Regent Hotels & Resorts announces the signing of an agreement with Adriatic Marinas d.o.o to manage the Regent Porto Montenegro. The luxury waterfront hotel is scheduled to open in (May) 2014 and is further evidence of Regent’s strategy to offer bespoke communities to visitors. Originally an Austro-Hungarian naval base, Porto Montenegro has become an illustrious destination for tourists, yacht owners and celebrities. “The Regent Porto Montenegro will fulfil the Regent

Since it re-emerged onto the world tourism stage at the end of the 1990s, Montenegro has given top priority to the redevelopment of its Travel & Tourism industry – an industry which, prior to the Balkan conflict of the 1990s, earned it worldwide fame and prestige due to its outstanding natural attractions. “The government’s priority focus on Travel & Tourism, not least  its investment in providing required infrastructure, is clearly

Montenegro is the first in the list of the ten destinations from which  in the coming period is expected to be the most popular destinations for MICE Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions, Tourism. This was published by the Swiss Centre for organizing the training event HTM, the Montenegrin media reports. Montenegro, as it was assessed, in previous years has experienced strong growth in the field of hospitality and quickly became a

Great Hotels of the World (http://www.ghotw.com), the London based global hotel sales and marketing alliance has reported an 89% year-on-year increase in meeting and incentive enquiries through its MICE desk in June 2011. It has also reported a year-on-year increase in enquiries of 31% from the period January – June 2011. These positive trends signal a healthy growth in the meeting and incentive market and are predicted to continue throughout

The Bay of Kotor is a stunning lagoon and natural harbour on the Montenegrin coast. Stark mountains plunge straight into the blue water of this dramatic Adriatic fjord around which picturesque stone fishing villages cling to the shore. At the end of the inner lagoon, accessible only by the narrowest of channels, lies the old city of Kotor. An occasionally Venetian trading port, the slight, stone-built city is encompassed by

Macleans.ca brings a story about Montenegro. “In this pleasantly backwards Balkan nation, Yugoslav submarines have been replaced by luxury super-yachts” writes the author. Here are some excerpts from the article: On a mild June morning, the medieval city of Kotor in Montenegro seems a place lost in time. A maze of worn cobbled corridors swirl inward from the walled town’s three stone archways, opening onto a string of courtyards. The

The Telegraph writes that the tiny Mediterranean nation of Montenegro was the setting for the lavish  40th birthday celebrations of financier Nat Rothschild. The vista is quintessentially Mediterranean – a shimmering blue bay and craggy   limestone mountains framed by the swaying fronds of palm trees. But a picturesque corner of Montenegro was turned into Chelsea-on-Sea this weekend when Eton- and   Oxford-educated Nat Rothschild, the billionaire scion of the world’s most   famous

The Independent reports that billionaire financier Nat Rothschild has planned a £1m 40th birthday bash in a tiny Adriatic hotspot. This week, it was Monte Carlo. Next week, Montenegro. Nat Rothschild, who has one of the best financial brains in a family renowned for business acumen, will be 40 next Tuesday, and intends to make this a weekend to remember. The financier is rumoured to be splashing out £1m on

SuperYachtTimes reports that Robert Dubsky of Yacht Masters, a bespoke yacht brokerage firm with offices in the UK and Singapore, has announced they have openend a new office in Porto Montenegro. Surrounded by an incredible mountainous backdrop, Porto Montenegro is the newest Superyacht marina in the Mediterranean. With the boutique top end retail shops, restaurants and village atmosphere, the marina has created a sophisticated environment that is without doubt the

Independent brought a story about Montenegro. This is just another of positive articles in foreign newspapers, portraying Montenegro as a new hot spot in the Adriatic. Here are some excerpts: This fragment of the former Yugoslavia once lured celebrities to its shores. Can a new luxury enclave help to put it back on the map? By Lisa Markwell (Saturday, 18 June 2011) What would Sophia Loren make of Aman Sveti Stefan,