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Kempinski’s North Korean hotel plans on hold

by AFPRelaxnews in Hotels & Resorts on 12th April 2013 | No Comments »

The Swiss luxury hotel chain Kempinski said on Tuesday that it was dropping plans to open a huge pyramid-shaped hotel that has stood half-built for decades in North Korea amid escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Paris’s landmark Crillon hotel closes for makeover

by AFPRelaxnews in Hotels & Resorts on 1st April 2013 | No Comments »

The Hotel de Crillon in Paris is closing this weekend for a two-year-long makeover that includes a new spa and sweeping renovations.

JC de Castelbajac’s design for Casablanca Sofitel

by AFPRelaxnews in Hotels & Resorts on 21st March 2013 | No Comments »

French fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac was given carte blanche to create a work of art for the new Sofitel Casablanca Tour Blanche in Morocco.

Hotels on the ‘Road to Happiness’

by AFPRelaxnews in Hotels & Resorts on 21st March 2013 | No Comments »

Luxury hotel group Relais & Chateaux has released a set of 33 travel itineraries in 12 countries which they’ve dubbed the ‘Road to Happiness.’

Where you’ll find the most expensive hotel rooms

by AFPRelaxnews in The Most Expensive Things on 8th March 2013 | No Comments »

If you’re looking to travel to the glitzy, tony city of Monte Carlo, brace yourself and your pocketbook as average hotel prices in 2012 were highest in the Monegasque capital and lowest in Cambodia’s Phnom Penh, according to Hotels.com.

Marriott, IKEA team up to launch new hotel brand

by AFPRelaxnews in Hotels & Resorts on 7th March 2013 | No Comments »