Openings, renovations and brand moves worth putting in front of clients.
Sonesta's new Young Royals programme brings crowns, quests and castle set-ups for kids to five Royal Sonesta hotels, including Toronto's Yorkville. A family hook for city stays.
Lauren Smith · Oct 11, 2026 · 2 minConstruction has started on Club Med's second Canadian mountain resort, a ski-in, ski-out all-inclusive at Tremblant opening December 2028. Lift passes and lessons are in the price.
Alicia Loveday · Oct 9, 2026The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón has finished a multi-million-dollar redesign with lighter rooms, a new bar and restaurant, Palmera, and a French breakfast room.
Lauren Smith · Oct 9, 2026JW Marriott's first all-inclusive is open in Guanacaste, from $900 per person per night. A 45-room Griffin Club and a wellness program are what advisors will sell.
Lauren Smith · Oct 9, 2026Hotel Casa Real, the heritage hotel at Chile's Viña Santa Rita, has won its first MICHELIN Key. It is 45 minutes from Santiago, which makes it an easy wine add-on.
Ranthambore National Park's core zones reopened on 1 October, and JW Marriott's resort there, Marriott's 10,000th hotel, starts its first full season.
Oman Hassan · Oct 9, 2026Tranquility Beach Anguilla reopens on 10 October with two fall deals: a guided island and breakfast tour on five-night stays, and a free seventh night in villas.
Lauren Smith · Oct 9, 2026Royal Grand Resorts opens a 30-room, adults-only, clothing-optional resort for gay men in Manuel Antonio this November. It aims at upscale without ultra-luxury rates.
Jessie Isberg · Oct 9, 2026Park Hyatt Toronto says it ranked No. 4 in Eastern Canada in Condé Nast Traveler's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards. A guest-voted credential for any Yorkville pitch.
Lauren Smith · Oct 8, 2026The Oberoi Sukoonvilas, Wadi Safar opens in the first quarter of 2027 with 60 villas, 30 minutes from Riyadh. The first hotel in Diriyah's Wadi Safar, and a new pre- or post-Riyadh stay.
Lauren Smith · Oct 8, 2026Three luxury openings converge on Mayfair and St James's by March 2027, giving London advisors new suite stock and leverage with the established houses.
Lauren Smith · Oct 8, 2026U.S. readers named Victoria the world's best small city for a fourth straight year. Four local hotels placed…
Ottawa and the Northwest Territories have accepted the Mackenzie River’s nomination as a Canadian Heritage River. Each of…
Paradiso, the El Born bar behind a pastrami shop's fridge door, has won the Rémy Martin Legend of…
The government has ruled out charging overseas visitors at England's national museums. Inbound leaders now want the 28…
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