Luxury Hotelier - February 2008 - (Page 10)

10| Inform Openings Fairmont Hotels & Resorts announced the opening of Fairmont Towers, Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt. The 247-room property joins the company’s collection of landmark hotels as the first Fairmont to open its doors in Cairo and the fifth addition to the portfolio in the Middle East and Africa. Seven new Capellas under development his year will bring continued growth for Capella Hotels and Resorts, created by veteran hotelier Horst Schulze, as the brand expands its European presence and enters the North American and Asian markets. Spring 2008 will see the reopening of Dusseldorf, Germany’s famed SCHLOSS VELDEN Breidenbacher Hof as a Capella hotel. Capella Ixtapa in Mexico and the brand’s second Irish hotel, the Capella Dunboy Castle in Castletownbere, will debut in summer 2008. Capella Singapore on Sentosa Island and Capella Pedregal, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, will open in fall 2008. The company also anticipates winter openings for Capella Telluride in Colorado and Capella Bahia Maroma on Mexico’s SCHLOSSSTERN Riviera Maya. In addition, a first Michelin Star was awarded to Schloss Velden’s (the first Capella resort to open, in Austria) fine dining restaurant, Schlossstern. The restaurant additionally earned 17 points out of a possible 20 from Gault Millau. T Orient-Express Hotels announced that the Las Casitas del Colca will open April 15 on a 60-acre estate. This 20-room lodge in Peru’s Colca Canyon will give visitors a rare and special opportunity to experience the beauty and tranquility of the Andes. Sol Meliá announced the expected opening of two hotel locations in 2008. Planned to open mid-year 2008, Sol Meliá will launch the Gran Meliá Palacio de Isora Resort in Tenerife (Spain) and Gran Meliá Shanghai (China) Hotel. LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels will reopen the Bel Age Hotel as The London West Hollywood (California) in April. The opening folllows the launch of its sister property, The London NYC, in Manhattan and brings together many of the same award-winning partners and collaborators from that project, including designer David Collins Studio and chef Gordon Ramsay. Langham refreshes, renews commitment to luxury angham Hotels International has redefined its two brands, The Langham and Langham Place, to suit the diverging needs and expectations of its guests. While both are well placed in the luxury hospitality segment, the brands have been repositioned to more thoroughly embrace their specific customers through the delivery of a new level of distinctive and brand-explicit guest experiences. This strategic move comes at a time when the group’s accelerated expansion plan is taking shape with a growing hotel portfolio, particularly in the China market. The introduction of The Langham and Langham Place brands creates a powerful platform for LHI’s upcoming development, further strengthening its position as one of the world’s leading luxury hospitality groups. L Luxury Hotelier | February 2008 | www.LuxuryHotelier.com http://www.LuxuryHotelier.com

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