What’s Cool In The Accommodation Industry

 Director of New Developments and Hotels Tim Crooks checks in to check out the latest in the hotel industry.

La Dolce Vita

A makeover three centuries in the making. The IHG-owned Six Senses group has repurposed the 18th century UNESCO-listed Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini as a luxury hotel. Opened this month, Six Senses Rome has reimagined this Baroque beauty, which was once a residence for cardinals, into a 95-key luxury offering complete with a rooftop escape overlooking the Eternal City. Six Senses Rome is the boutique hotel brand’s sixth offering in Europe and its first in Italy. Overlooking Via del Corso, Six Senses Rome is a short stroll from the timeless Trevi Fountain. Throw a coin in it because you’ll want to return to this one.

The Seven Pillows Of Wisdom

Bling, thy name is Atlantis The Royal. Billed as the world’s “most ultra-luxury experiential resort,” Dubai’s latest hotel takes luxe to a new level. Opened in February, Atlantis The Royal shares prime position with its sister hotel Atlantis The Palm which is a lazy chauffeur-driven ride down the road on Dubai’s iconic Palm Islands. You can’t miss it, just look for the ginormous Jenga tower. The cheapest room is $1,700, but a suite will set you back a cool quarter of a million dollars. For that you get a personal butler, a “menu” of seven pillows, hotel swag that includes a gold-plated toothbrush, and arguably the best bragging rights in luxury hotel stays.

Killer Villa

Old aircraft never die they just reincarnate as hotels. Opening in April, Jet Villa by Hanging Gardens is the brainchild of highflying Russian entrepreneur Felix Demin who turned a defunct Boeing 737 into a functioning hotel in Bali. The 31-year-old developer first turned heads in Bali when he launched his see-through Bubble Hotel chain in 2017. Perched on a clifftop at Nyang Nyang Beach on the western side of the island about 12 minutes’ drive from Uluwatu, Jet Villa has two rooms, an infinity pool, ocean views and a soaring price tag of $10,000 a night. This plane will never leave on time but does any these days? @privatejetvilla

Tim Crooks, Director
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