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🏡 Maison MUSA, created by MUSA Lago di Como, offers four independent villas with 4 to 12 beds, providing hotel amenities with the privacy of a home. Guests can enjoy personalized meals by ROTEO chefs, private cooking classes, wellness treatments from MUSA Beauty, and exclusive services such as boat tours and butler services, all with a panoramic view of Lake Como. Maison MUSA aims for a tailored experience that blends luxury, discretion, and authenticity on Lake Como.

🍰 Pastry chef Rocco Cannavino, known as "Zio Rocco," is opening his first Roman Lab Store on Thursday, May 8, at Via Alessandria 112, operating from 8 PM to 2 AM. The shop will feature high-quality leavened products, including ten types of customizable creams and various croissant styles. Zio Rocco, with a presence in Naples and Pomigliano d'Arco, aims for international expansion with his brothers. Ten staff were hired for the Rome opening, focusing on artisanal products and local collaborations. Zio Rocco, born in 1984, has been recognized by Italia Squisita, featured on Food Network's "Dolci di notte," and has worked with chef Ernst Knam. He's also known for inventing "brioche pandoro" and has a strong social media following.

🏖️ St. Regis Hotels & Resorts launched its first property in the Dominican Republic at the exclusive enclave of Cap Cana, Punta Cana. The hotel, designed by Acebal Canney Arquitectos & Asociados with interior design by Crafted by Chapi Design, features 200 rooms, including 36 swim-up suites and a 600 square meter presidential suite. It includes four pools, a Kids and Youth Club, nine restaurants, a spa with 14 treatment rooms, a fitness center, and 650 square meters of event space. Golf enthusiasts can enjoy the nearby Jack Nicklaus signature Punta Espada course. George Fleck, senior vice president, expressed excitement and plans to double their resort portfolio in the next decade.

🏠 Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) welcomed 25 new properties in Q1 2025, following a record year with 82 new affiliations in 2024. With over 620 independent hotels in more than 90 countries, new experiences are offered in destinations like Ireland, Italy, Germany, Guatemala, and more. Notable openings include Münchner Kindl-House of Hütter on April 4 in Munich, ROMEO Roma in January, and the 73-unit Villa Haven Resort Maldives opening in December. SLH is expanding to new locations such as Riga, Massachusetts, Girona, and others, with a variety of urban and seaside retreats, including The Retreat Koh Chang in Thailand, Eagles Palace in Greece, BESPOKE Tulum in Mexico, and more.

🏕 SLS Barcelona, brand of Ennismore/Accor, makes its European debut with a 471-room and suite hotel on the waterfront of Port Forum, Barcelona. The rooms, designed by Rockwell Group, each have a private balcony or terrace with opulent, playful interiors, including hand-shaped golden curtain tiebacks and anthropomorphic portraits. With six exclusive restaurants and bars, the hotel aims to be a culinary hotspot. It features three swimming pools, a 24/7 gym, and spinning room, free bicycles for exploring, and wellness sessions by Edan Studios. An extensive underground spa is expected to open by late 2025.

🏠 Atmosphere Core, with 9 resorts in the Maldives, is set to open 17 new hotels in India between 2025 and 2027, along with 2 more in the Maldives and 1 in Sri Lanka. The company, led by chief commercial officer Stéphane Laguette, has also made its European debut with Borgo Monchiero in Piemonte, Italy, under the Heritage by Atmosphere sub-brand, which emphasizes history, culture, and pleasure. The Italian property will not feature a 'Maldivian touch' but will be deeply rooted in local heritage, targeting guests interested in food, wine, and culture, including those from the USA and Asia.

🏖 MSC Cruises' operator Going Resort adds Minos Imperial Luxury Beach Resort and Spa to its summer 2025 lineup, enhancing its presence in the Greek islands with quality services for diverse clientele. Direct flights from Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa to Crete are scheduled from June to September, on Saturdays and Sundays. The resort features 11 public pools, 60 private pools, 1,200 sun loungers, and 18 dining outlets. Guests can book à la carte stays, paired with scheduled or low-cost flights, and enjoy a variety of sports, kids' clubs, and entertainment.

🎉 Dimensione Turismo launches early New Year's holiday bookings with a special incentive for reservations made by June 30. The catalog includes a Sri Lanka tour with a beach stay in Unawatuna, a Vietnam and Cambodia trip, and the Maravilha tour in Brazil, combining adventure experiences with the comfort of the DBeach resort in Natal. Additionally, the bestseller North Thailand tour with Bangkok and a beach stay in Phuket is featured, alongside a new Singapore and Phi Phi Island tour – a novel proposition for the upcoming New Year's celebration. Details are already available on their website, with the catalog soon to be distributed to partner travel agencies.

🏠 Vienna's Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna, a luxury urban resort, marks Anantara's debut in Austria, housed in a historic building designed by Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen for the 1873 World's Fair. The property, once a hotel and later a residential and administrative building, has undergone a complete renovation, including the refurbishment of 152 rooms and suites. The Presidential Suite, at 270 square meters, is the city's largest, with options to expand up to 408 square meters. The hotel's dining experience showcases three distinct concepts: Michelin-starred Edvard restaurant, Theo's Lounge & Bar, and the new Brasserie Sophie. The Anantara Spa spans 800 square meters with six treatment rooms.

🏡 Founded in 1953 by alpine ski champion Rolando Zanni, the classic architectural style Hotel al Piolet embarked on its 'second life' in 2021 after being purchased by Swedish entrepreneur Jonas Nordlund. Architects Silvia Dainese, Stefano Gris, and Valdostan Maria Pia Bettiol led the renovation, focusing on interior design and furniture quality. The 4-star luxury hotel, blending history with modernity, features 24 rooms with Scirocco's classic and refined Tiffany cast iron radiators for constant warmth and Caterina satin chrome-finished brass towel warmers in the bathrooms.