Sardinia

The W Hotels brand will arrive on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia with the opening of W Sardinia – Poltu Quatu in August.

Seabourn has modified the Northern Autumn 2025 itineraries for Seabourn Encore to include a series of voyages through the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, the Southern Caribbean, the Panama Canal, Hawaii, and Japan between October 2025 and January 2026.

Mandarin Oriental has slated a mid-2026 debut for a new luxury resort in Sardinia, located in the north-east of the island in the heart of Costa Smeralda. Mandarin Oriental, Porto Cervo will be the ultra-luxury hospitality group’s fourth venture in Italy.

Belmond will add a new address in the Mediterranean next year after entering into an agreement to manage Hotel Romazzino, in Porto Cervo, Sardinia.

7Pines Resort Sardinia, a luxury beachfront resort overlooking the archipelago of La Maddalena, has officially opened in Sardinia this week as a Hyatt-affiliate property.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation will debut its Destination by Hyatt brand in Italy mid-year with the opening of 7Pines Resort Sardinia. The 76 room and suite resort is expected to open on 1 July 2022, and will be the first Hyatt affiliated hotel on Sardinia, and the second 7Pines Resort in Europe, joining 7Pines Resort Ibiza.

Having just announced a new addition to the Curio Collection by Hilton in Sardinia (opening next year), Hilton has now revealed plans to launch the Conrad Chia Laguna Sardinia in 2022.

Hilton has expanded the Curio Collection to the Mediterranean with the opening of The Local Porto Rotondo, Curio Collection by Hilton on the island of Sardinia.

Italian luxury hospitality company, Baglioni Hotels & Resorts, will expand its stable of properties to Sardinia from June 2021 after securing a new management contract on the picturesque coast.To be named Baglioni Resort Sardinia, the addition of the five-star Paradise Resort & Spa will take the group’s collection to nine. Baglioni’s current portfolio includes hotels and resorts in Rome, Florence, Venice and Tuscany in Italy, London, the Maldives, and Saint Paul de Vence and Aix-en-Provence in France.

Hospitality group sbe is expanding its upmarket Delano brand to Europe. Delano Porto Cervo in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia Italy, is expected to open by June 2023, the first of seven hotels projected to open in Europe.

Rosewood Porto Cervo will open on Sardinia in 2022, joining sister properties in Tuscany (Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco) and Venice (Rosewood Venice, opening in 2022) as the group’s third opening in Italy.

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