aman.com/resorts/amanvari What’s New Amanvari Mexico: Why Aman Chose Baja Aman’s first Mexican resort, set within the Costa Palmas enclave on the Sea of Cortés, signals a quieter, design-led chapter for Baja’s East Cape. By iTravel Staff • 7 min read
Gastronomy Michelin California 2026: Where HNW Travellers Should Book Californios and Enclos earn three stars, Kato rises to two, and nine new one-star restaurants enter the guide, reshaping the 2026 fine-dining map for affluent visitors. On June 24, 2026, at a ceremony in San Diego, Michelin announced the latest California star promotions, with the full press release By iTravel Staff • 3 min read
dior.com Gastronomy Michelin & Gastronomy: New Zealand, La Jolla and Saint-Tropez Redefine Culinary Travel The luxury gastronomy map is shifting again. This week’s key signals come from three destinations: New Zealand, where Michelin has arrived for the first time; La Jolla, where California’s fine-dining scene is expanding beyond major cities; and Saint-Tropez, where gastronomy, beach culture and rosé define the By iTravel Staff • 3 min read
comohotels.com Luxury Hotels Hotel Industry Radar: Why Luxury Hospitality Is Entering Its Pre-Opening Leadership Era The luxury hotel market is increasingly being shaped before a property opens its doors. This week’s senior appointments across Tokyo, the Caribbean, Mexico, Rome and Corinthia Hotels point to a clear industry signal: general managers and operational leaders are now being positioned 6 to 18 months ahead of opening By iTravel Staff • 3 min read
@montecarlosbm Experiences Jacquemus’ beach club takeover returns to Monte-Carlo When the first Jacquemus beach club landed at Monte-Carlo Beach in 2025, it arrived in banana yellow. One year later, the French fashion house has returned with a second seasonal residency that trades the bright citrus for a cooler, more graphic interplay of mint blue, coconut milk white and By iTravel Staff • 4 min read
billionaire travel trends The New Billionaire Travel: Orient Express, LVMH and Accor Bet on Yachts, Trains and Floating Private Clubs Discover how billionaire travel is evolving with Orient Express yachts and AI-driven wealth experiences. By iTravel Staff • 2 min read
instagram.com/laspiaggettadeibalzirossi/ What’s New Mauro Colagreco Joins the Culinary Vision of La Spiaggetta dei Balzi Rossi A new chapter begins this year as acclaimed chef Mauro Colagreco takes the helm of the property's gastronomic offering. Born from a longstanding friendship between owners Vera and Gualtiero and the celebrated chef, the collaboration is rooted in a shared philosophy of hospitality — authentic, refined and deeply connected By IP Staff • 1 min read
hyatt.com/alila-hotels-and-resorts Luxury Guides New Luxury Hotels in the Maldives: A Guide to Openings A survey of the properties redefining the Maldivian archipelago, from remote northern atolls to emerging private-island concepts in the south. Introduction: The Archipelago Shifts The Maldives has long operated as a kind of laboratory for high-end hospitality. A nation of roughly 1,200 islands, fewer than 200 of By Natalia Nova • 17 min read
Luxury Hotels Rixos The Palm Dubai: Where Dubai Slows to Its Natural Rhythm There is a moment on Palm Jumeirah when Dubai forgets to perform.The skyline softens into a distant mirage, the air carries salt instead of ambition, and time — so often accelerated here — begins to stretch. Rixos The Palm Dubai Hotel & Suites exists precisely in this pause. Set on the By IP Staff • 5 min read
ihg.com What’s New InterContinental Dubai Marina: Where Urban Energy Meets Destination Living Dubai Marina has its own rhythm. By day, it moves with the measured confidence of a global business hub; by night, it softens into reflections of light on water, a place where the city exhales. Rising directly along this waterfront, InterContinental Dubai Marina is not designed as a pause from By IP Staff • 5 min read
What’s New Aman New York: Stillness at the Center of the Storm “There is something in the air of New York that makes sleep useless.” - Simone de Beauvoir New York has always been a city that resists pause. It runs on ambition, velocity, and the electricity of proximity. Yet high above Fifth Avenue, at the corner of 57th Street, Aman New York By Natalia Nova • 4 min read
aman.com/hotels/aman-tokyo Places to stay Aman Tokyo: The Art of Stillness Above the City “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the old poets; seek what they sought.” - Matsuo Bashō Tokyo is a city that rarely lowers its voice. Even its calm is engineered - inside train timetables, in the order of queues, in the precision of a coffee poured without spilling a By Natalia Nova • 5 min read
