Hotels & Resorts
Hotel industry veteran, Josef Ebner, announces retirement
Well known hotel industry veteran, Josef Ebner is retiring. Ebner, the RVP Canada and managing director of The Chelsea Hotel, Toronto will retire on Nov. 15, 2024. The announcement of Ebner’s retirement marks the end of an amazing career spanning over 60 years, 14 properties and seven countries. Like many hoteliers in his time, Ebner began his career in an apprenticeship training program where he learned first-hand, the importance of excellent customer service and hospitality – an experience that helped him to become a successful hotelier. “There have been many...
Marriott welcomes 9,000th property with St. Regis Longboat Key Resort
Marriott International announced its 9,000th property with the opening of The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort. Situated on an expansive 18 acres in Longboat Key, Florida, this luxury beachfront property features 168 exquisite guestrooms, including 26 suites, and offers breathtaking ocean views, outstanding culinary experiences, and world-class amenities, all reflective of the St. Regis brand's signature distinctive design and exceptional service. The resort will also feature 69 private branded residences that will provide an extraordinary luxury living experience on Florida's...
Four Seasons Mallorca opens on a working vineyard
In the heart of a vast private estate with carefully restored gardens, seaside woodlands, rugged cliffs and secret beaches, a former hideout for the glitterati has reemerged as a sustainable and soulful luxury holiday destination that retains its glam-chic charm. Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor is a 40-hectare (100-acre) resort is set amid a large estate that also includes a working vineyard. With sustainable practices at the core of the Resort's restoration effort, all 110 guest rooms and suites have terraces facing the sea, and some also offer private plunge...
Bouncing back from Beryl: How 3 Montego Bay resorts handled the hurricane
The general manager for Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Rose Hall was only nine weeks on the job when Hurricane Beryl hit Jamaica. “I had the baptism by fire with Hurricane Beryl, which luckily or unluckily depending on how you want to talk about it, was my 16th hurricane so I’m kind of used to them,” Adrian Whitehead, who is originally from the U.K. but has worked in the Caribbean since 1996, tells Travel Courier on location in Montego Bay. “We were fully operational 72 hours after.” Although he pointed out that a few shingles and a wedding gazebo still needed to be replaced,...
Sandals offering up to $500 off during “Everything Jamaica” sale
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has introduced a new Experience Jamaica sale. Available at seven adults-only Sandals Resorts and two family-friendly Beaches Resorts in Jamaica, the Caribbean all-inclusive resort company celebrates its flagship island with sky-high savings in the form of air credits plus a tour credit. Available to book through Oct. 6 and valid for travel through Dec. 26, 2026, the Experience Jamaica sale offers a $350 air credit on stays of five to six nights, and a $500 air credit for stays of seven nights or longer at nine all-inclusive Jamaican...
Rosewood announces Caribbean expansion with Rosewood Exuma
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has named Exuma as the latest addition to the brand's Caribbean portfolio. Rosewood Exuma will offer a private island experience that will fuse together the best of both ultra-luxury and adventure travel. Imagined in partnership with Yntegra Group, a Miami-based private investment company, the new development will advance Rosewood's evolution as a global leader in luxury lifestyle along with Yntegra's long-term strategic vision of unlocking the unrealized investment and economic potential of the Exumas region. About Rosewood Exuma Situated on a...
Arizona’s first Grand Hyatt to debut this fall
With a phased full property renovation under way, Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch expects to unveil its highly anticipated $115 million property-wide renovation and rebrand to Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort in early October 2024, marking the first Grand Hyatt hotel in Arizona. "Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort will stand out in the region for its rich amenities, captivating design, incredible new ballroom space and delectable culinary offerings," said Lance Marrin, general manager, Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch. "We are creating a...
Sandals Emerald Bay is closing; rebranding as Beaches Exuma
Sandals is expanding the family-friendly Beaches Resorts brand with the development of Beaches Exuma, its fourth resort, and the first Beaches in The Bahamas. To make this new resort possible and as part of a coordinated growth plan across the Sandals and Beaches Resorts portfolio, Sandals Emerald Bay will close on Aug. 15, 2024. The property will then undergo a transformation that is anticipated to begin in fall 2024 before reopening as the new Beaches Exuma. “Exuma was made for families and with more than 6,000 feet of shoreline, the new Beaches Exuma will be a gateway to discovering...