Design World Partnership (DWP) has secured a new Memorandum of Understanding with NEXT Hospitality to form a new industry design concepts and solutions partnership. The agreement - signed in Bangkok, Thailand, on 23 August - will lead to the establishment of the dwp | next partnership, which will offer services to clients worldwide. DWP chief executive officer Brenton Mauriello said: "This is an exciting time for DWP, as we continue

Image: The Touch Spa has four treatment rooms Marriott International has announced the launch of the 383-bedroom Renaissance Shanghai Caohejing Hotel - the group's sixth Renaissance-branded hotel opened in the Chinese city. The hotel is managed in partnership with Shanghai Caohejing Park Huagang Properties and includes the 360sq m (3,875sq ft) Touch Spa housing four treatment rooms and a foot massage lounge. Karen Wang Interior Consultant led the interior design

Image: A 2,000sq m spa is among the hotel facilities The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened a new 252-bedroom Radisson Blu-branded property amid the Carpathian Mountains at the western Ukraine ski and spa resort of Bukovel. Among the facilities at the new Radisson Blu Resort, Bukovel is a 2,000sq m (21,528sq ft) spa and wellness facility offering a full range of treatments using Anne Semonin products. Led by Yana Shchebelskaya,

Image: The new hotel's 18m indoor swimming pool The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company - a fully-owned subsidiary of Marriott International - has opened its first hotel in Austria and ninth in Europe on Vienna's Schubertring Boulevard. Verny Capital owns the new 202-bedroom Ritz-Carlton, Vienna, which features a 1,000sq m (10,764sq ft) Guerlain Spa among its facilities - the first Guerlain-branded spa in Austria. The boutique spa incorporates six treatment rooms -

Image: India's first So SPA is among the facilities Sofitel Luxury Hotels has announced the opening of its new Indian flagship property at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai's financial district - the Sofitel Mumbai BKC. The 302-bedroom hotel has been designed by US-based BBGM, with interior designs from Singapore's Miaja Design Group creating a contemporary French atmosphere. Among the facilities is India's first So SPA by Sofitel, which

Westin Hotels and Resorts has announced the launch of a new nature-inspired public space concept, which it believes will serve as a "modern-day oasis" for guests at its properties. The concept has been premièred at Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, US, and is to be rolled out to other participating international hotels throughout 2013. Westin's in-house design team took inspiration from NASA research in developing the new concept, which

Image: The Trocadero will house the LDN pod hotel Plans for a Japanese-style pod hotel and rooftop bar at London's historic Trocadero complex have been approved by Westminster City Council (WCC). The council's planning committee gave the green light to Criterion Capital's plans for the hotel, which will offer accommodation in 583 bedrooms measuring between 9sq m and 17sq m (97sq ft and 183sq ft). Plans to create a 495-bedroom

Image: One of the revamped Garden Wing bedrooms A new CHI-branded spa is to open at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore in October as part of the wider SG$66m (US$53.1m, EUR43m, £34.1m) revamp of the property's Garden Wing. Further details regarding the spa are yet to be revealed, although it will become the first CHI, The Spa in Singapore when it opens. Maps Design have worked on the new Garden Wing. Located

Image: Foster + Partners designed the new hotel ME by Meliá, the "experienced-based" hotel brand owned by Meliá Hotels International, is to open its latest property near Covent Garden, London, UK, next month (September). The 157-bedroom ME London - housed within Marconi House, the former headquarters of BBC Radio - is designed by Foster + Partners and is the brand's fifth location worldwide. It had been initially proposed that the

Image: Bounce features cocktails, high-end dining and table tennis Bounce, a new social club mixing a late-night setting with table tennis, is to open its doors in central London later this year. The £2.5m venue, designed by Russell Sage, has been built on site where the game of table tennis was originally invented by John Jaques III. The 12,500sq ft (1,161sq m) space will feature a raised restaurant seating up

Image: DLA have designed the planned development Rushbond, the Leeds-based development company, has announced its plans to open a new luxury hotel and spa at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The company has worked in collaboration with architects DLA and hotel consultancy EPR on proposals for the refurbishment of an existing Grade II*-listed mansion house at YSP. Interiors of the building will be restored and a contemporary

Image: The resort boasts the 4,000sq ft Ho'ola Spa The Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa will reopen fully later this year following the completion of a US$16m (13m euro, £10.1m) redevelopment of the property in Hawaii, US. As part of the work, the resort will be renamed as Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay on 1 September. The redevelopment has included a radical upgrade of all its

Image: The hotel is in the building's upper third Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has held an official opening ceremony for its 88th hotel in the upper third of the 103-storey Guangzhou International Finance Center (IFC) in China. The landmark 440m (1,444ft)-tall building has been designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and was built by Yuexiu Property Group at a cost of £280m (US$441m, EUR357m). Guests enter Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou

