Hotels

Sofitel planning its largest hotel in Middle East

The new hotel in Dubai will be a sister to the iconic pyramid-shaped Raffles at Wafi

Torrents of fun at Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay

From the adrenalin-fuelled to the serene, Universal Orlando Resort’s latest attraction, Volcano Bay, has a waterslide for everyone. Andrew Doherty attends the park opening to experience the thrills first-hand

Thanos buys fourth hotel in Cyprus

The family-owned group is expanding with the purchase of a property in Paphos

Honeymoons nearly a quarter of all bookings for Kuoni

Operator releases annual trends report as sector continues to boom

AccorHotels signs deal with IDeaS Revenue Solutions

All 20 hotel brands gain access to revenue management tool

Tui's Burling: 'Industry must fight false sickness claims together'

Tui is “liaising with the City of London police and fraud officers” as it prepares to hand over an industry petition to the justice minister in a bid to fight false sickness claims

Thomas Cook stresses operator's commitment to quality at ITT Conference

ITT Conference in Sorrento hears Thomas Cook now focusing on hotel quality and trade partnerships

Cuba's first 'five star' hotel opens

Kempinski has launched a hotel in the historic

Constance Hotels to target younger market with new brand

The new concept will launch in Mauritius this November

Nobu drives luxury hotel surge in Ibiza

The Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay will be the first of several new high-end hotels to open on the island this year

Treat tourism as a ‘serious industry’, Merlin chief urges government

Nick Varney launched a scathing attack on the way ministers had treated the sector yesterday

London tourism industry may face 30% drop after terror attack, sector chief warns

Seven people were killed during the attack in the capital on Saturday night

On Our Radar: The picturesque archipelago of the BVIs

The British Virgin Islands are awash with luxury properties; however, clients don’t need celebrity status to discover them.

Trenz: New hotels set for Christchurch’s CBD

Christchurch’s shattered central business district (CBD) is emerging as one of the main winners from an accommodation boom set to add 8,000 rooms across New Zealand by 2020

Ryanair adds new booking platform to boost hotel sales

Online booking specialist eviivo forms partnership with Ryanair to enable travellers to find ’exclusive accommodation’

Melia to open eight new properties in Cuba's interior

Spanish hotel chain to bring much-needed accommodation boost in Cuba

Rosewood’s Hotel de Crillon opens in July

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has announced the planned opening date for Hotel de Crillon in Paris, which has been under renovation for four years

The world's best-selling and up-and-coming multi-centre honeymoon destinations

Fly and flop doesn’t cut it for all honeymooners in 2017. TTG rounds up multi-centre options to recommend when one stop isn’t enough

From cycling to culture: The Caribbean’s hottest festival offerings for 2017

The Caribbean might be famous for its carnivals but there are a whole host of other festivals to entice clients to the islands. Andrew Doherty rounds up some of the highlights from music events to celebrations of wellness, sport and culture

Brexit vote cost easyJet founder millions, The Sunday Times Rich List shows

Stelios and Branson were two of the only travel professionals to feature in The Sunday Times Rich List 2017’s top 100 positions

Fornova secures $17m in new funding to grow travel focus

Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Waypoint Capital and JAL Ventures inject cash into tech firm

Former Abta HQ to become upmarket hotel

Leeu Collection to open first London property in former Abta base

Sojern opens Dublin office as it targets hotel revenue management sector

New Dublin office opens for “pay-on-the-stay” platform RevDirect

AccorHotels benefits from ‘brisk’ UK sales

French hotel company sees “marked recovery” at London properties