Luxury Hotels: This Week's News, September 14, 2012

One Aldwych

As compiled from Andrew Harper’s twitter feed, @HarperTravel. Please note that news about upcoming properties does not constitute endorsement from Andrew Harper.

• A Look Inside One Aldwych
• US business travelers rank favorite hotel brands
• Napa development: "People with disposable incomes are looking for accessible destinations — the 'closer paradise'"
• Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Launches Northern Itinerary
• The Peninsula Hong Kong launches US$58 million guest-room makeover
• Luxury "downscaling"? A&K & Butterfield both launch lower-priced tour lines
• "We’ve got a lot of development, but it’s outside the US. Asia is booming." Ritz-Carlton CEO Herve Humler
• Andrew Harper Premiere Subscribers: The Harper Collection is now available for a stand-alone price
• Orient-Express refinances Grand Hotel Timeo & Villa Sant' Andrea in Taormina, Sicily
• "Australia is emerging as a genuine upmarket destination." An expensive one as well.
• Lobby of Claridges Hotel London c. 1935
• Video: The Governor’s Residence, Rangoon, Burma
• The Orcaella, a New Burma River Cruiser from Orient-Express
• Luxury London hotels receive a lift from Middle Eastern travelers
• Fascinating - Hackers target hotel guests traveling abroad
• Mandarin Oriental Appoints New GMs in Las Vegas and Washington DC
• New Zealand Lakes & Legends: An Andrew Harper Signature Tour, April 5 – 17, 2013
• Airlines Updating Apps ASAP to Prep for iPhone and iOS Updates
• Harper Auctions: The best in the business
• Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France joins the Oetker Collection
• Dominic de Villepin questioned by police in Relais guidebook scandal
• Announcing the 2012 Hideaway Report Reader Survey Results
• Video: Amanruya, Turkey
• More on Amancoa, Amanresorts' property in Brazil set to open in early 2014
• Kempinski makes debut in Lithuania with 96-room hotel
• Rocco Forte appoints new Director of Sales for Middle East Region
• Four Seasons: New properties planned in Toronto, Orlando, Brazil, Mexico and the Caribbean
• Dreamliner 787 by Boeing flies in Asia, domestic flights planned
• Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding announces $30m refurbishment of George V
• November opening date confirmed for Vietnam's Banyan Tree
• Jumeirah Group's new London venture: Grosvenor House Apartments
• Video: Amanjena, Amanresorts' first property in Africa