Image: The new hotel overlooks Wembley Way Hilton Hotels and Resorts has announced the official opening of its "landmark" new hotel opposite London's Wembley Stadium - part of wider efforts to regenerate the area. The exteriors and interiors of the 361-bedroom Hilton London Wembley were designed by The Manser Practice to incorporate the "spirit of Britain" throughout. Facilities include the LivingWell Health Club - incorporating a 12-metre swimming pool, a

Image: The spa houses eight treatment rooms Sohum Spa has launched its latest site at a Mövenpick hotel in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. The 4,000sq ft (370sq m) spa houses eight treatment rooms and has a prime emphasis in Ayurveda. Facilities include separate his and hers wet-room sections offering steamrooms, sauna and cold and warm rain showers, as well as private relaxation zones. Sohum is the spa brand

Image: The hotel element is designed by Archial Wyndham Hotel Group is to operate a new hotel as part of a £60m (US$93m, EUR77m) golf resort scheme near Dundee under a franchise deal with MAP Property and Leisure Developments (Mappld). The 187-bedroom property - Wyndham Grand The Angus - will be the first in Scotland to open under the group's flagship Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand. It has been designed

Image: The vaulted ceilings within the spa A new 800sq m (8,611sq ft) urban spa created within a former 15th century convent has been unveiled at Italy's Four Seasons Hotel Milano after nearly 10 years in development. Designed by Patricia Urquiola, the long-awaited Four Seasons Hotel Milan Spa features 200-year-old vaulted ceilings and has been developed at a cost of EUR6m (US$7.3m, £4.7m). Hotel owner Gruppo Statuto has funded the

Image: The resort will be located 2,000m above sea level Alila Hotels and Resorts will expand into Oman in late 2013 with the opening of Alila Jabal Akhdar – the first luxury resort development in the remote mountainous Jabal Akhdar region. Set 2,000m (6,600ft) above sea level, the resort will be marketed as a haven for adventure travellers, nature lovers and those seeking to explore the region's rugged landscapes. It

Image: Point Yamu will overlook Phang Nga Bay Como Hotels and Resorts has announced the detailed design concept for the Point Yamu resort in Phuket, Thailand - Italian architect and designer Paola Navone 's first hospitality scheme. The beachside development is owned by Christina Ong and is due to launch in mid 2013, with facilities to include Como Shambhala Retreat with eight treatment rooms. Como Hotels and Resorts is working

Image: A hotel is planned as part of the complex AECOM Technology Corporation has signed a US$27.85m (EUR22.7m, £17.9m) contract to work on the King Khalid Medical City development in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The agreement will see the firm provide architecture, engineering design and production services for the project, with completion currently scheduled for within five years. AECOM will lead a team of regional companies as part of its work

Image: A spa will open at the resort in September InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort - a new 197-bedroom property overlooking the South China Sea - has opened on the Son Tra Peninsula near Da Nang, Vietnam. Bensley Design Studios has been responsible for the new resort's architectural, interior and landscape design, which has taken Hanoi-based owner Sun Group six years to develop. A spa spanning approximately 1,360sq m (14,639sq

The reopening of the historic Café Royal in London, UK, has been pushed back to October as work continues on its transformation into a 159-bedroom luxury hotel. It had been intended the hotel would open last month (June) ahead of the 2012 Games, with the 800sq m (8,611sq ft) Akasha Holistic Wellbeing Centre among its facilities. However, general manager Louis Sailer confirmed the launch date had been delayed due to

Image: The hotel's spa is located across two floors Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening date for its new flagship hotel in the heart of Toronto, Canada - the hospitality group's hometown for more than 50 years. Launching on 5 October, the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto showcases the "next generation" of Four Seasons properties and is located in the city's Yorkville shopping quarter. The 2,700sq m (29,063sq

Image: Most elements will be constructed off-site The development of a new £15m Park Plaza hotel on London's Western Avenue, which is to use a "fast-built" system where most elements are built off-site, has been approved. Capita Symonds' ESA design practice has come up with proposals on behalf of the PPHE Hotel Group, which will see the 160-bedroom hotel built opposite Park Royal tube station. Many of the hotel components

Image: The spa's inspiration is the "journey of water" Japan's first Evian-branded spa has been unveiled at Palace Hotel Tokyo - part of a US$1.2bn (EUR965m, £771m) mixed-use development in the heart of the city. Located on the fifth floor of the hotel, the 1,200sq m (12,197sq ft) spa is inspired by the Alpine journey taken by the France-based company's natural mineral water. Facilities include five treatment rooms and a

Image: Bar Studio will design the new Rosewood hotel Rosewood Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to make its first move into China with the opening of a 279-bedroom property in Beijing's Chaoyang District. Located opposite the city's iconic CCTV Tower, the Bar Studio -designed Rosewood Beijing will open in mid-2013 and will be owned by New World Group. Facilities will include a Rosewood Sense-branded spa. The spa will house

Image: London's citizenM is located in Bankside Netherlands-based hotel company citizenM has announced that its first property in London, UK will open on 4 July - in time for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 192-bedroom hotel is in Bankside, the area located near sites such as the Globe theatre and the Tate Modern art attraction, and is designed to meet the needs of "modern tourists". citizenM has worked