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In Conversation with… Belmond’s Samantha Strawford on the changing nature of luxury travel and experiences
Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons As luxury travel group Belmond gradually reopens its properties and train services across the world, we caught up with Brand Communications Director (Global) Samantha Strawford on how the group is adapting its luxury experiences in this “new normal” world of social distancing… The Covid-19 crisis and global lockdown has given many companies the opportunity to pause and reflect. Has there been any changes at Belmond from a brand perspective? From a brand and marketing perspective, we have never been busier...
Montage Hotels to open private-island resort in the Bahamas
inVOYAGER Montage Hotels & Resorts has announced Montage Cay, a new exclusive ultra-luxury retreat in The Abacos Islands in the Bahamas due to open in 2023. Owned in partnership with Sterling Global Financial, the project will see the rebranding and complete redevelopment of the private island of Matt Lowe’s Cay in The Abacos, re-emerging as Montage Cay, alongside the launch of The Residences at Montage Cay. Remote yet easily accessible, Montage Cay is located less than one mile off the coast of Marsh...
Mandarin Oriental launches Lake-to-Lake Helicopter Experience
Mandarin Oriental, Geneva Why limit yourself to one luxury lakeside retreat, when you can treat yourself to two, with a helicopter transfer thrown into the mix? Luxury brand Mandarin Oriental has launched a new package combining stays at both its Geneva and Lake Como properties. The Lake-to-Lake Helicopter Experience combines the beauty of Geneva with the chic splendour of Italy’s iconic Y-shaped lake and includes a private helicopter flight from Lake Geneva to Lake Como or vice versa. Guests will fly by five-seater helicopter and...
Sardinia to welcome Rosewood’s third Italian resort
Costa Smeralda, Sardinia Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has been appointed to manage Rosewood Porto Cervo, which will open on Sardinia, Italy in 2022. Joining sister properties in Tuscany and Venice as the group’s third opening in Italy, this latest jewel in the collection will bring Rosewood’s signature style of ultra-luxury hospitality to the popular Mediterranean island. The resort will be located in Costa Smeralda, Italy’s jet-set destination, known for its stunning white sand beaches and turquoise water. Just 1.5 kilometres south of Porto Cervo...
In Conversation With… Yellow Fish on managing relationships and agency culture during lockdown
The Covid-19 pandemic has been challenging for all event agencies. But imagine your new managing director started only a week before lockdown and your CEO and founder gets locked down in a different country! That’s exactly what happened to the team at UK creative agency Yellow Fish. So, we caught up with Founder & CEO Maria Valentine in Ibiza, along with her new Managing Director Laura Pace in Brighton, to find out how they are getting through the crisis...
Bvlgari sets sights on Rome for tenth luxury hotel
Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts has announced it plans to open a hotel in the luxury brand’s birthplace of Rome in 2022. The hotel will be located in the Campo Marzio neighbourhood in Piazza Augusto Imperatore, close to Via del Corso, Via Condotti and the Spanish Steps. As with all the brand’s hotels, Bvlgari Hotel Roma will be designed by Italian architectural firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel. Set in a magnificent modernist building from the 1930s, the 100-room property...
DMC Showcase – a traditional Turkish experience in Istanbul
In our latest DMC creativity showcase, we share how two DMCs – ODS Turkey and Phoenix Voyages –worked in partnership to create an inspiring and authentic programme of experiences for a 230-strong group of delegates in Istanbul last September... The brief ODS Turkey has a longstanding business relationship with Phoenix Voyages – a reputable DMC located in Vietnam. Phoenix requested help with a six-night programme for the annual national sales meeting of a global medical company’s Vietnam chapter. Among the busy meeting schedule – with one...
Mandarin Oriental to open Vienna property
Mandarin Oriental Group is adding Vienna to its growing European portfolio. The high-end hotel brand announced it will manage a luxury hotel and branded residences in the Austrian capital scheduled to open in late 2023. Mandarin Oriental, Vienna will be housed in a heritage building that originally served as the city’s commercial law court from 1912 to 2003. The property is located in a peaceful street in District One of Vienna within the Ringstrasse and in easy walking distance of the city’s major attractions, including St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the Imperial Palace, Vienna State Opera...