09 Apr 2009
May opening for Rocco Forte’s The Augustine
A 101-bedroom hotel and spa in a converted 13th-century monastery in Prague will become part of The Rocco Forte Collection when it opens in May 2009.

09 Apr 2009
Bonus nights at Emirates Hotels and Resorts
A number of Emirates properties are to run a new promotion offering bonus nights to guests as well as a 15 per cent discount on all published rates.

09 Apr 2009
Juala garden spa to open at Hyatt Doha
Juala Spa will open this June at the new Grand Hyatt Doha in the West Bay Lagoon district of Qatar.

07 Apr 2009
Spa opens at boutique Australian retreat
A luxury new AUS$650,000 (336,050 euro, £311,528, US$441,778) spa has opened at the Gold Coast Ruffles Lodge retreat in Australia, which is set on 50 acres of parkland.

07 Apr 2009
Late 2009 launch for Hodges Bay
A new resort and residential development on the north shore of the Caribbean island of Antigua will boast a penthouse spa when it opens in late 2009.

07 Apr 2009
African treatment room on the Zambezi
A new treatment room, offering facials and massages using ingredients including the ant-hill and wasp nest mud, has launched in a unique location on the Zambezi riverbank in Zambia, Africa.

07 Apr 2009
Grupo Mariana forms new strategic alliance
Resort developer Grupo Mariana Family of Resorts has engaged with UK-based investment specialists Convex Capital to provide strategic investment planning of the Seaside Mariana Spa and Golf Resort in Nicaragua.

07 Apr 2009
Decleor president is appointed
Toshio Negami has been appointed to the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Laboratoires Décleor S.A.S, Carita S.A and Carita International S.A.

07 Apr 2009
2011 launch date for Paradise Island resort
A luxury new resort with a spa is to be built on Paradise Island – also known as Ilha Santa Carolina – in the Bazaruto Archipelago in southern Mozambique.

06 Apr 2009
Rooftop COMO spa at The Met is postponed
Development work has been postponed 'until further notice' on an expansive rooftop spa overlooking Hyde Park, which was to open at The Metropolitan hotel in London, UK, by the end of 2009.

02 Apr 2009
One and Only Cape Town opens
One and Only Resorts' latest spa property in Cape Town, South Africa, has opened. The resort has two private, landscaped islands. One will feature 40 guestrooms, two of which have their own en-suite spa rooms. The other island has the spa.

31 Mar 2009
Starwood enters Middle East with W brand
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has extended its W Doha Hotel & Residences to Doha, Qatar, marking its entry into the Middle Eastern market.