Russia – InterContinental
InterContinental has announced ambitious plans to open 100 hotels in Russia by 2020, an expansion of almost ten times the number operating there today, reports Luxury blog LUXUO
Manila – Trump Tower
Predicted to be ASEAN’s wealthiest city by 2020. Trump decided to lend his name to the Philippines-based luxury real estate firm Century Properties’ $150-million Trump Tower Manila in Makati City. By early 2012 the 220-resident community skyscraping building will be amongst the tallest in the country at 820 feet (250 meters). Century Properties recently announced that reservations for units began being booked in September. JustLuxe
Kuwait – The Hotel Missoni
Recently, Missoni, the iconic Italian fashion and interiors house, opened up their second hotel (first opened in Edinburgh), this time, in the unexpected location of Kuwait. Inspired by the Arabian Gulf and Kuwaiti culture, Rosita Missoni, the hotel’s Creative Director, combined nearly 10 million individual mosaic tiles to create their signature zig-zag stripes throughout the property. Here, Life+Times takes a photographic tour. HotelMissioni.com (worth visiting for the sweet sounds) notes new properties to open in Jebel Sifah, Oman (2013); ilha de Cajaiba, Brazil (2014) and Antalaya, Turkey (2014).