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Maldives trip!
AGENTS can win a trip to the Maldives on the
latest ttgluxury Experience.
The educational is the fifth in a series of trips
run by ttgluxury, which have also included
Anguilla, Tenerife and Jordan, and an Australia
trip upcoming in April.
Langham rolls out
The resort host for the Maldives trip will be
Kanuhura (pictured) and flights will be with
Emirates. Kanuhura is part of Sun Resorts, which
also includes Le Touessrok in Mauritius.
global expansion
Sun Resorts sales and marketing manager Anna
Jackson said: “The Maldives is such a popular
destination for the UK, especially in the luxury
market, so we want to give agents the chance to
April Hutchinson.
ham Place, Eaton Smart, Eaton House and Eaton really experience and enjoy a top resort.”
LANGHAM Hotels International is on the verge of Luxe brands. Agents on the trip will take
buying hotels in Paris, New York and Washing- “We are a multi-branded group, but I don’t part in a workshop to learn
ton, which it plans to follow with expansion in think that has become as evident yet as with about Sun Resorts’ properties.
Australia, Singapore and the US. companies like Starwood or IHG,” said Butcher. A member of Small Leading
Chief executive Brett Butcher said immediate There are seven hotels under The Langham Hotels of the World, 100-villa
rapid growth would be in China, but Langham brand with a new property to open in Bangkok Kanuhura is set in Lhaviyani
aimed to target key European, North American, in the Sukhumvit Road area in 2012. atoll where there are only four
Asian and Middle East cities. There are two Langham Place hotels including other resorts.
Butcher said the downturn had presented the most recent opening in Samui at Lamai
many opportunities and the group, owned Beach in December. Upcoming Langham Place ■ The trip takes place in June, visit
by Great Eagle Holdings in Hong Kong, had openings include two hotels in Beijing; the Miora ttgluxury.com/maldives for details
significant funds for buying hotels. Resort & Spa in Phuket; the Vineyard Resort &
But he said achieving the company’s desired Spa on Waiheke Island, Auckland; a property in
rapid growth would also come from more Guangzho; one in Bangkok and the Langham
‘1930s glamour
management contracts, such as the latest open- Place Resort & Spa in Port St George, Bahamas.
ing under its Langham Place brand in Koh Samui. Butcher said volumes at the group’s hotels
There was more work to be done in establish- were back to pre-recession levels, but added
returns to NYC’
ing the brands, Butcher added, as the group rates across the luxury hotel group would not ONE OF THE newest hotels in New York has said
currently operates under The Langham, Lang- be back to previous highs until summer 2011. it aims to “take the city by storm”.
The Chatwal opens late in May on 44th Street,
in a landmark 1905 art deco building originally
Portugal’s five-star progress
designed by Stanford White.
General manager Joel Freyberg said: “We aim
to take New York by storm and to bring the
PORTUGAL’S hotel sector will get a luxury boost hotel will have the first medical spa in Portugal glamour of the 1930s back to the city. UK agents
this year with the opening of a number of and is set in a protected natural reserve. are a key part of helping us spread the word.”
independent new hotels. The Yeatman, a luxury city retreat in the A Leading Hotels of the World member, the
The Longevity Wellness Resort in the Algarve northern Oporto region, is slated to open in June. Chatwal’s interiors are designed by Thierry
is set for a soft opening in April. The 195-room The 82-room property aims to be one of the Despont, and it features a spa by cult US brand
world’s leading wine hotels and will be overseen Kashwere and an indoor lap pool.
by Adrian Bridge, managing director of
renowned port producer Taylor Port.
The Oitavos (pictured), a five-star hotel with Get the luxury The latest issue of ttgluxury is
142 rooms, is set to open in September in the out now and features an interview with Jimmy
Sintra Cascais National Park, 20 minutes from Choo as well as updates on Berlin, Abu Dhabi,
Lisbon on the Atlantic coast. It will feature a the Caribbean, Mauritius, Valencia and Las
10-room spa within the Quinta da Marinha Vegas. Read the digital edition or subscribe
estate, which also houses an equestrian centre, for your copy at ttgluxury.com
health club and the Oitavos Dunes golf course.
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