20th century news

W Hotels, the Marriott-owned luxury hospitality brand, has debuted its signature AWAY Spa concept in the Czech Republic with the launch of W Prague, a ... More

Belgian retail giant, Colruyt Group, is challenging the status quo of the fitness industry in Belgium. A third-generation family business, which started as a bakery ... More

Traditional Roman bathing and Greek mythology have inspired the new spa launching at Six Senses' first Italian outpost, Six Senses Rome. Located inside an original ... More

The Leighton House Museum in Holland Park, London, has opened to the public following a multi-year redevelopment. Owned and operated by the Royal Borough of ... More

A new £10.4m cultural visitor experience, bringing to life what has been dubbed as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable archaeological finds, will open ... More

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is forging ahead towards opening its first South American destination in Brazil in Q4 2021. Rosewood has been appointed by Groupe ... More

Los Angeles’ iconic Century Plaza Hotel has been transformed into a new luxury Fairmont property after a US$2.5bn (€2.1bn, £1.8bn) investment. The iconic, crescent shaped ... More

London Transport Museum’s doors may be closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the collection is now open to virtual visitors online. For families who ... More

Henning Larsen have revealed plans to transform a city block in Brussels, Belgium, into a mixed-use destination that will integrate living, working and green spaces. ... More

Partisans have unveiled their vision for a new community of the future where "small town and rural lifestyles are enhanced by the benefits and attributes ... More

Neutelings Riedijk Architects are transforming a former railway station in Brussels into a vast mixed-use "covered city" with public realm and event spaces, places to ... More

An iconic hot springs resort in Arizona, US dating back to the 19th century has marked its return to the world of luxury hospitality, re-opening ... More

For the first time, a woman has been crowned top aufguss master in the world at the Aufguss World Championships, held last month at the ... More

DW Fitness First has teamed up with Hollywood film studio Twentieth Century Fox for its first-ever film partnership. The fitness chain is collaborating with the ... More

The Smithsonian and the Getty Research Institute are among the cultural institutions that will soon be able to display a unique archive of images of ... More

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, US on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The ... More

The award of a federal government funding grant to the tune of AU$10m (US$7.1m, €6.25m, £5.35m) will see plans advance for the development of a ... More

20th Century Fox has launched a counterclaim case against Genting over the failed Fox World theme park just outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Originally scheduled to ... More

Renderings have been released for a new science centre and planetarium coming to Sacramento, California, in 2020. Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture in Sacramento was tasked ... More

Doctors in Montreal, Canada are to take a radical step in prescribing free art museum visits to patients suffering from a range of conditions, including ... More

Swiss architectural firm Herzog and de Meuron have released new renderings of their Kulturforum (Culture Forum), an extension of the Berlin-based Neue Nationalgalerie. The future ... More

Global luxury travel brand Belmond has chosen two young designers to bring on board for its Belmond Hotel Cadogan in Chelsea, to supply design products ... More

Belmond Castello di Casole has opened in the Tuscan countryside, set within a castle dating to the year 998 in an untouched nature reserve between ... More

Germany's Naumberg Cathedral, the Caliphate City of Medina Azahara in Spain and the Sansa Buddhist Mountain Monasteries of Korea are among the 18 new additions ... More

A collection of 41 organisations across China have come together in efforts to better protect the country's Great Wall. Led and initiated by the Chinese ... More