WORLDWILD CHINA (The Luxury Human Zoo) A Wildlife Sanctuary and Reserve with 7 Hotels and 4 Trains
Following the creation of the Four Seasons Tented Camp and Elephant
Sanctuary in Thailand and his own Bensley Collection – Shinta Mani Wild
luxury tented camp in Cambodia, Bill Bensley is currently designing his
most ambitious and innovative wildlife conservation concept to date –
Worldwild China or as it's affectionately become known – The (Luxury)
Human Zoo.
This exciting “Animals First” concept will prioritize animal welfare
while developing unique conservation-conscious learning experience for
guests and visitors. For the animals, it will be a place for Respect, Refuge and Rehabilitation while for humans, it is being created for Education, Excitement and Experiences.
Set in 2000 acres in southern China's Guangdong province, the
wildlife sanctuary and reserve will have 7 luxury hotels with a total of
2000 rooms, scheduled to open in 2022. Worldwild will touch on
everything that Bensley is deeply passionate about; sustainability,
conservation, wildlife protection, education and unique design.
Trains
Worldwild will have four trains which visit all three continents in
the reserve. The three luxurious sleeper trains are named the Tasmanian
Tiger for Australia, Oriental Expresso for Asia and the African Queen
for Africa. Following the head conductor wagon, each train will have 5
cabin wagons with exquisite suites that can accommodate up to 40
guests, a restaurant wagon and an observation wagon.
Masterplan and Images- Please click here for the Masterplan here
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IHG® Hotels & Resorts Offers a Fresh Take on Clean
As the world adjusts to new travel norms and expectations, IHG® Hotels & Resorts is
enhancing the experience for its hotel guests around the world, by
redefining cleanliness and supporting guests' personal wellbeing
throughout their stay.
Using new, science-led protocols and service measures, partnering with industry leading experts Cleveland Clinic, Ecolab and Diversey, and launching a global IHG Clean Promise, the strengthened measures will give guests greater confidence and hotel teams the protection needed.
IHG Clean Promise and Global Cleanliness Board
With updated measures in place, IHG is launching a Clean Promise.
Rolling out globally starting on June 1, 2020, guests can be reassured
that their room will meet IHG's high standards of cleanliness. If not,
the hotel will make it right.
Leading this work is IHG's new Global Cleanliness Board, a group of
IHG experts in operations, health, safety and guest experience, working
with our new external specialists, including James Merlino, Chief
Clinical Transformation Officer at Cleveland Clinic, to define
solutions, best practice and implement processes.
While on-property, hotel teams will also appoint Clean Champions to
continue building the culture of clean instilled in IHG hotels around
the world. These champions will focus on guests and colleagues as they
navigate the new environment and help on-property teams to consistently
deliver these elevated cleanliness standards.
For more information, please visit www.ihg.com/clean.
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Accor and AXA Launch a Strategic Partnership to Offer Unique Medical Assistance in Hotels Worldwide
Accor, a global hospitality leader, and AXA, a global leader in
insurance, announce an innovative strategic partnership to provide
medical support to guests across the 5,000 Accor hotels worldwide.
As soon as July 2020, this partnership will enable Accor guests to
benefit from the highest level of care thanks to the expert medical
solutions of AXA Partners, AXA's international entity specialized in
assistance services, travel insurance and credit protection.
First and foremost, Accor guests will benefit from AXA's most recent
advances in telemedicine through free access to medical
teleconsultations. Guests will also get access to AXA's extensive
medical networks with tens of thousands of vetted medical professionals.
This will allow hotels to make the most relevant referrals (eg
language, speciality, etc..) to their guests in the 110 destinations
where Accor is present.
As Accor prepares for the post COVID-19
rebound, this unique medical service complements its overall global
recovery plan and is included in the enhanced health and prevention
protocols that Accor has put in place notably through its ALLSAFE Cleanliness label in anticipation of the progressive reopening of its hotels across the different regions.
For AXA, this partnership is a unique occasion to strengthen its payer
to partner strategy, which aims to provide innovative services to its
customers, notably in health, one of its areas of growth in its Ambition
2020 plan.
