Within just a year of opening, South Africa’s first Park Hyatt branded hotel, Park Hyatt Johannesburg, is setting new standards in luxury hospitality. Adding to the property’s growing list of awards, TIME Magazine has named the hotel one of its 100 ‘World’s Greatest Places’ for 2026, an accolade shared by a select group of exceptional properties around the world. Compiled and curated by TIME’s international network of contributors, and eagerly anticipated by its international readership, the annual list honors extraordinary destinations across the globe, serving as a snapshot of the most exciting and inventive new experiences across travel, hospitality, culture and design.

As travel consumption continues to evolve toward higher quality, personalization, and local immersion, Atwell, IHG Hotels & Resorts’ (IHG’s) lifestyle brand, is accelerating its expansion across Greater China. Following the debut of its first property in the region, Atwell Suites Shanghai Wuning, the brand has celebrated the opening of its second hotel, Atwell Hefei City Center. From Shanghai to Hefei, Atwell brings its “new territorial home” concept to life, blending lifestyle aesthetics with local inspiration to create stays that offer both a sense of belonging and moments of discovery, designed for life-loving experience maximizer.

IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, continues to strengthen its position in Mexico, a key growth market for its Luxury & Lifestyle, Premium, Essentials and Suites brands. Mexico represents IHG's 5th largest market globally for open hotels and rooms, and the company has an ambition to nearly double its growth pace over the next few years. IHG’s growth momentum builds on more than 50 years of continued presence in the country, beginning with Mexico’s first Holiday Inn in Acapulco in 1970. Today, IHG has 187 hotels, and 30,000 rooms open across Mexico. An additional 62 hotels with 8,600 rooms in the development pipeline reflect the sustained regional demand for IHG’s brands from owners and guests.

Hilton announces two Tapestry Collection by Hilton hotels in Plymouth and Cork, continuing the expansion of its lifestyle portfolio across the UK and Ireland. The signings underscore Hilton’s selective, long-term growth strategy with a focus on destinations demonstrating strong demand. The hotels will join a growing portfolio of four Tapestry Collection properties in regional hotspots, including Dover, York, Portrush and St Albans. Marking Hilton’s debut in both historic maritime cities, the hotels are expected to create approximately 100 jobs.

The Portofino Hotel & Marina—the boutique, award-winning oceanfront destination in Southern California's South Bay—has partnered with the local medical spa Beauty at the Bay to offer hotel guests exclusive beauty and wellness perks, including 10% off most services. Both overnight and dining guests are eligible.

As the global spotlight turns to Miami this week, Faena quietly reveals its next act: an expansion into the Middle East shaped not by scale, but by story. Long celebrated for redefining the boundaries between hospitality, art, and community, Faena is bringing its singular vision to a new landscape through a series of destinations designed as living cultural worlds, each deeply connected to its environment, its heritage, and its future. Faena approaches each project as a blank canvas, an opportunity to create something entirely site-specific and curated, where architecture, nature, and cultural expression unfold in dialogue.