40 Elegant Hotels of the World properties into Registry Collection by early 2027. Six names are known, from Malta to Colombia, at an uneven standard, and the list remains unpublished.
The Nutcracker in Rome, a Christmas market in a cloister in Amalfi, a New Year's Eve party across the whole hotel in Amsterdam: for its 25th anniversary, Anantara sets out the 2026 festivities at eight hotels in Europe, from Dublin to Budapest.
The Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong hotel opens a whisky lounge where 5 cl tops €2,000, and a pizza bar
In Hong Kong, the Mandarin Oriental hotel opens a whisky lounge where 5 cl of 25-year-old Yamazaki tops €2,000, and a set-menu pizza counter. A tea salon follows on 4 December.
Aman announces Amantaru in Cabo Rojo, its first resort in Puerto Rico, with residences of three to eight bedrooms. No opening date has been given.
The Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans will celebrate the grand opening of Trattoria Varco, its fifth-floor Italian restaurant, on 13 November 2026, with house-made pasta, hand-formed burrata and Bar Varco.
The Postcard Hotel will open its first address in Nepal in November 2026: 22 rooms and suites on the Rapti River in Chitwan, at the edge of the national park's buffer zone, about €797 a night.
