Lisbon news

Veteran hotelier Simon Casson has been appointed CEO of luxury operator Corinthia Hotels, owned by the Corinthia Group. Founded in Malta in 1962 by the ... More

Kerry Turpin has been appointed by luxury international hotel brand Corinthia Hotels to spearhead its spa and wellness agenda. An experienced industry professional, Turpin joins ... More

Global hotel and spa operator Six Senses is branching further into urban spaces after announcing plans to launch a brand new destination in Tel Aviv, ... More

The Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser experience at Walt Disney World, Orlando, is among the winners of this year's Thea Awards. The awards – which were ... More

Rob Barker has stepped down from his roles at Precor and Peloton with immediate effect. Barker said he will remain in the fitness industry as ... More

Global hotel and spa operator Six Senses is incubating the launch of a new global wellness concept called Six Senses Place. CEO Neil Jacobs and ... More

GOCO Spa Daios Cove will embrace ancient holistic healing traditions to improve health and wellbeing with visiting wellness practitioners in Crete, Greece, in Q2 2020. ... More

The Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti has died at the age of 92 after contracting the coronavirus disease COVID-19, it has been reported. Gregotti was the ... More

Podiatry brand BGA Corp has opened its first Portuguese location at the five-star hotel Corinthia Lisbon. BGA Corp was founded by the French podiatrist, Bastien ... More

The Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa on the island of Malta is to open new Athenaeum Spa in October. Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa in ... More

Portuguese architecture practice Capinha Lopes Consulting have unveiled the first set of renderings for the Martinhal Residences – a luxury development taking shape in Lisbon's ... More

Luxury hotel brand Corinthia will open its first hotel in the Middle East, the Corinthia Meydan Beach Dubai, in 2020. The contemporary beachfront hotel marks ... More

Portugal’s new National Museum of Resistance and Freedom is set to open on 27 April 2019 – the 45th anniversary of the closure of the ... More

Boutique franchise operator Personal20 has opened a new studio in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. The studio offers electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) training as well as ... More

Exhibition and gallery designer NorthernLight has redesigned the kids’ gallery for Ciência Viva – an interactive science and technology centre in Lisbon – turning it ... More

A new museum exploring Portuguese history is expected to be built in the country’s capital, Lisbon. Lisbon mayor Fernando Medina outlined his plans for the ... More

A new report from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has been created to highlight the effects of "overtourism", also helping the world's cities ... More

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo's Serpentine Pavilion will open in Kensington Gardens, London on Friday (15 June). Escobedo’s courtyard-based design harnesses a “subtle interplay of light, ... More

Alison Brooks, Alejandro Aravena, Wang Shu, Bjarke Ingels, Elizabeth Diller, Rafael Moneo, Peter Zumthor and David Chipperfield and are among the big names participating in ... More

Award-winning Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has been commissioned to design the 2018 iteration of the Serpentine Pavilion. The Serpentine Pavilion programme, which began in 2000, ... More

British architect Amanda Levete has won the 2018 AJ/AR Jane Drew Prize, which celebrates individuals who have raised the profile of women in architecture through ... More

Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde has been announced as a speaker at next year's TIDE conference at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE). Roosegaarde is an ... More

Thai firm Minor Hotels has confirmed its entry to the north African spa and wellness market after signing a partnership deal with Groupe Chaabane to ... More

The World Architecture Festival has today (7 July) unveiled the largest ever shortlist for its Building of the Year competition. WAF – one of the ... More

South African investment group Brait, which owns a controlling stake in Virgin Active, has scrapped plans to transfer its registered offices from Malta to the ... More