Preferred Hotel Group announces new members

May sees nine new members join Preferred Hotel Group. From Castel Monastero, a luxury Tuscan retreat, opening in July, to a newly opened designer boutique resort on the world famous Poipu Beach in Hawaii where guests are invited to indulge in healing therapies at the Ko'a Kea Spa which features five treatment rooms and a couples’ suite.

Two new golf properties join the group - Castlemartyr Resort, an elegantly restored 18th century Georgian Manor in County Cork, Ireland and one of America's premier golf destinations - Innisbrook in Florida which also boasts a three-acre fun park with a 15-foot waterfall and two winding water slides.

And back in Europe, Poland has a chic new hotel - andel's Hotel Lodz located in the heart of historic Lodz. If you're looking for timeless style visit Hotel Imperiale in Taormina, Italy, which has opened after a restoration programme to transform it to its original splendour -the perfect location for discovering Southern Italy.

For more information and reservations, visit PreferredHotels.com.