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PERFECT PETER Peter
Island Resort and Spa in the British Virgin
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Islands has refurbished its 20 beachfront
suites; the bathrooms now come with double
jacuzzi tubs and full-length window views
over Drakes Channel (peterisland.com).
CATCH THE DRIFT July sees the launch of
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what Angsana is calling the first “floating
resort” (pictured) in the Maldives. The 20
two-storey InOcean villas at Angsana Velavaru
are a five-minute boat ride from the main
island and have their own dedicated Italian
restaurant (angsana.com). BMI MEANS
BUSINESS BMI has opened a new
international lounge for clients flying through
Heathrow’s Terminal 1. It includes a British-
style pub, showers, study area and free Wi-Fi
(flybmi.com). CROWNING GLORY Australia’s
largest hotel is to open in Melbourne early
next year. The wave-like architecture of the
Crown Metropol is designed by Bates Smart
and the hotel will have 658 rooms, a Maze by
Gordon Ramsay restaurant, day spa and a
sky-bar on level 28 (crownmetropol.com.au).
SELLING SPANISH VARIETY
MODERN MONACO The
Monte Carlo Beach Hotel
has emerged from a
ith bookings to Spain down by 11% needed to diversify, and had become too used refurbishment by India
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this year, the Spanish Tourist Office is to selling the same things in Spain instead of Mahdavi, which includes a
throwing millions of pounds behind the variety of product on offer (pictured: new new gourmet restaurant
summer and autumn advertising campaigns to Royal Suite at InterContinental Madrid). He (montecarloresort.com).
ensure the country gets its share of an added that the STO would also be working with UPPER HAND The 117-
increasingly late market. independents as part of the campaign. room Upper House hotel
The funds include £4 million to be split Cadogan managing director Stephen will open in Hong Kong’s
over the seasons on advertising with partners Rhodes said average lead times for bookings to Pacific Place on October 1 and will include a
including Tui, Thomas Cook and Expedia. Spain had dropped from an average of 10-15 restaurant by Gray Kunz, Cafe Gray Deluxe,
STO director Ignacio Vasallo said the trade weeks to just three to six weeks. and a 49th-floor lounge (upperhouse.com).
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