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New Wilderness camp in Botswana
Starwood adds more Thai luxury
STARWOOD Hotels & Resorts has opened the Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort in Koh Samui. The newly-built resort joins Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Bangkok and The Naka Island Resort & Spa in Phuket as The Luxury Collection brand’s third hotel in Thailand. Vana Belle is 80 kilometres off Thailand’s southern coast
in Koh
Samui, in the white sand cove of Chaweng Noi Beach. The resort features 80 Pool Suites and Pool Villas, with expansive outdoor spaces, private pools and balconies and outstanding views. Vana Spa offers relaxation areas, steam facilities, fitness centre and four treatment rooms with a comprehensive menu
of locally-
inspired signature treatments. Signature restaurant Kiree is a
A brand-new camp, operated by
Wilderness Safaris, is scheduled to open in Botswana in June.
Being built in the Jao Concession,
adjacent to sister camp Tubu Tree, Little
Tubu will offer an intimate
experience for a maximum of six guests in three traditional-style tents, all with en-suite bathroom facilities, and private decks that maximise the views across
Accor back on the road to Mandalay
HOTEL group Accor plans to build three new hotels in Myanmar: a MGallery hotel in Naypyidaw, Novotel Yangon Max, and Novotel Mandalay Mingalar.
The 168-room MGallery hotel in the
heart of Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s new capital city, will be the city’s first international brand hotel when it opens this year. In Yangon, the country’s former capital, the 366-room Novotel Yangon Max will be completed by the end of 2013. Novotel Mandalay Mingalar, a newly built 280-room hotel, is scheduled to open in in 2015. Mandalay is located 716 km north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River and is the second-largest city in Myanmar.
accorhotels.com
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Rocking it in Sydney: Sydney’s historic Harbour Rocks Hotel has re-opened after a multi-million- dollar refurbishment. One of Australia’s leading boutique deluxe hotels is built on the site of the city’s first hospital, which opened in 1887. The new lobby features a large library and the bar serves up evening cocktails. Rates from AU$ 240 (around £157) per room.
harbourrocks.com.au
North America cruise for Holland America
HOLLAND America Line has a seven- night Canada and New England Discovery cruise onboard the ms Maasdam, departing Montréal June 1. The ship calls at Québec, Sydney and Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada, before cruising to Bar Harbor in Maine, USA and disembarking in Boston on June 8. Cruise-only price for a family is from £1,296 based on two adults and two children sharing an inside stateroom. Book by April 21.
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the grassy floodplain. Elevated dining and main area decks are shaded by a riverine tree canopy and look out over a seasonal floodplain, attracting a variety of game. The bar will be set into a waterberry tree, while the pool will be placed between Tubu Tree and Little Tubu in a spectacular and private setting. Activities at Tubu Tree, include day and
night game drives with boating, fishing and mokoro trips offered during the dry season (normally May to late September). Wildlife seen around Tubu Tree and
Little Tubu includes elephant, Burchell’s zebra, red lechwe, giraffe, tsessebe, and blue wildebeest on the floodplains. Kudu, impala, bushbuck and leopard are also seen in the forested areas.
wilderness-safaris.com
contemporary indoor/outdoor venue offering ocean views and Southern Thai-influenced cuisine, whilst Panali is Vana Belle’s poolside restaurant serving international favourites, Thai food and freshly-caught seafood on the barbecue. The Lobby Lounge is an open air bar overlooking a grove of palm trees situated parallel to the Gulf of Thailand.
starwoodhotels.com/KohSamui
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