Independent briefs on luxury destinations: market, hotels, pipeline and booking strategy.
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A record 2025, fragile logistics, 1,000+ new keys in the pipeline
From 86% to 23% — and a window of opportunity for the luxury guest
The most expensive startup in world tourism is looking for its guest
From digital nomads to resort luxury
Branded residences and a second luxury birth
Japan you cannot book last-minute
Private islands: rarity is geography
The «Hawaii of China» goes international
Saadiyat complete: quiet luxury below Dubai prices
Report series: destination markets for the traveller, development intelligence for the investor — and upcoming series on hotels and resorts that are events in themselves.
The whole destination market: arrival flows, logistics, pricing, booking windows. Three issues — Maldives, Dubai, Saudi Red Sea; six in production.
Pipeline, absorption, brands and scenarios: what is being built, what is being absorbed, what things will cost in two years. Maldives and Dubai available now.
Two markets, one machine: Maldives vs Dubai, Maldives vs Seychelles, Red Sea vs Maldives and Bali vs Phuket live — cost ratios, stress tests and the combination plays.
How nine destinations actually staff the promise of flawless service: wages, labour models and the human machinery behind the P&L. All nine reports live.
Fashion-house hotels: Bulgari, Armani, Versace, Baccarat — where couture meets hospitality and what it actually costs.
Icons of luxury hospitality: private islands, royal villas, rare categories — rarity rankings and the rules of booking early.
Resorts by fashion houses: Bulgari Resort Bali, Missoni, Karl Lagerfeld — capsules, beach clubs and the price of a fashion name at a resort.
Icons of resort luxury: Amanpulo, North Island, Cheval Blanc — rarity of territory, villas and the rules of booking a year ahead.
Soneva, Six Senses, COMO Shambhala — barefoot luxury, wellness and sustainability as the new currency of premium leisure.
EDITION, Aman in the cities, Rosewood — lifestyle hotels that sell a scene, not a room: bars, clubs, residences, community.
Health clinics and resorts: SHA, Clinique La Prairie, Lanserhof, Chiva-Som — longevity programmes, check-ups and the price of longevity.
Entire private islands: North Island, Fregate, Laucala, Necker — island buyouts, full privacy and the economics of exclusivity.
Cross-destination signals the desk is watching this month. Each destination hub carries its own signals block, updated with every site release.
Travel warnings lifted, operators expect Q4 at 2025 occupancy. The value window from our Dubai brief now has a closing date: festive season.
180 keys on Shura Island. AMAALA followed: Four Seasons 15 June, Six Senses 8 July. Wellness capital is voting for Saudi Arabia's west coast.
The million mark on 21 June, ~3 weeks behind 2025, powered by China and Russia direct capacity. Summer run-rate back near record pace.
Germany 930, France 843 in the final July week. October sets up as the year's biggest month: transition weather plus the Fregate reopening.
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