Luxury Travel Knightsbridge will be home to the new property
Bulgari comes to the capital
THE FIRST new luxury hotel to be built in London for 40 years is to open in April with the debut of the Bulgari Hotel & Residences. The Knightsbridge hotel will have
85 rooms designed by Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners, the firm behind Bulgari’s other hotels in Milan and Bali, as well as an ESPA spa and a 25m pool. Other Bulgari projects are said to be
underway, which will lead to a portfolio of around 10 hotels worldwide. Francesco Trapani, chief executive
officer, Bulgari Group, said: “This is something we have wanted to do for a long time and I’m convinced it will be a further statement of our brand in the UK, which is a strategic market for luxury goods.”
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Naiade Resorts rebrands as LUX
Indian Ocean hotel operator Naiade Resorts has unveiled its new name, branding and shift in direction. April Hutchinson reports from the launch party in Mauritius
hotel group Naiade Resorts. Operator and agent
L
ux Island Resorts has been revealed as the new name for Mauritian-based
luxury EXCLUSIVE
partners were flown to Mauritius for the launch party for the new brand and identity for the group, which rolls out from today [December 1] and which chief executive Paul Jones said would help the resorts stand out in a “sea of sameness”. “Luxury has undergone a sea change. No longer synonymous with must-have labels, fussy cuisine, stuffy decor and an excess of acquisitions, new luxury is about a more thoughtful, more authentic and less complicated experience,” he said.
The name “Lux” is taken from the Latin for “light” and the company’s new philosophy in resort is based around what it called the “Island Light” concept.
A series of new “scenes” will be rolled out which Jones said will be
checking in
A taste of Star Clippers The luxury cruise line is to run a series of short cruises in 2012 to give travellers the chance to try the experience in Europe. Options include a five-night cruise on May 5 from Southampton to Hamburg via Amsterdam. Prices from £1,045pp.
Coppola branches out Film director Francis Ford Coppola is to open a hotel in Basilicata in southern Italy. Palazzo Margherita – to be featured by Exsus – will open in February in an
1870s palace. Coppola Resorts already has hotels in Belize, Guatemala, New Orleans and Argentina with Miami to come.
Making travel matter Travel Matters is to take part in south-London’s first Green and Ethical Fayre on December 10. The agency will partner with ITC Giving, Hands Up Holidays and Africa Collection at the event, with support from Trees for Cities, Tourism Concern and The Travel Foundation.
focused on helping guests to “celebrate life” in an “unpretentious” way. Some of the “scenes” include coffee shops serving the resorts’ own coffee roasted on
site; secret honesty bars; free phone calls from traditional phone
boxes; on-the-beach film screenings; pop-up dining; retro-styled ice cream parlours; inter-guest games and art shows.
“Not satisfied with merely offering an ubiquitous sun, sea and sand five-star resort holiday, we have lightened, heightened and brightened the way we operate at every level,” said Jones.
Lighter touch Five of the group’s hotels will deliver on the whole Island Light concept and have been renamed as Lux Belle Mare (formerly Beau Rivage), Lux Le Morne (formerly Les Pavillons) and
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