Inside the revamped Peninsula Beijing. Imperial glamour is at the heart of The Peninsula Beijing’s redesign. The largest luxury hotel rooms in Beijing can be found at the revamped Peninsula Beijing. The top-end hotel combined 525 rooms to create 230 new rooms and suites. The guest experience is enhanced by fully customised in-room amenities, including … Read more
Boston Park Plaza hotel was thoughtfully redesigned with today’s modern travelers and executives in mind. For nearly 90 years the hotel was playing host to dignitaries from Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Hollywood royalty including Katherine Hepburn and Judy Garland. La week, Boston Park Plaza announced the completion of a comprehensive, multi- … Read more
Originally built in 1928, San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake unveiled the completion of its multi-million dollar renovation during its 85th anniversary. The “new” Sir Francis Drake is characterized by regal architecture and sophisticated style. All popular public spaces, including the famed Starlight Room; 18,000 square feet of meeting and event space; and 416 guest rooms … Read more
Bouygues Bâtiment Île-de-France, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has been declared the winner of the tender for the refurbishment of the celebrated Ritz Hotel, situated in the Place Vendôme in Paris. The luxury hotel, to close this summer and reopen in 2014, is to be totally refitted. This will encompass complete refurbishment of the decoration … Read more
The legendary Parisian Hôtel de Crillon is the second iconic luxury hotel closing for extensive renovations. Hôtel de Crillon in Paris is supposed to close this fall for a comprehensive interior restoration in order to keep up with competitors such as Mandarin Oriental, Le Royal Monceau and Shangri-La. The large-scale works involve the entire 18th … Read more
Café Royal to become five-star hotel in June The historic Café Royal on London’s Regent Street is to reopen as a 159-room hotel this June, and will form part of The Set, a collection of luxury properties including Hotel Lutetia in Paris. Home to the National Sporting Club for many years as well as being … Read more