Val Thorens’ Fitz Roy hotel to reopen with five stars

At 2300m altitude in Val Thorens, the Fitz Roy was the highest four star hotel in Europe. Following its renovation, Fitz Roy will join a very limited set of 5-star hotels in the Val Thorens ski resort (France), an increasingly attractive destination for luxury hotel connoisseurs. Fitz Roy will be the 3rd luxury hotel in … Read more

World’s biggest travel spenders to come from China

Changing behaviours of Chinese travellers and how the global hotel industry is adapting.    China has overtaken Germany and the USA as the world’s biggest spenders on travel, with Chinese travellers spending US$102 billion on international travel in 2012, an increase of over 40% on 2011*, according to the second annual Chinese International Travel Monitor … Read more

Top deluxe digs for Fido and family

America’s Top 10 Pet-Friendly Hotels.  San Diego’s Grand Del Mar is one of the TripAdvisor top pet-friendly luxury properties in the U.S. Travelers can relax in the pristine guestrooms where four-legged friends will find their own amenities including beds, bowls and toys.  The number of U.S. respondents who plan to hit the road with their furry … Read more

Third Palazzo Versace to be opened in Macau

Versace luxury house announced plans to open a 3rd hotel bearing the trademark “Palazzo Versace” as part of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, SJM’s integrated casino resort in Cotai, Macau, one of China’s two special administrative regions, alongside Hong Kong. Palazzo Versace Macau will be the first luxury five star hotel in Macau to be … Read more

The digital elite – the ‘next generation’ of travelers”

Happy, fun, sociable and healthy – the new digital travel elite. Are you part of the new travel class, ‘the digital elite?‘  The use of both smartphones and tablets has increased so rapidly since 2011 that it has spawned a new class of travelers – the “Digital Elite,” accordingto the newly-released MMGY Global/Harrison Group 2013 Portrait … Read more

Bingo Culture And Its Persistence Through Time

Living life the Royal way, Adapting to the present generation For the rest of the world, bingo has often been associated with the image of a quintessential past time of traditional neighbourhoods, of old women and housewives who frequent their local churches for a round of the game. But in England, this bingo culture is shot in a … Read more