Starwood Hotels & Resorts is opening The Westin Pune Koregaon Park the first of six new Westin Hotels to open in India over the next three years and the brands 25th hotel in Asia Pacific. The hotel is illustrative of Starwoods overall growth in India with plans to grow its footprint by 60% by 2012.
Sol Meli Hotels & Resorts is to inaugurate a new five star hotel in China today. The new jewel in the companys Asian crown, Gran Meli Shanghai Hotel is located in the district of Lujiazui, the financial and commercial heart of the city, with easy access to the most popular attractions and entertainment such as the famous Oriental Pearl tower and the Shanghai Aquarium. The hotel enjoys magnificent views over the Huangpu River and district of Puxi, and is the maximum exponent of ultra-modern design in the city based around traditional Feng Shui philosophy, in which all of the architectural features of the building live in prefect harmony with its location, providing the most discerning guests with the most enjoyable stay in a great location for meeting their business needs.Its 30 floors make it the tallest hotel in the city, and its 686 rooms with their elegant minimalist design and furnishings provide maximum comfort. The most exclusive guests may also enjoy a VIP experience in the Premium rooms provided on the REDlevel: 119 guest rooms, 12 suites, 1 Presidential Suite and 1 Imperial Suite along with a great range of extra services such as a private check-in area, continental breakfast, aperitifs, and access to the REDlevel lounge, a private setting in which to relax.Guests at the Gran Meli Shanghai Hotel will also enjoy exclusive access to the YHI Spa, the wellness brand operated by Sol Meli.
The snow is flying across the Sierra Nevada Mountain range and the highly anticipated Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe opened its doors this week following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Northstar-at-Tahoe received over 24 inches of snowfall at the summit in just 24 hours, setting the stage with near-perfect winter conditions for the launch.
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AirTran Airways has announced its latest expansion to Iowa by unveiling non-stop flights from Orlando (MCO) to Des Moines International Airport (DSM)
If the idea of traditional winter swimming fails to excite you, try spending three minutes in temperatures of up to 110 degrees below zero! The luxurious Finnish Haikko Spa located less than 50km east of Helsinki has turned an old pain relieving method into an energising spa treatment subjecting the body to extremely cold conditions and causing the skins surface temperature to drop down to between 3 and 4 degrees centigrade.
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Watch the official naming of the world’s largest cruise ship.
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Bruges Ice Festival is just an hour’s train ride from Brussels and this year’s Ice Age theme means ice sculptors have been busy creating sabre-toothed tigers and nut-gathering rodents in this beautiful village complete with pub and funfair. The display will remain open until 10th January 2010.
