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New
Hyatt-branded
hotel officially
opens in Goa,
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Hyatt Place Goa/Candolim
is the newest
Hyatt-branded
hotel to
officially open
in Goa, India.
The hotel brings
the Hyatt Place
brand’s
intuitive
design, casual
atmosphere and
practical
amenities to the
Goa area. This
is the fourth
Hyatt Place
hotel to open in
India, joining
Hyatt Place
Hampi, Hyatt
Place Pune/Hinjewadi
and Hyatt Place
Gurgaon/UdyogVihar.
Hyatt Place Goa/Candolim
is ideally
located in the
heart of North
Goa and is in
close proximity
to the state’s
beaches,
including
Candolim Beach,
Calangute Beach
and Fort Aguada,
as well as
popular
entertainment
and nightlife
destinations.
Hyatt Place Goa/Candolim
is less than 22
miles (36
kilometres) from
Goa’s Dabolim
Airport and 12
miles (21
kilometres) from
Thivim Railway
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Marriott
launches 1st
non-franchise
hotel, bets big
on India |
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It already has
seven brands and
31 operational
hotels in India
but global
hospitality
chain Marriott
is hungry for
more -- 52 more,
to be precise.
CNBC-TV18's
PoornimaMurali
and
ArundathiRamanan
report that
Marriott is
basing all this
activity on
confidence that
India will soon
become its
leading growth
market. Marriott
Hotels and
Resorts, JW
Marriott,
Renaissance,
Courtyard, Ritz
Carlton -- these
are the brands
Marriott
international
wants to build
on in India but
most of all, it
wants to build
on its Fairfield
brand. So even
though it has 52
new hotels in
the pipeline for
the Indian
market.
Marriott
international
has done
something it's
never done
before --
dropped the
franchise model
to invest
directly in a
hotel property.
Along with joint
venture partner
Samhi Hotels,
Marriott has
launched its
first-ever
integrated
property in
Bengaluru's IT
hub of Outer
Ring Road. The
366-room
property has
been built at a
total investment
of over Rs 300
crore, and will
house the
Courtyard and
Fairfield
brands.
This will be
driven by its
select-service
lodging segment
which has brands
like Fairfield
and Courtyard,
and the
lifestyle
segment which
has brands like
AC Hotels. 'AC
Hotel is also
nice like
Courtyard, it is
more like an
urban hotel and
is also very
trendy and
different so I
think we will
bring that to
India," Smith
says. "People
are becoming
more bullish
about the India
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Sri Lanka |
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Looking good at
Tri Sri Lanka |
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Few countries
are enjoying
such a flurry of
new luxury hotel
openings right
now as Sri
Lanka, and one
of the most
interesting new
properties to
launch in the
country is the
“sustainable
design hotel”
Tri Lanka.
Overlooking
Koggala, Sri
Lanka’s largest
natural lake,
and a 25-minute
drive from the
sleepy Dutch
colonial town of
Galle, the
just-opened
hotel was
founded by
British
photographer Rob
Drummond and his
yoga-instructor
wife Lara
Baumann. Their
disparate
interests fuse
here nicely,
with tasteful
aesthetics and a
focus on guests’
wellbeing two
core
considerations
evident
throughout the
hotel.
The six-acre
property’s hub
is a water
tower, which is
encircled by
Tri’s 11
bedrooms and
suites. At least
60sq metres,
each is finished
in local jak
wood and
granite; many
have private
gardens,
terraces or
plunge pools;
and most are
positioned to
offer either
sunset or
sunrise views.
In the common
areas there’s a
21-metre
infinity pool
facing Koggala
and a restaurant
which will serve
a daily-changing
menu of
reinterpreted
Sri Lankan
classics. Made
with ingredients
from Tri’s
gardens, dishes
might include a
breakfast of
fresh fruit with
buffalo curd ice
cream, or detox
or Ayurvedic
options seasoned
with local
Hathawariya, a
type of
asparagus.
But of more
direct interest
to many of Tri’s
guests will be
the yoga classes
led by Lara.
Long a trainer
at nearby
Amangalla and
with the likes
of Sienna Miller
and Gerard
Butler as
private clients,
she is one of
the region’s
most
well-regarded
yoga instructors
and will lead
many of the
classes set to
take place in
the hotel’s
amber
wood-floored
yoga shala.
Visiting yogis
who want to
ensure that
sense of
wellbeing lasts
long after the
class has
finished might
want to follow
up an exercise
class with a
whale-watching
trip – blue
whales and
killer whales,
as well as
dolphins, can
often be seen in
the waters off
nearby Mirissa
from November to
April – while
those planning a
more lengthy
holiday in Sri
Lanka can take
seaplane
transfers
directly from
Koggala to other
parts of the
country, or
drive to Colombo
in under two
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New York Post
lists Ananthara
Peace Haven
Tangalle Resort
in Sri Lanka one
of the top
hotels to visit
in 2016 |
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Sri Lanka's soon
to be opened
Ananthara Peace
Haven Tangalle
Resort is listed
by The New York
Post as one of
the top 19
hotels to visit
in 2016.
This
January-opening
Indian Ocean
retreat sits on
a 42-acre
coconut
plantation on
Sri Lanka's
southern coast,
its 152 locally
inflected but
largely
contemporary
rooms and pool
villas giving
onto a secluded
stretch of
beach.
This grand
resort Tangalle
is the doorway
to the open
beaches of
southeast Sri
Lanka. It's the
last town of any
size before
Hambantota and
has some old
world charm.
The resort
consists of 120
rooms and 32
stand-alone pool
villas, six
restaurant and
bar venues, an
exclusive
Ananatara spa, a
35-meter
swimming pool,
fully equipped
cardio-gym,
tennis and
badminton
courts.
Beyond the
Ayurvedic spa
and six
restaurants and
bars, the hotel
offers easy
access to the
area's nature
preserves,
whale-watching
sites and a
Buddhist temple
built into a
rocky cliff. |
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