First luxury hotel in Oman mountains to open next year

Alila Jabal Akhdar to be the first luxury hotel in Oman mountains Asian-based hotel group Alila Hotels & Resorts expands into Oman with a new opening in spectacular Jabal Akhdar mountain region set for 2014. The new hospitality project at 2,000 meters is aimed to offer access to Oman’s most spectacular and untapped areas, a … Read more

Trakdot baggage-tracking gadget

Track your luggage no matter where it ends up A new baggage-tracking gadget known as the Trakdot premiered at this year’s Consumer electronic show CES. The new device could lessen the stress caused by delayed baggage. According to global airline industry specialists SITA, in 2011 over 25 Million pieces of luggage were lost in North … Read more

Wine traveler’s itinerary for 2013: Top 10 wine destinations

Top 10 wine destinations for 2013 For wine lovers, there is no better way to cement that connection than to explore the world around those vines. Wine Enthusiast Magazine editors selected this year’s best in wine, food and cultural adventure. As the wine market becomes ever more global, packed with offerings ranging from the most … Read more

Hotel Chinzanso celebrates its debut with Tokyo’s largest hotel spa and 17-acre botanical garden

  The leading Japanese hospitality company Fujita Kanko starts a new chapter in the history of its iconic flagship property Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, re-flagging it under a new name, after 20 years operating as Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so. The hotel is known for a thousand camellia trees – a hundred species – that … Read more

Most highly rated hotel spas in the U.S.

Top 10 Hotel Spas in the U.S. California’s Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara is the most highly rated hotel spa in the U.S., according to TripAdvisor’s America’s Top 10 Hotel Spas survey. The survey shows that for nearly a third of the participating 1,100 U.S. travelers, the beginning of a new year is a chance … Read more

Maçka Residences by Armani/Casa

Armani/Casa and Astaş Holding/Bemes Estate unveiled the exclusive Maçka Residences: three towers comprising 7,300 square meters located in Maçka, in the heart of Istanbul, uniquely situated to offer views of the Bosphorus, Princes’ Islands and Seraglio Point. Maçka has always been one of the İstanbul’s foremost neighborhoods. The project comprises of three towers of 12,13 … Read more