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Rural Scottish retreat Murrayshall Country Estate has received the green light for its £30 million (US$38 million, €34.8 million) masterplan by Perth & Kinross Council. ... More

English countryside retreat Ardencote Hotel in Warwickshire has announced the completion of its £1.5m (US$1.7m, €1.7m) spa redevelopment project. Located in the four-star hotel’s former ... More

Hospitality group Loisium Wine and Spa Hotels has opened a new four-star spa hotel perched upon a hill in France's verdant Champagne province. With two ... More

Hotel group Lošinj Hotels and Villas has unveiled a newly refurbished integrated fitness and wellness destination at its four-star hotel in Veli Lošinj, Croatia. The ... More

Nine themed settings and 25 unique water attractions, including 17 slides, are spread across a 32,600sq m (107,000sq ft) hall at the newly opened Rulantica ... More

Mokara Hotel and Spa in San Antonio, Texas has appointed Zach Thomas as spa director. In his new role, Thomas will oversee the Forbes Four-Star ... More

LetoLeto Waterpark, a sprawling indoor attraction in Tyumen, Russia, opened its doors this week, promising to keep guests warm no matter what the weather outside. ... More

Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, in Liverpool, UK, has unveiled multi-million-pound plans that will completely transform the four-star resort into a luxury leisure destination. ... More

PortAventura has expanded its offering at Ferrari Land, introducing a new children's area for visitors to the popular destination as it attempts to reach 5 ... More

A new luxury wellness retreat is set to launch next month in Cambridge, England. Located within the manicured grounds of the four-star Gonville Hotel, Gresham ... More

The four-star Solent Hotel and Spa in Fareham, Hampshire, has undergone a £5m (US$6.6m, €5.6m) expansion. Development of the Thwaites hotel includes a new 54-bedroom ... More

International consulting firm Linser Hospitality has been engaged to develop the extensive health and wellness programming for the Kemeri Park project in Jurmula, Latvia. The ... More

US National Football League (NFL) franchise the Green Bay Packers has revealed it is nearing completion on the first phase of its very own sports-anchored ... More

The BBC has reported today that eight people including two children have been found alive in Italy’s Rigopiano Hotel, two days after it was buried ... More

Dubai developer Nakheel and leading Thai hotel group Centara Hotels have signed a joint venture agreement to create a AED500m (US$136m, €129m, £112m) beachfront resort ... More

Middle Eastern developer Nakheel and Spanish hospitality giant RIU Hotels & Resorts have officially kickstarted development on an 800-room resort and waterpark at Dubai’s artificial ... More

Disney and property developer Wincome Group will receive a combined US$550m (€493.5m, £411.3m) tax break to build three new four-star hotels at Disneyland in California. ... More

Latvian wellness consultancy Inbalans Group is working together with Moscow-based international development company Griffin Partners and Jurmula City Council to develop a substantial wellness community ... More

Work has begun on a new £20m (US$29m, €26m) four-star hotel in Edinburgh’s Old Town, marking a milestone in hotel operator Carlton’s ambitions to provide ... More

Gardaland has announced a new multi-million-euro themed area for the Italian park and resort, based around the popular DreamWorks Animation IP, Kung Fu Panda. Kung ... More

A proposal to spend AS$800m (£409.2m, US$578.7m, €524.9m) on redeveloping the Canberra-located Manuka Oval to attract more elite sporting events has been put forward. A ... More

Spa industry veteran Christian Kiefer has turned Dubai-based Dreamworks Spas into a consultancy business with a focus on three- and four-star properties in the Middle ... More

Country club and golf operator The Club Company has snapped up Wharton Park Golf and Country Club in Worcestershire, with plans to add a sizeable ... 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

Europe’s buoyant hotel market is likely to spark a boom in high-end hotel franchising over the next five years, with the prospect of solid returns ... More