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A Historic Milestone: Oakwood to Focus on Branded Hospitality Services
Oakwood®, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Mapletree Investments (“Mapletree”), announced that it
will direct its focus to singularly pursue the development and growth of
its hospitality portfolio, significantly expanding its proven
capability in the industry.
Over the last few years, Oakwood has embarked on an aggressive plan
to develop and grow its own portfolio of branded properties that provide
guests with exceptional hospitality service, comfort and safety.
Through this specially crafted Oakwood experience, guests are invited to
feel a sense of belonging, familiarity and reassurance whenever they
stay at any Oakwood property around the world.
Now with more than 80 Oakwood properties globally, a strategic
decision has been made to effect changes to a part of the business that
Oakwood has been operating for a number of years.
In March 2020, Oakwood entered into a strategic partnership with
Dwellworks, the world's leading provider of destination and related
services to the globally mobile workforce, to operate a brand-agnostic
solutions service for sourcing accommodation options for guests around
the world. Through the agreement, Dwellworks has an exclusive license to
Oakwood's epic™ technology platform, an end-to-end accommodations
management solution, and access to the industry's most complete and
fully-vetted supply chain for housing solutions.
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Drumroll, please! Bar Trigona Tops the Malaysian Entry in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2020
In a dramatic leap from last year, Bar Trigona at Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur has claimed a prestigious spot on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2020 list and has been named the Best Bar in Malaysia. Thanks to Head Bartender Ashish Sharma's
brand of mixology, which marries creativity with sustainability, Bar
Trigona has become the darling of cocktail aficionados across the
region.
Announced via a virtual ceremony on May 14, 2020, this elite watering hole also bought home the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award 2020 for the second year in a row placing Bar Trigona among Asia's favourite drinking destinations.
Receiving top billing on the menu are homegrown ingredients, tracked
down by Ashish during his forays into the Malaysian countryside. It was
during one such research trip that he discovered the trigona honeybee,
the inspiration behind the bar's name and a hive of eco-friendly
initiatives. Native to Southeast Asia, these stingless bees produce the
highly sought-after trigona honey. The sweet and sour notes of this
nectar – sourced in small batches from Dino's Kelulut Organic Farm in
Negeri Sembilan – lend a distinct taste to signature cocktails.
The partnership with Dino also sparked Bar Trigona's 'Adopt a
Beehive' initiative, which helps to preserve indigenous bee habitats and
promote natural beekeeping methods. Patrons can adopt a local hive for a
year and take home the wild honey produced by their adopted bees. As
Ashish explains: “Our journey has been intertwined with trigona bees
right from the start, so this cause is very close to our hearts.”
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Restaurant in Room Hits Sydney, Time for Some R in R at Alibi
Herbivores are a creature of habit, and we hope you might be too.
Alibi's getting the sourdough started, edible flowers picked, and nuts
blended (to make cheese), before the wharf doors are once again at your
favourite plant-based paradise – Alibi have opened a whole other set of
doors – introducing Restaurant In Room.
Sydneysiders, we all deserve to have a bit of R 'n' R, and Alibi is serving a sweet side of R in R with Restaurant in Room at
designer hotel, Ovolo Woolloomooloo. Alibi Bar and Kitchen is creating
private dining rooms in hotel rooms on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights, or for something more special, an overnight stay.
From Friday 15th May, there is now every reason to get out, practise
safe social distancing and enjoy a date night out of the house. Alibi
favourites you've been yearning; Creative Culinary Partner, Matthew
Kenny's Kimchi Dumplings, and dishes created in collaboration with Alibi
Head Chef Jordan Brogan, like the popular Spicy Udon and Activated
Charcoal Ravioli, are served while perched above the iconic
Woolloomooloo Wharf in the good company of your choosing. To really
impress your company, making them go O-M-G, book the Ultraroo Suite
which is kitted out with your very own bar – complete with socially
distant bartender.
A getaway is off the cards. And your favourite bars and restaurants
are closed. The Alibi experience you know and love, with a heavy side of
privacy - R in R offers a private dining sanctuary.
For more information or to book Restaurant in Room call 02 9331 9000 or reservations@alibibar.com.au.
https://ovolohotels.com/ovolo/woolloomooloo/offers/
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