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!
New in Singapore
With 250 studios, lofts and one-bedroom apartments to choose from, Citadines Science Park Singapore is a handy new option for corporate and leisure travellers alike, offering easy access to some of Singapore’s best green spaces – the Rail Corridor, Kent Ridge Park and West Coast Park – and with retail and food outlets a stone’s throw away. Don’t miss this top getaway in Singapore for your next staycation!
Family Fun in Bali
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Soori Bali is focusing on pampering mums and families throughout March! Exclusive to Expat Living readers, it’s offering a four-night stay called “Childhood Wanderlust”, which gives you the chance to explore secret waterfalls, walk through rice paddies, dine beside a beach bonfire, fly Balinese kites, release baby turtles into the ocean and more. The package is available until 31 March and includes a stay in a two-bedroom beach pool villa or three- or four-bedroom residence.
Find out more at sooribali.com/offers.
Award Winners
Singapore nabbed three spots among the top 10 hotels in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa in the Preferred Travel Group’s members’ choice awards for 2023, with The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, Fullerton Bay Hotel and Artyzen Singapore all featuring.
Find the full list at bit.ly/prefermemberschoice23.
One for the Change Makers
Greek hotel brand Scorpios is expanding from Mykonos across the Aegean Sea to open a new property in Bodrum, Turkey. The company’s vision to create a gathering place for artists and change makers to connect is upheld at the new property, which offers cultural programmes and artist residencies. Set on a 75-thousand-square-metre peninsula, there are two restaurants, a club house, beach club, ritual space and 12 luxurious private suites. Activities include mindfulness practice, sound meditation, breathwork – even ice plunges!
Scorpios Bodrum opens in June; bookings are available now at scorpios.com/bodrum.
An Epic Cruise
Oceania Cruises’ “Colonial Crowns” 32-day voyage from Africa departs in December this year, starting in Cape Town, and passing via Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia before arriving in Singapore. The cruise ship Riviera has spacious rooms with new luxury furnishings, plus one chef for every 10 guests serving up steakhouse options, pan-Asian fare, Italian and French cuisines and more. More than 800 officers and crew are at your service, too.
Hotel Heritage in Hanoi
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, the iconic luxury hotel in the Vietnamese capital, has opened a new chapter in its 123-year history, relaunching its historic Heritage Wing after an extensive refurb. The Luxury Rooms, Grand Luxury Rooms, Metropole Suites and Legendary Suites – the latter named after former famous guests of the hotel: Graham Greene, Somerset Maugham and Charlie Chaplin – feature Italian marble surfaces and floors, new bathtubs and showers, contemporary artwork, mood lighting, a preserved original staircase and other elements that capture the hotel’s history and essence.
sofitel-legend-metropole-hanoi.com
Soothe Your Soul
If you’re looking for a getaway to rejuvenate mind, body and soul, Teardrop Hotels in Sri Lanka has introduced four new wellness experiences. The Soulful Detox is a two-day package of massages, somatic breathwork and teainfused body wraps. Teardrop Ayurveda Essentials taps into ancient Indian and Nepalese wisdom with yoga, meditation, nature walks and a specially curated natural menu. The energy-boosting Jet Lag has massages, foot soaking, yoga and personalised wellness check-ins. And the Rediscovering Inner Harmony experience helps you manage stress and rediscover your work-life balance.
Discover the Art of Italy
Located in Florence, a city bursting with rich artistic heritage, Hotel Calimala has expanded by opening an adjacent property, Hotel Calimala The West. The new property spans five floors and offers 65 carefully redesigned rooms that maintain the iconic interior décor of the original hotel: distressed stone walls, high ceilings, velvet, brass and marble, geometric motifs and tri-coloured terrazzo flooring. There’s a sophisticated new restaurant on the ground floor too.
Late Season Skiing
Hokkaido’s pristine Kiroro region is renowned for a record-breaking 21-metre snowfall and an extended 160-day winter, which means that even into early May it’s a wonderful alpine escape for any snowboarding or skiing enthusiast. If that sounds like you, there’s more good getaway news: well-known all-inclusive holiday brand Club Med just opened a new property in the region: Club Med Kiroro Grand.
Get all the details at clubmed.com.sg/r/kiroro-grand/w.
Alaskan Adventure
Don’t miss our fabulous competition in this issue (page 30), with your chance to win a one-week cruise for two people in Alaska’s famed Inside Passage!
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