It's 'O'Kelly'. Luxury-travel journalist and editor. Founder of luxury-travel consultancy and content agency @luteworld 🇪🇺
Joined January 2010
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13 Oct 2023
Some shots from my visit to @raffleshotels' new London property, where rooms start at £1,100 per night.
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John O'Ceallaigh retweeted
1 May 2025
.@johnoceallaigh shares some great tips about where to go in Samarkand, too! I’m
Especially pleased to see El Merosi Theatre on the list. cntravellerme.com/story/the-…
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1 May 2025
On his recent Uzbekistan #presstrip for @cntravellerme, I sent @johnoceallaigh to the magical walled city of Khiva. cntravellerme.com/story/best…
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22 Apr 2024
I was one of the contributors to this year's @TravelLeisure It List of the world's 100 best new hotels. You can read the full selection below, including my entry for @Broadwicksoho
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8 Apr 2024
With all the hoo-ha that surrounds 'best of' lists like the inaugural 'World's 50 Best' hotels countdown, I wrote about what really makes a hotel exceptional for @irishexaminer - and explore why some of the best properties will never be widely recognised
irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/…
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2 Apr 2024
Have luxury hotels lost their way? With so many hotels essentially replicating each other, I'll be moderating a panel on this topic at next month's @ATMDubai. In the meantime, here's something I've written about how formulaic high-end hotels have become hub.wtm.com/blog/luxury/have…
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23 Feb 2024
It was an honour to be one of 10 Travel professionals featured in this year's @AttitudeMag's Attitude 101 list, which profiles 101 LGBTQ trailblazers (their word). To mark the occasion, I wrote about how I got started in journalism and with @LuteWorld attitude.co.uk/life/travel/a…
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16 Dec 2023
Some shots from @The_Pig_Hotel's The Pig at Bridge Palace hotel, about an hour from London and just outside Canterbury. Rooms start from £179 in January and February, including breakfast and a welcome bottle of wine.
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20 Nov 2023
Hotels-wise, I rarely hear of anything interesting happening in Helsinki. But the new Hotel Maria, founded by a three-time Olympic gold medal winner, sounds promising. It's aiming to be the city's most luxurious property. I wrote about it for
@LuteWorld. lute.co/the-hotel-maria-hels…
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16 Nov 2023
I'm often asked for hotel recommendations in Ireland, my homeland, so I wrote about all the notable Irish properties I've stayed at for @LuteWorld. Ireland's city hotels often miss the mark, but the Irish resort experience can be top tier. Article here: lute.co/the-best-luxury-hote…
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15 Nov 2023
I attended last week's gala opening of the Regent Hong Kong hotel, @regenthotels' new global flagship. @IHGhotels bought the Regent name recently and want to make this a new ultra-luxury brand. Here's my @TTGMedia story on the launch and what it means.
ttgmedia.com/luxury/this-hot…
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25 Oct 2023
I was asked by @TelegraphTravel to examine what Ireland's tourism professionals think of all the American tourists who visit. There were comments about iced water and processed food, but one common thread: these welcome visitors are very good for business: telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti…
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21 Oct 2023
It can be hard to keep up with new openings in the Maldives, or to tell them apart, but the forthcoming S/O Maldives looks nice. It opens in November.
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21 Oct 2023
Here are some shots of @OOResorts' One&Only One Zaabeel, which opens as One&Only's 'first vertical resort' in Dubai in December. It's designed by Jean-Michel Gathy
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30 Sep 2023
Some pictures I took of @SphereVegas, which opened this week in Las Vegas. The elevated shots was taken from a penthouse suite at @Cosmopolitan_LV. It looks so amazing in real life
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29 Sep 2023
It was a proper bucket list moment when I took a helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon last month. The photos don't do it any justice.
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John O'Ceallaigh retweeted
15 Sep 2023
Took me maybe 10 minutes to complete and will be massively helpful for all travel writers to understand the current landscape. Do this 👇
15 Sep 2023
WTF IS GOING ON IN THE TRAVEL MEDIA?!
@TTWnewsletter is doing the research to find out how much travel writers earn, what we're worried about and how we're future-proofing our careers. Please take the survey to help us out:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z-I…
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11 Sep 2023
Here's my commentary piece for today's Standard on why even more major hotel brands are descending on London. Life might feel a mess for those of us living here, but for the ultra-wealthy the city's brand is still strong
11 Sep 2023
"It’s the high probability of achieving big profits that is the primary draw... but London’s commercial heft, cultural clout and broader brand value all contribute greatly to that certainty"
✍️@JohnOCeallaigh
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11 Sep 2023
With @PeninsulaHotels and @raffleshotels finally opening in London this month, I spoke about why these lavish properties want to open in the city, and what big-spending clients will get when they stay there
11 Sep 2023
#TheLeaderPodcast
London’s ‘seven-star’ hotels building boom
Inside ‘palatial’ lodgings for elite - rooms from £1,200
Capital’s new 'gold rush' for luxury launches, butler included.
Analysis with ES @JonPrynn & @LuteWorld founder @johnoceallaigh
🎧 pod.fo/e/1ed109
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26 Jun 2023
It's been a long wait, but the opening date for @PeninsulaHotels' London property have finally been confirmed. Rooms will start from £1,300 a night; there'll be a rooftop restaurant and a supercar shop. I've written about it all for @luteworld lute.co/the-peninsula-london…
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