IC Bellagio’s Founder & CEO, Andrea Grisdale, has been appointed Vice Chair of the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) newly launched initiative, Together in Travel, alongside thirteen distinguished founding partners.

Oetker Collection is making a move on the US market, announcing plans to debut its 12th Masterpiece Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida in late 2023.

The Travel Corporation’s luxury hotel collection, Red Carnation Hotels, has launched its own dedicated chain code in the GDS, in the process concluding a longstanding affiliation with the Leading Hotels of the World.

Global tourism industry visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist Stanley S. Tollman, founder and chairman of The Travel Corporation (TTC), the highly successful, family-owned, international travel group encompassing more than 40 award-winning brands including Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Contiki Holidays, AAT Kings, Adventure World Travel, Red Carnation Hotels and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, and pioneer of the sustainable travel movement through the not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation, has died in the South of France following a battle with cancer. He was 91.

The Red Carnation Hotel Collection has broadened its luxury portfolio in Africa with the opening of Xigera Safari Camp on the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

The Travel Corporation (TTC) has rolled out a new trade-facing sales arm for its premium and luxury brands, dubbed the Velvet Collection.

Ashford Castle, three hours’ drive west of Dublin near Cong, County Mayo, is now the Irish treasure in Red Carnation Hotels’ portfolio. Red Carnation’s owners, the Tollman family, bought the massive estate in 2013 and they have since spent ‘many millions’ on overall enhancements, including accommodation for some of the 465-strong team, who are augmented by outsourced gardeners.

Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection has introduced a two-month promotion that will see passengers booking any European and Russian river cruise in 2019 issued with credit of $1,000 per person to put towards other travel experiences with sister luxury brands of The Travel Corporation (TTC), The Red Carnation Hotel Collection, Insight Vacation and Luxury Gold. Alternatively, the credit can be put towards a second Uniworld cruise in 2019 or 2020.

Visitors to London can enjoy sumptuous surroundings and their own private front door in the Royal Borough of Kensington, while having 24/7 access to the personal services and facilities of one of London’s most prestigious five-star properties.