Trees lounge
Treetop suites with Jacuzzis on their private verandas have opened at Chaa Creek, an eco-resort on the banks of the Macal river in Belize.
Six nights at Chaa Creek combined with six nights at a beach resort costs from £2,340 with Trips Worldwide (0117 311 4400, tripsworldwide.co.uk).
Boutique farm
Bartholomeus Klip, a Victorian homestead on a wheat and sheep farm in the Western Cape, South Africa, has been restored as a boutique hotel with four bedrooms and a suite. The working farm is set within a reserve that is home to zebra, wildebeest, springbok and eland.
Bartholomus Klip costs from £70 a night inc full board and two excursions with Bridge the World Africa (0870 4441716, bridgetheworld.com). Flights to South Africa start at £375.
Literary Marlowe
The Kimpton Group opens a contemporary hotel, the Marlowe, in Cambridge, Massachusetts next week. The 236-room hotel will host book signings, poetry readings and literary talks.
Room rates start at $189 (£118). Freephone 00 800 546 78660, hotelmarlowe.com.
