Hotels resorts and spas

Why Sri Lanka is the next big safari destination agents need to know about

Safari specialist Mahlatini is branching out with the launch of its first product outside Africa, featuring 18 itineraries in Sri Lanka

Grand Hyatt Barcelona opens in city's La Alta district

The Grand Hyatt Barcelona offers 465 guest rooms with an Art Deco style and is the fifth Grand Hyatt hotel in Europe

New Barbados hotel shines light on island's south coast

The Rockley on Barbados’s south coast is now taking bookings following a major refurbishment of the former South Beach Hotel

Sandals opens 'dream' Saint Vincent and the Grenadines resort

The 50-acre resort features 301 rooms and suits, 11 dining concepts and five bars

Grecotel welcomes new sales manager in bid to support more UK agents

Liz Shaw joins Grecotel with a wealth of experience after previously working for Elegant Resorts and a number of retail agencies

Elegant Resorts' hottest spot for the summer? Tenerife

Spain and Greece remain favourites for sun worshippers, while bucket list trips to places such as Finland and Argentina have emerged as rising stars

Jet2 expands Bulgaria programme with new Black Sea resort

Chief executive Steve Heapy said the addition of Sozopol came ’in response to strong demand for gateways to Bulgaria’

Windstar expands hotel partnership to boost French Polynesia product offering

Windstar guests can now book two-night stays at The Brando, which has 35 private villas overlooking a five-mile-wide lagoon, in French Polynesia

The Leinster opens in Dublin as city's first ’luxury lifestyle hotel’

The boutique getaway marks the first ’luxury lifestyle hotel’ to open in the Irish capital

New riads unveiled at Kasbah Tamadot plans reopening after devastating earthquake

The six new riads at the luxury Moroccan resort will each have a private pool and Rooftop Tented Suite

Four Seasons to expand Mexico portfolio with new Cabo hotel

The luxury resort will offer guests a ’traditional’ experience of Cabo when it opens this May

Club Med hails €93m UK source market an 'increasingly key' contributor

Global resort specialist reveals UK business volumes grew 17% year-on-year in 2023, and by 30% compared with pre-pandemic levels

Sunlife names Trailfinders’ Indian Ocean specialist Beth Lewis its new sales chief

In her new role, Lewis will be responsible for driving revenue growth in the UK and forging strong connections with customers

Maxx Royal to expand Turkey portfolio with first Bodrum hotel opening

The resort will include the first Scorpios in Turkey, with 12 suites designed to give special access to the renowned beach club

Aman Resorts to expand Middle Eastern presence with new Dubai hotel

Aman Dubai will be an all-suite hotel with a first for the city, a nine-acre park in hotel

Expanding Domes brand to make Santorini debut next month

This new family-friendly resort boasts 50 suites and villas, all of which come with their own private pools and terraces overlooking the Aegean Sea.

Louis Hotels to bring luxury to Zakynthos with King Jason Zante launch

King Jason Zante will embrace ’the art of slow living’ when it opens this coming June

Westin Maldives to boost bedtime luxury with new sleep manual for kids

The hotel’s new sleep manual for kids includes yoga, stargazing and even dream journals.

I took my first ever luxury hotel showround – here's what I found

Mandarin Oriental Mayfair will open in the spring, but even when it comes to a behind-the-scenes preview showround, standards at the hotel are already expectedly high

Five things to know about Iberostar’s newly renovated Cretan gem

Iberostar Selection Creta Marine is set to reopen under a five-star banner this May after extensive renovations. Here’s everything you need to know to get selling it

The Mediterranean island luxury advisors need to have on their radar this year

Majorca is set to welcome a batch of high-end hotels to its fast-growing portfolio of resorts

Agents to earn free stays with Domes Resorts incentive

Each confirmed booking made up to 28 February 2024 will secure a free one-night stay

Torey Kings-Hodkin to join Disney Destinations as trade sales chief

Royal Caribbean’s head of sales will become Disney’s EMEA trade sales and marketing director early next year

Tui launches accessibility guides for customers at 200 of its hotels

Tui has released Detailed Access Guides for an initial 200 hotels in its partnership with AccessAble, with another 200 hotels to be surveyed in 2024