Connections Luxury, in partnership with Visit California, will host the eighth edition of the California Luxury Forum in Newport Beach from 15-18 September 2024.

West Hollywood Travel + Tourism Board lead a delegation of hoteliers to Melbourne and Sydney earlier this month to meet with trade partners and travel advisors.

IHG Hotels & Resorts is expanding the Regent Hotels & Resorts brand in the Americas with an opening on the beachfront of Santa Monica, California. Poised to debut in late 2023, Regent Santa Monica Beach will raise its flag at the site of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

Six Senses is taking its wellness and sustainability formula to a sanctuary in Napa County. Named after the natural thermal Aetna Springs discovered in the 1870s, the original resort thrived until the 1970s as a natural spa destination.

San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado, part of Curio Collection by Hilton, has opened its newest oceanfront luxury hotel, Shore House at The Del.

American Cruise Lines is set to launch its first-ever California cruise beginning in 2023 – a San Francisco Bay voyage.

Fairmont Hotels & Resort will add an eighth property in California having inked a deal to rebrand the iconic Breakers Hotel in Long Beach.

Ultra-luxury hospitality brand Aman is extending its footprint in the United States, signing its first project on the West Coast. Aman Beverly Hills will be the centrepiece of the One Beverly Hills development at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevard, flagged previously by LATTE in 2020.

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley has launched Private Retreats; one- and two-storey luxury residences that provide a private home-away-from-home nestled amid the property’s vineyards.

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley has opened this week in California, marking the debut of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts’ first property set within a working vineyard.

Hilton’s Conrad Hotels & Resorts has signed its first property in California as part of a new, mixed-use development dubbed “The Grand LA”, located in downtown Los Angeles.

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows in California has this week rolled out a new name – Palisades Tahoe – and logo to symbolise their coming together under one name.