If you love travelling (like us!), you’ll love looking at new hotels or destinations in between trips. The good news? There are plenty of new resorts and hotel updates to check out for your next getaway. We also have hotel deals here in Singapore, for your next staycation fix!
Parisian Countryside Charm
La Ferme de Vallées is a boutique 38-room farm stay located within 185 acres of woodland just 45 minutes from Paris. This new fairytale hamlet is set on the historic estate of a transformed 12th-century Cistercian abbey. The four farm buildings also provide an option for renting a self-contained home. These properties overlook forests or a picturesque courtyard, and you can choose a cottage style with private garden or an opulent stay with bed canopies.
To create a traditional farm-stay experience, you’ll be invited to help care for the chickens, rabbits, goats and donkeys in the surrounding meadows and fields. There are also lakes, trails, art studios, a kids’ club, spa, bar and restaurant on the property to explore and enjoy.
Dreamy Staycay
When was the last time you had a deep sleep and woke up feeling refreshed and fully rested? If like us, you’ve realised it’s been a while, we’ve found an accommodation package that’ll turn you into sleeping beauty. The Grand Hyatt Singapore is offering a Sleep at Hyatt wellness experience that focuses on giving you quality sleep. You’ll stay in the newly reimagined Terrace Wing with an exclusive iKOU Sleep Kit, and the room will include natural sleep aids, including calming room mists, herbal teas and soothing bath salts. You’ll also get a $100 dining credit to use at the hotel’s dining venues for a nourishing meal.
Food-focused Cruise
Need another reason to go on a cruise? Oceania Cruises, which 15 years ago launched The Culinary Centre – the first-ever hands-on cooking school at sea – is celebrating the milestone with a range of new culinary classes for 2025, highlighting dishes from the Pacific Northwest, Polynesia and Australia. These food-focused experiences involve chef-led excursions in more than 40 destinations worldwide. You’ll shop for ingredients in local markets, then learn to cook destination-inspired dishes and connect with local experts and artisans.
Italian Escape
Coming to Italy’s renowned Lake Como in 2025 is a new hotel in a restored 19thcentury building, with 142 guest rooms and two penthouse suites. The Lake Como Edition is on track to open in spring, with a floating pool, lively lobby bar and several restaurants and bars overlooking the water and the mountains surrounding Bellagio – all just a short drive from Milan.
World Ski Awards
If this year is your chance to hit the slopes on holiday, here are two venues to note, as they both won at the World Ski Awards 2024. From Japan’s Best Ski Hotel category, The Vale Rusutsu is a ski-in ski-out resort hotel steps away from the Kotobuki Onsen and Rusutsu Resort. Tsubasa Chalet at Hanaridge in Niseko won Japan’s Best Ski Chalet category; it’s an architectural gem catering for large groups and families, with an indoor-outdoor private natural onsen, chauffeur and private car.
Find these properties at theluxenomad.com.
City To Sea
We’re always interested in travel that’s a one-of-a-kind adventure filled with wildlife, heritage and sustainability. Wayfairer Travel has created a 15-night Asian itinerary that’s packed to the brim with exactly that. You’ll start in Japan to experience the contrast between high-energy Tokyo and hot spring country, home to the famous snow monkeys. Then, you’ll leave for Indonesia for a nine-day ocean voyage on a traditional pinisi ship with SeaTrek, swim in a lake of stingless jellyfish, trek with birds of paradise, relax under waterfalls and snorkel over thriving coral reefs.
Airline News
• Emirates has taken out Best Premium Economy Class in the 2024 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards. The airline has also unveiled a new Airbus A350-900 to join its fleet (the first new Emirates aircraft type since 2008), featuring three cabin classes including next-gen Business Class lie-flat seats.
• British Airways has unveiled its brand-new ultra-wide First seat, with a 79-inch (two-metre) bed, multi-purpose ottoman, 32-inch 4K TV screen, adjustable mood lighting and 60-inch curved wall for privacy. Customers travelling together in the centre of the cabin can slide a divider to create a shared lounge space.
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