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Museum director Cecilie Hollberg has come under fire for comparing the city to a sex worker due to uncontrolled mass tourism. Hollberg, a historian, has ... More

The Italian thermal town of Montecatini Terme will welcome 30 delegates from the Great Spa Towns of Europe Association (GSTEA) this week when it hosts ... More

Marriott International’s W Hotels brand has expanded its signature AWAY Spa portfolio with a striking new urban spa in Budapest. Housed within W Hotels’ flagship ... More

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, part of Marriott International's portfolio of 31 hotel brands, has opened The Ritz-Carlton, Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu in Southern ... More

Hotel and spa operator Banyan Tree Group has signed a deal with La Quinta Real Estate Group to open its first resort and residences in ... More

The Great Spa Towns of Europe association (GSTE) is holding its second General Assembly in the UK’s World Heritage city of Bath on 2 March ... More

The Great Spa Towns of Europe Association (GSTEA) has announced the appointment of Chiara Ronchini as its new secretary general, effective from 13 February 2023. ... More

Members of the Great Spa Towns of Europe (GSTE) have gathered in Františkovy Lázně in the Czech Republic this week to take part in the ... More

Newly-formed industry body The Great Spa Towns of Europe association has appointed Stefan Szirucsek as its new board chair. As of July 2021, The Great ... More

The World Leisure Organization (World Leisure) has launched a podcast series as part of its 70th-anniversary celebrations called World Leisure Pathways – Past, Present and ... More

The Great Spa Towns of Europe, one of UNESCO's newest World Heritage Sites, has launched an association to deliver the future management and protection of ... More

High-end fashion house Armani has chosen to open its third global hotel location in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. In line with Armani’s existing hotels in Dubai ... More

The Maldives’ first-ever TEDx talk, themed around the Slow Life, is set to take place on March 19, 2022. Hosted at Soneva Fushi on Kunfunadhoo ... More

IHG Hotels & Resorts is set to launch the first resort from its recently acquired luxury brand, Regent Hotels & Resorts, in South East Asia ... More

Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage Sites are being brought together through the world’s first ever UNESCO digital trail. The trail connects the country’s 13 place-based UNESCO ... More

Medical spa brand Lanserhof will open its first coastal resort on the island of Sylt in northern Germany, in Spring 2022. A €120m (US$138.7m, £101.9m) ... More

A new spa has opened in Budapest, with design influenced by the city’s historical links to thermal bathing and the graceful forms of swans. The ... More

Auberge Resorts Collection has been appointed by Leeu Collection to manage Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Resorts Collection in Florence, Italy. Set to open in 2023, ... More

The Jorvik Group has launched a major global art project which will connect 14 cities around the world. Working in partnership with the York Guild ... More

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has honoured 11 European spa towns and added them to its esteemed World Heritage List. The ... More

Alpine tree species and ancient Celtic nature doctrines are inspiring spa programming at Forestis in South Tyrol, a secluded Italian alpine retreat surrounded by forests ... More

One&Only is opening its first European resort in May 2021 in Montenegro, nestled among a mountain landscape with panoramic ocean views. One&Only Portonovi will be ... More

Thai hotel group Dusit International has opened a brand new resort on the lower reaches of China’s Yangtze River and the shores of Lake Tai, ... More

Luxury five-star hotel The Phoenicia Malta has been upgraded with a 1,200sq m new Deep Nature Spa in the heart of Valletta, in Malta. The ... More

Finnish sauna culture has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With 3.3 million saunas in a country of ... More