The choice of accommodation for visitors to the Porte de Versailles continues to expand. In anticipation of the future Radisson Blu, due to open in 2026 in the Triangle towerwhich is beginning to rise above the exhibition centre, visitors will find new roofs in this area. an area conducive to business travel.
The budget and lifestyle brand Eklo is expected to open at the beginning of February with a 304-room hotel, with two seminar rooms on the first floor that can be combined to form one larger room. Aimed at both guests and visitors to the park, the hotel is topped by a lively rooftop with a bar and restaurant with a "guinguette" feel, the second address in the French Kiss restaurant concept launched by Eklo with its last hotel in Paris. Montpellier. " French Kiss promises to be a festive place that invites good humour. An inspiring, creative, friendly and inclusive landmark", said on this occasion Emmanuel Petitfounder of Eklo.
Designed by Valode & Pistre, the agency in charge of redesigning Paris Expo Porte de Versailles to make it "the benchmark park for the 21st centurye century" the project for this new hotel was led by Viparis. Over the last decade, the exhibition centre operator has been diversifying the hotel offer on its site. As part of this drive, two Accor establishments - a Mama Shelter and a Novotel - opened near pavilion 6 at the end of 2019. For its part, the future Eklo hotel will be located on the edge of the major business tourism centre in Vanves, in the immediate vicinity of pavilions 3 and 7.
Also in February, the area around the exhibition centre will see the arrival of a new hotel designed by Lavorel Hotels: the Kopster Paris Porte de Versailles. After setting up in the west of Paris in 2023, in ColombesThe Lyon-based group will be replicating its upmarket lifestyle hotel concept on Boulevard Victor, at the foot of the Balard metro stop. The result of the takeover and renovation of a former Médian hotel, the place has been redesigned by interior architect Eric Boyer around a décor with ethnic influences, leaving plenty of room for vegetation and animals.
In this context, and as in the other Kopster hotels, the hotel has a totem animal as a narrative thread. After the giraffe in Lyon and the zebra in Colombes, it will be the monkey for this first Paris hotel. A clever choice, no doubt, for this four-star establishment in the heart of Paris. 126 rooms including four Unik rooms extended by a terrace and four suites. As for food and beverage, in this area with no shortage of options, the offer is limited to a buffet breakfast, "Super Producer" pizzas and spreads for those with a small appetite during the rest of the day, while the bar will welcome customers indoors or on the terrace in fine weather.
Without having to wait that long, business travellers can already choose a boutique address recently inaugurated close to the exhibition centre, on rue du Hameau: the Kraft. This new hotel from the Machefert group, which also runs the Kube Paris and 1K Paris, offers 43 rooms for business travellers looking for an intimate atmosphere and contemporary design, as well as fine dining with a restaurant focusing on traditional French cuisine 100% made in-house. The hotel also offers work spaces in its lower floors and, for relaxation, a cinema open 24 hours a day. Also on rue du Hameau, almost opposite the Kraft, but in a different segment - long-stay hotels - Edgar Suites is in the process of transforming the former offices of clothing brand Caroll into 54 comfortable suites in which to stay for the duration of a salon.
