COPA news

Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery partner for its leisure centres, following a six-month pilot. COPA ... More

High-end five-star hotel company Kempinski Hotels is making its mark in Vietnam with a luxury waterfront property overlooking the Saigon River. Set to open by ... More

Hilton has unveiled a secluded beachfront resort named Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya in Mexico, marking Conrad’s debut in the Mexican Caribbean. Located in a secluded ... More

Destination spa operator Chablé Hotels is creating solutions-based retreats to tackle prevalent wellbeing problem areas in 2020. Chablé’s first offering is a healing heartache programme ... More

One&Only has unveiled a brand new luxury beachfront retreat in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico, with a spa partnered with premium natural product house, Tata Harper Skincare. ... More

Palace Resorts has completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun, the brand's flagship property, which includes a 30,957sq ft spa created in ... More

Luxury group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton will acquire Belmond Ltd – which owns, operates or manages 46 hotels, restaurants, train and river cruise properties ... More

Belmond Castello di Casole has opened in the Tuscan countryside, set within a castle dating to the year 998 in an untouched nature reserve between ... More

The new home for Brazil’s 50-year-old Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) is entering the final stages of its development, with the Diller Scofidio + ... More

Great Wolf, which is scheduled to open new resorts in Georgia and Illinois later this year, has announced it’s working on a new indoor waterpark ... More

Following the success of the Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun, Palace Resorts has opened its second Le Blanc Spa Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, with ... More

Architects Chad Oppenheim and Arthur Casas have collaborated to create a dynamic hotel nestled between dilapidated 1950s apartment buildings on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach. ... More

US architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has been announced as the design team tasked with creating the vision for a new Centre for Music ... More

David Lappartient has vowed to increase transparency in cycling after being elected president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The 44-year-old Frenchman secured 37 votes ... More

An abandoned Brazilian palace designed by iconic late architect Oscar Niemeyer is to finally see the light of day, with hotel group Oetker Collection opening ... More

United Soccer League (USL) franchise Arizona United Soccer Club has revealed plans to build a new stadium for 2017 – and changed its name to ... More

A second Emiliano Hotel is opening next month in Rio de Janeiro, with a location on Copacabana Beach and a focus on wellness. The hotel ... More

Officials have inaugurated Rio’s Olympic City Museum one month ahead of the opening ceremony for Brazil’s 2016 Olympic Games. The new museum and digital centre ... More

The Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires has taken control of the city’s controversial zoo, announcing plans to move nearly all of its 2,500 animals to ... More

A two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player and the owners of the Phoenix Suns have bought a controlling stake in Spanish football team ... More

The US authorities have charged 16 additional Fifa officials with fraud and money laundering offences, bringing the total number of individuals and entities charged to ... More

A proposed joint venture between the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society and the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium could see a US$123m (€96.3m, ... More

An Adidas billboard depicting a snarling Luis Suarez has proved unintentionally popular with tourists – who have been queuing to pose with various body parts ... More

New York City’s historic Church of the Holy Communion – and former home of the legendary, celebrity-attended Limelight nightclub, owned by Peter Gatien – is ... More

A new partnership organisation has been set up to develop golf tourism in Perth and Kinross leading up to and following the 2014 Ryder Cup. ... More