The Minor Hotels group will shortly be making its debut in Paris. The Thai hotelier, which has more than 530 hotels worldwide, thanks in particular to its 2018 acquisition of the Spanish group NH Hotels, has announced the opening in the first quarter of 2024 of three hotels in the French capital. This development is the result of a partnership with Swiss Life Asset Managers to take over the management of existing hotels, all of which will be transferred to NH Hotels and NH Collection.
" Minor Hotels is coming to Paris with not one, but three hotelssaid Dilip Rajakarier, CEO of Minor International. We believe this is a fantastic opportunity to develop two of our brands in the world's second most visited city, which will host the 2024 Olympic Games." .
These include NH Paris Champs-ElyséesThis 90-room establishment will be renamed and upgraded in 2025 under the name NH Collection, following renovation. As for the other two - the future NH Paris Gare de l'Est (207 rooms) and the NH Opéra Paris Faubourg (103 rooms) - Minor has given no further details of their location. However, as far as we can tell from an analysis of the Google Lens tool, the photo of their facades bears a striking resemblance to those of the Best Western Opéra Faubourg and the NH Opéra Paris Faubourg.Holiday Inn Paris - Gare de l'Est.
This expansion in France comes on top of the recent opening ofa luxury hotel on the Côte d'Azur, Anantara Plaza NiceFollowing a lengthy refurbishment of one of the city's historic establishments, the Hotel Plaza, Minor has now opened a new hotel in Nice. The Minor group is also present in Nice with the NH brand, which also offers two airport hotels in Lyon and Toulouse. As for Marseille, Minor has an NH Collection and a nhow hotel in a more lifestyle style.
More broadly, these Parisian openings are part of the growth strategy of Minor Hotels in key European cities. This year's expansion has seen the opening of the NH Collection Milano CityLife in Italy and the NH Collection Milano CityLife in Italy. NH Collection Frankfurt Spin Tower in Germany. Until then, the NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa, a recently announced project.
