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Milan Marriott Hotel reopens 317 redesigned rooms after a full renovation
The Milan studio led by Federico Spagnulo reworked rooms, public areas and event spaces around a recurring grid motif.
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28 October 2026
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Lufthansa launches five new long-haul routes from Frankfurt and Munich
Columbus lands its first transatlantic flight, backed by roughly $47 million in incentives.
27 October 2026
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Hilton opens Casa Verbena Madrid, its first Outset Collection hotel in Europe
Designer Lorenzo Castillo fills the hotel with costumbrismo art, brass and fluted glass, and Hilton counts more than 100 Outset hotels in development.
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Danieli reopens in Venice as a Four Seasons after Rochon restoration
Check-in has moved to the Sala delle Maschere, and the total of 168 rooms and suites is due once a third palazzo is finished in 2027.
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Bar Camillo opens in Hong Kong with a tableside Negroni trolley
The 50-seat bar has four menus a year, each rooted in a moment of Italian popular culture, and a terrace over the city.
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Radisson opens its first net zero hotel in Africa near Kruger
The owner, not the brand, is paying for it, and a solar wheeling deal with SolarAfrica does not start until April 2027.
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Aeromexico adds Portland, Orange County and Fort Lauderdale in 2027
No airline currently flies from Mexico City to any of the three airports.
26 October 2026
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Singapore Airlines returns to Madrid after 22 years with a 16-hour A350 route
Madrid becomes the carrier's 15th European destination and its second in Spain, and the new service ends its Milan routing to Barcelona.
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Four Seasons unveils 2027 openings, led by Dominican Republic resort
The Dominican Republic property pairs a pristine Playa Esmeralda setting with tropical modernist architecture by Isay Weinfeld.
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Thompson Rome opens 69 rooms in a 1940s landmark near the Pantheon
Twenty of the 69 rooms are suites, and the kitchen is led by a chef from the three-star Le Louis XV.
25 October 2026
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Sydney's $14bn curfew-free airport opens with a sold-out Jetstar flight
The inaugural Gold Coast service sold out within an hour, and the first international flight arrives Monday.
24 October 2026
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La Réserve Firenze opens six serviced apartments in a 15th-century palazzo
Grégory and Olivia Marciano converted a former student studio building on the Oltrarno and opened their own Gucci-family villa to guests too.
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Alaska Airlines adds 10 nonstop routes, four long-haul from Seattle
The two December additions serve Honolulu from Boise and Spokane.
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Qantas flies nonstop Sydney to Las Vegas from December 29
The seasonal Boeing 787-9 service runs through March and saves up to five hours against US gateways.
22 October 2026
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St Regis Marbella Las Dunas to open in 2031 with 169 rooms and 151 residences
The €500 million project replaces a W Hotels plan first announced in 2016, and nearly 69% of the plot goes to public space.
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United opens the largest airline lounge in the Americas in Houston
The mezzanine-level club opens 22 October with an outdoor terrace and a $58.9 million interior fit-out.
21 October 2026
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Qatar Airways adds a 15-hour nonstop to Sydney's new airport
The three-weekly route begins in December 2027, with AUD$16 million in support behind it.
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Aman's Amangati to sail 19 Caribbean voyages from November 2027
The nine-deck yacht is still under construction in Genoa, but its maiden season is already filling up.
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Buccellati returns to Via Tornabuoni with never-before-seen jewels
The new store is the house's fifth in Italy, and a 1960s silver frame replicating a Botticelli is among the pieces on show.
20 October 2026
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Mandarin Oriental launches MO.RE with a 2050 net-zero pathway
The group reports a 33% cut in Scope 1 and 2 emissions so far, and promises greater visibility of Scope 3 across its value chain.
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Lufthansa to fly Munich–Phoenix on the A350-900 from August 2027
Phoenix has had no regular nonstop to a Lufthansa Group hub until now, and Condor dropped its own German link in 2025.
19 October 2026
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Lufthansa gives Columbus, Ohio, its first nonstop flight to Europe
The Boeing 787-9 will fly three times a week from John Glenn Columbus to Frankfurt, with bookings opening 20 October.
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Ritz-Carlton Reserve heads to the Bahamas with a 2027 opening
The 110-room resort on South Eleuthera adds 97 branded residences and a Robert Trent Jones II golf course.
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The Nora Hotel opens in West Palm Beach with 201 rooms and a Pastis
The hotel's rooftop, Lillys, is a St Tropez-style pool club, and its spa is billed as the first Sisley Spa in Florida.
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andBeyond to reopen Botswana camp as Xaranna Okavango Delta Lodge in August 2027
The reimagined lodge sits in a 90,500-hectare concession and adds a two-bedroom Family Suite.
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Singapore Airlines brings daily A350s to Sydney's new airport on 23 November
The 303-seat A350-900 has no premium economy, and the airport's 24-hour operation allows a 11:55 PM departure back to Changi.
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United adds five nonstop routes with Air Canada across North America
Three of the new legs reach Canada, while two temporary domestic routings bypass construction at Chicago O'Hare.
16 October 2026
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JetBlue's BlueFirst first-class cabin debuts on three routes in December
The cabin debuts on JetBlue Flight 1169, with priority boarding and dedicated bin space.
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Waikiki's Pink Palace remodels ahead of its 100th birthday
The Mailani Tower's 179 rooms are redone, and anniversary event tickets go on sale 21 October.
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The Plaza Hotel will close for four years from January for facade work
Palm Court afternoons, 282 rooms and the event spaces all shut, while the fate of 181 condos is unresolved.
