Do not ask me how, however August is leaving and September is knocking — and whereas there are technically nonetheless just a few weeks of summer time left, I am already dreading its finish. This summer time has been an excellent one for me, stuffed with journey, family and friends. This month has been stuffed with lodge information, too, together with just a few thrilling stuff you might need missed.
Late in August, Hyatt introduced its plans to purchase the hip Normal Worldwide lodge model for a cool $335 million. Marriott additionally made waves with the announcement the corporate will likely be rolling out a partnership with Sonder, a short-term rental firm that gives apartment-style stays in main cities.
We additionally noticed the opening of two completely different inns on our record of the most fun lodge openings of 2024: the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort in Florida and the Graduate Princeton in New Jersey.
Marriott lands in South Australia
Of us heading to Australia — the state of South Australia, particularly — can lastly money in Marriott Bonvoy factors for a lodge keep, as the primary Marriott within the state has opened in Adelaide. Set within the 150-year-old Adelaide Basic Submit Workplace constructing (together with a shiny new tower), the lodge has 285 rooms, together with 12 suites, plus a restaurant and bar and even an indoor swimming pool. The lodge marks the 600th Marriott Worldwide property in Asia-Pacific (excluding China), with one other 400 within the pipeline.
‘The Lion King’ is taking up the Hilton New York Occasions Sq.
“The Lion King” has lengthy been one of the vital beloved reveals on Broadway. Now, followers of the musical can spend the night time in an immersive suite decked out from prime to backside in a “Lion King”-themed design and memorabilia from the present, like materials used on stage and drawings of varied costumes.
Designed by Devin Sparkles Design, “The Lion King’s” Royal Suite is a component of a bigger package deal that additionally contains two drinks (both a Hakuna Manhattan or a Serengeti Dawn mocktail), a wake-up name from Rafiki (performed by Tshidi Manye), Simba-themed s’mores, items impressed by the present, breakfast on the lodge and entry to particular charges for premium seating at “The Lion King” on Broadway.
Charges for the suite begin from $500 per night time and might be booked on-line by emailing NYCTS-SALESADM@hilton.com or by calling (212) 913-9488.
Orlando’s getting a luxe IHG property
Excellent news for IHG loyalists who love the thrills and leisure of Orlando! The town is getting an InterContinental lodge. Set to open in 2028, the InterContinental Orlando may have 700 rooms, 5 eating places and bars, a 15,000-square-foot wellness space and a Membership InterContinental Lounge, all discovered on Worldwide Drive and close to the key theme parks.
Orlando has rather a lot to look ahead to over the subsequent few years, beginning with the opening of the new Epic Universe theme park and the Common Helios Grand Lodge, which can have a devoted entrance into the park. Over at Walt Disney World, new upcoming points of interest embrace new lands at varied parks centered round “Monsters, Inc.,” “Automobiles,” Disney’s well-known villains, “Zootopia” and extra.
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A beloved European escape transforms right into a 4 Seasons
Over 100 rooms unfold throughout a 100-acre resort on the Spanish island of Mallorca make up 4 Seasons’ newest trick: 4 Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor. Set beside a working wine winery on a property that dates again to 1929, this 4 Seasons combines the pure great thing about the island with the model’s legendary service to create a seasonal vacation expertise that encompasses a brief pop-up spa, a number of bars and eating places and days spent lounging by the pool, snorkeling or mountain climbing as much as catch scenic views. Open via the tip of October, company can at present get 15% off stays of two nights or longer.
Subsequent yr, the resort will reopen in March.
A brand new Texas lodge will likely be ‘ultra-accommodating’ for company with every kind of wants
As somebody who travels usually with a member of the family who makes use of a wheelchair, I can inform you firsthand how irritating lodge stays might be. Morgan’s Wonderland, a San Antonio theme park created to present company with and with out disabilities a spot to go for enjoyable, is opening a brand new lodge tailor-made to accessibility wants. The property may have workers who focus on incapacity help and are educated in incapacity etiquette, providing particular lodging for individuals with particular listening to, visible and bodily wants and even catering to growing old populations.
Gordon Hartman, the founding father of the theme park, which is known as after and impressed by his daughter and set to open in 2026, stated, “It will definitely be a lodge for everybody, together with these with particular wants who, going ahead, will really feel extra included, valued, and fulfilled.”
And to make the lodge even sweeter, it seems like Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott are all vying to get their respective names on the property, that means that after Morgan’s Lodge is open, points-and-miles lovers may have an ultra-accommodating property at which to earn or burn factors.
