Aman Resorts, the luxury hotel chain, has been put up for sale with a price tag of over $400m, the Sunday Times reports.

The chain has been put up for sale by its owner, Indian property company DLF. The company is also seeking to sell its real estate joint venture with the Hilton Group.

Aman Resorts, which was set up in 1988 by Adrian Zecha, runs 25 resorts in places such as Thailand and Bali.

Spanish hotel chain Sol Melia is to offer guests free ‘Life Management’ classes at some of its hotels.

As part of a new campaign to highlight its wellbeing credentials, the chain has teamed up with Mario Alonso Puig, a leadership expert and well-known life coach.

Throughout October and November, Puig will appear at three of the hotel’s properties in Europe (the Hotel Meliá Madrid Princesa, Hotel Meliá White House, London and Hotel Meliá Berlin) to give a free ‘masterclass’ on positive thinking.

Californian hotel favorite Joie de Vivre has announced Arizona is to be its first destination outside of its home state.

The boutique hotel chain, which operates over 30 properties in California, confirmed last week that it had selected Scottsdale, Arizona for its next opening, where it will compete with the likes of Fairmont, Four Seasons and W Hotels.

As of fall this year, The Drinkwater, a 195-room property in the popular town described by the New York Times as “a desert version of Miami’s South Beach,” will join the Joie de Vivre fold of properties as its easternmost outpost.

Le Meridien has become the latest hotel brand to announce a revamp of its lobby areas, introducing a new concept called “Le Meridien Hub.”

At a June 23 launch event, the brand unveiled several new amenities to be rolled out worldwide as part of a program designed to transform lobbies into a “place for creative minds.”

Over the past year, both Hilton and Holiday Inn have embarked on similar large projects to freshen the public face of their properties.

Luxury hotel brand Ritz-Carlton is to put the knowledge of its global concierge team on Foursquare, it has announced.

In a move which the company claims is a first for the luxury industry, concierges from all 75 Ritz-Carlton hotels are to take to the location-based social networking site to offer tips on their locale to travelers.

Its staff won’t be advertising their own properties, instead choosing to focus outside the hotels on the best things to do and see in the destinations they represent.

InterContinental-owned Crowne Plaza has unveiled a room designed to help the long-suffering partners of snoring sleepers get a good night’s sleep.

The chain said that a “snore absorption room” is being rolled out at nine of its global properties on a trial basis to see if it can help couples snooze in more comfort.

Based on “proven technology,” the room has been given a set of extra features Crowne Plaza believes could help reduce snoring, tackling both the snorer and the person being kept awake.