Moscow

Stay at Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow for its thoughtfulness. My first visit there was mid-winter. I was thoughtlessly wearing shiny-soled black boots and was about to slide, over ice, to Red Square. Immediately, a young managerial trainee rushed to help and escorted me to my destination – that ‘good samaritan’ was Mattheos (Aki) Georgiou, on his first secondment to this signature property. But as well as staff anticipation, there are many other reasons for choosing this as your Moscow base.

Accor will introduce the bespoke Raffles Hotels & Resorts brand to Russia in around two years time.

Accor has been selected as the hospitality group to operate a new designer hotel in Moscow under the SO/ Hotels & Resorts luxury lifestyle brand; SO/ Moscow.

Radisson Hotel Group has this month opened the five-star Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow. The rebrand of  the former Hotel Ukraina is now complete and the hotel has become the latest addition to the group’s collection of premium lifestyle properties.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has signed a management contract for a new hotel and branded residences in Moscow, which are expected to open in 2021.

Add one more travel segment that Forbes Travel Guide (“FTG”) is now affording its star rating: river cruises.