Ares Management Corporation (“Ares”) (NYSE: ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that funds managed by Ares Real Estate have acquired a hotel portfolio from Landsec alongside hotel operating partner EQ Group (“EQ”), a leading European hospitality investment and management platform.

Located less than an hour from London by train, Oxford is a vibrant, culture-filled destination that offers far more than a famous university. It’s home to several luxury hotels, but The Store looks to be one of the most contemporary and sophisticated.

These designer hotels put the ‘bon’ in bon voyage!

Just opposite Balliol College, an historic landmark will reopen as the Store Oxford, a luxury hotel, in the spring.

The Store, a 101-room boutique hotel, will open in May at the location of the former Boswells Department Store, paying homage to the historic Oxford U.K. retailer that opened in 1738 and was one of the world's oldest family-owned department stores.

Paris hosts the Olympics this summer but be on your marks now to snap up a room at this newly opened boutique beauty. It’s an affordable luxury option in a city where hotel rates north of £1,000 are becoming worryingly commonplace. Set in the chic 6th arrondissement, it evokes the golden age of travel with the insouciance of Alain Delon mid-cigarette.

Saint-Germain meets New York meets Rome at this Italian-designed slinky address on the Left Bank, just outside the tourist throng but well placed for exploring. The restaurant, styled as a 'transatlantic brasserie', serves seriously good food while the two bars are chic spots for late-night cocktails.

Hôtel Dame des Arts has opened in St-Germain-des-Prés, with 109 rooms, décor influenced by Nouvelle Vague films, and a host of foodie experiences. It also possesses excellent views over parts of the City of Light.

We’re first in to see what all the fuss is about at the French capital’s newest Left Bank stay

Left Bank St Germain has long been one of Paris’s most creative neighbourhoods and this newcomer takes its motivation from the film sets of the influential French New Wave movement, pioneered by François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. Fifties Gallic glamour provides the set design for the 109 rooms, which are decorated in muted colours, sensuous textures and floor-to-ceiling windows, framing cityscapes that will leave you as breathless as Truffaut’s masterpiece.

Hôtel Dame des Arts - Paris featured as one of the most exciting openings