Tourism is an important part of life in Alaska. In fact, last year, tourism brought in nearly $158 million in revenue for the state.
12.07.2024 - 19:53 / skift.com / Sean Oneill / Christian Louboutin
Christian Louboutin, the luxury shoe designer known for red-soled footwear, has acquired a stake in Experimental Group, a Paris-based hospitality company.
The financial terms weren’t disclosed.
Experimental Group operates over 20 hotels, restaurants, and bars across Europe, including properties in London, Paris, Ibiza, and the Cotswolds.
This isn’t Louboutin’s first foray into hospitality. Last year, the designer opened his first hotel, Vermelho, in the Portuguese village of Melides.
Louboutin’s move signals a long-simmering trend of fashion brands expanding into the hospitality sector, blending high-end design with travel experiences. There’s a Palazzo Versace Dubai, an Armani Hotel Dubai, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Ferragamo’s series of Portrain hotels, and Elle magazine’s Paris boutique.
LVMH earlier this year bought a stake in Accor’s Orient Express, and the luxury supergroup is expanding its Belmond hotel brand.
Tourism is an important part of life in Alaska. In fact, last year, tourism brought in nearly $158 million in revenue for the state.
Accor reported strong results for the first half of the year Thursday, and pointed to promising bookings trends for the second half.
I'm an independent traveler who likes making my own arrangements. (Or, to rephrase that for the people who know me and will want me to tell you the truth: I'm a travel obsessive with a need to usually control every aspect of a trip.)
Equinox Hotels, a revolutionary leader in high-performance luxury hospitality, is proud to announce plans for the opening of Equinox Resort Treyam, one of Magna’s twelve destinations, located on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba. Magna’s destinations, including Treyam, are part of NEOM, the evolving regional development, taking shape in northwest Saudi Arabia.
The UK’s leading provider of adult short break experiences, Warner Hotels, has revealed an exciting new rebrand, to be rolled out across its collection of unique country and coastal properties.
I spent a week on safari in South Africa, visiting three different reserves.
The Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority (MBVCA) is giving travelers and beach-goers the tools they need to effortlessly go beyond the beach and make future plans through immersive technology. The new EXP Miami Beach Tours App, now available on Apple and Google, EXP Miami Beach Tours (EXPMiamiBeach.Tours), serves as an extension of the Experience Miami Beach App, a guide for sunseekers that delivers insider takes on the best ways to experience Miami Beach. EXP Miami Beach Tours App users can choose from a selection of curated itineraries including video and visual highlights and pins that allow travelers to self-guide their own day, weekend or week on Miami Beach.
According to survey responses from American Express Travel, more people are planning big trips this year — and nearly 70% of them are going solo.
Hyatt is reportedly near to closing a transaction with Standard International, owner of the luxury lifestyle brand The Standard and other brands.
My husband and I recently traveled to Dubai with our two kids and his mother on our first international trip together as a family.
Hyatt is close to a deal to buy Standard International, the operator of the upscale The Standard Hotels, according to reports on Thursday.
Expect more private equity deals in the tour operator and travel agency sectors.