Havana news

Accor’s vibrant lifestyle brand SO/ Hotels & Resorts, together with Sotogrande SA, developer and creator of the namesake destination, will unveil the first SO/ property ... More

Mandara has opened a new spa at Adaaran Prestige Vadoo, Maldives, expanding its existing Maldivian portfolio. The luxury resort has 50 overwater villas offering unrestricted ... More

Chavana Spa has opened its latest site at the Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar hotel in Malaysia. Chavana, a Balinese “affordable wellness” concept aimed at four- ... More

Kempinski Hotels and Grupo de Turismo Gaviota SA have signed a management contract for Cayo Guillermo Resort Kempinski, the first five-star luxury resort complex in ... More

A hotel, a wellness centre, a public viewing platform and 450 apartments will feature in Dutch studio MVRDV’s most recently unveiled project: a distinctive mixed-use ... More

Cuba’s government has announced plans to boost its tourism infrastructure by courting foreign investment for proposed theme and waterparks. Reinaldo Daniel Alonso, director of Development, ... More

Wellness giant Steiner Leisure has signed a deal to take over the operation of a spa at Shangri-La-owned Hotel Jen Puteri Harbour, located in Johor, ... More

One&Only spas picked up two awards at the World Spa & Wellness Awards held Sunday (26 February) in London, and Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary & Holistic ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Bjarke Ingels' Greenland stadium plans to the latest on David Chipperfield's Nobel ... More

Swiss luxury hotel operator Kempinski will open a five-star hotel located within the historic Manzana de Gomez building in Cuba in Q2 of this year. ... More

Cuba’s tourism sector has benefitted from the effects of a thawing relationship with the US, with the island nation’s visitor numbers hitting record levels in ... More

Chavana Spa has entered into a new agreement to operate a spa facility at PearlSands at Huraa, located in North Male Atoll, Maldives. Operations commenced ... More

On the heels of its announcement of a new Luxury Brands Group, hotel giant Marriott International has outlined some of the nearly 30 new luxury ... More

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened the Four Points Havana – a historic milestone that makes it the first US-based hospitality company to enter Cuba ... More

Former England captain David Beckham’s plans to establish a new football franchise in Miami, Florida, are a step closer after Major League Soccer (MLS) approved ... More

David Beckham’s proposal to launch a Miami-based Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise may be in jeopardy after struggling to pin down a site for the ... More

Spa operator Steiner Leisure has launched a new Chavana Spa at the remote Adaaran Prestige Vadoo resort in the Maldives. Surrounded by the dazzling turquoise ... More

Steiner Leisure has signed a definitive merger agreement under which an affiliate of private equity firm Catterton will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ... More

Tampa Bay’s Florida Aquarium has agreed a partnership with Cuba’s National Aquarium in Havana, the first time such a deal has been struck since the ... More

Miami Beckham United, the group behind proposals to launch an Major League Soccer (MLS) club in Miami, has secured a site for a 25,000-capacity stadium ... More

Operator Steiner has launched the Chavana-branded spa in the North Ari Atoll of the Maldives at four-star hotel Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo. The wider retreat is ... More

Steiner Spa Consulting president Jeff Matthews has revealed the company's concepts and designs for a burgeoning pipeline of projects in the Indian Ocean and Middle ... More

The Steiner-operated Chavana Spa at DoubleTree by Hilton Moscow – Marina has soft-opened, featuring imported teak wood, artwork and décor from Bali. Set within the ... More

In a rare show of unity between the US and Cuba, representatives of Tampa Bay’s Florida Aquarium travelled across the water to look into forming ... More

A large exhibition on Cuba’s rail heritage is set to open following an eight-year project to repair and restore 40 locomotives. The open air exhibition ... More