Waldorf Astoria is heading north. This year, the Hilton Group's luxury brand is set to make its Scandinavian debut in Helsinki. The American hotelier has just signed a management agreement with M&L Group to integrate the Hotel Maria, soon to be renamed the Waldorf Astoria, into its portfolio. Waldorf Astoria Helsinki. Located in the Kruununhaka district, close to the Presidential Palace and the Finnish Senate, this establishment revisits four listed buildings designed between 1885 and 1930 by the architect Evert E. Lagerspetz and transformed into a prestigious boutique hotel.
Opened at the end of 2023 and recently added to the Legend collection of Preferred Hotels, the future Waldorf Astoria Helsinki will offer 117 rooms, including some forty suites, two restaurants and a restaurant. several solutions for meetings and eventsFrom an intimate room for 4 people to the luxurious Maria Ballroom, for dinners for 70 guests and cocktail parties for 100.
Last spring, Waldorf Astoria returned to its original New York hotel, which has been completely redesigned, the brand is expanding its footprint on every continent. After Rabat recently, new luxury hotels will open in 2026 and beyond in other major cities such as London. at Admiralty Archopposite Buckingham Palace - but also in Sydney, Hanoi, Jakarta, Tangiers, Kuala Lumpur and Jaipur.
More broadly, the American group will continue to offer new hotels positioned for business travellers. And almost immediately. In June, its mid-range Hilton Garden Inn brand added three new airport hotels in Asuncion, Paraguay, near Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, and in Europe, five minutes from Brussels airport and NATO headquarters. As part of the new The Wings business complex, which meets the latest sustainable standards, the Hilton Garden Inn Brussels Airport offers 250 rooms, a restaurant and flexible meeting spaces for up to 150 people.
In the coming weeks and months, the American group will be opening other establishments in Europe, including a luxury Conrad in Hamburg. Taking over an existing establishment occupying the upper floors of the historic Levantehaus on the main shopping street Mönckebergstraße, from July the renovated hotel will offer 283 rooms, including 25 suites, a bar-lounge and restaurant, a swimming pool and nine meeting rooms.
Among the latest openings, the Hilton brand has just made its debut in Turin city centreFive minutes from Porta Nuova station. Housed in a rationalist-style building dating from the 1950s, the hotel's public areas and 175 rooms and 36 suites are refined and sophisticated. One of these is the Presidential Suite, which not only boasts an uninterrupted view of Turin from its private balcony, but also a separate kitchen and lounge for private meetings. The hotel is designed to host events and meetings of all sizes, with 11 modern meeting rooms and two spacious foyers, all of which are modular.
But the American group, which this year opened its first luxury hotel in Paris city centre, is not alone, le Sax Pariswill also extend its network in the Paris region with the arrival this summer of a lifestyle hotel close to Disneyland Paris and the 7,500 businesses located here in the Val d'Europe business park. A member of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton, the Hotel Dali Val d'Europe will offer 94 rooms, a steakhouse and cocktail bar, an outdoor swimming pool and two meeting rooms.
Also in Europe, this time in Spain, in Caceres, the group will set up shop this autumn in a historic location with its Curio Collection by Hilton brand: the home of the conquistador Francisco de Godoy. Having left to conquer Peru under the orders of Francisco Pizarro, the man who was at one time mayor of Lima had himself built in the 16th century.e century a palace in his home town with the proceeds from his travels. First a maternity hospital, then a primary school in the last century, this historic building is now a conqueror of hospitality, offering 73 rooms arranged around a central courtyard planted with trees, a rooftop bar with a view of the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and small rooms suitable for intimate meetings or incentive groups.
Among the other business hotels expected around the world, the Group's flagship brand, Hilton, will be offering a property in the Harbin exhibition zone in China from July, opposite the International Convention Centre. The Hilton Harbin Exhibition Center will have 398 rooms and suites, a 650 m² ballroom and 12 meeting rooms. Another establishment with a wide range of meeting and event facilities, with nine meeting rooms and 2,600 m² dedicated to MICEIn September, the Hilton Arlington Rosslyn The Key will be offering a new accommodation solution close to Washington and the famous Arlington Military Cemetery.
In the same military spirit, the group will be adding a hotel near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Dayton International Airport in the coming weeks, the DoubleTree by Hilton Dayton Fairborn, with 203 rooms, an outdoor swimming pool and 11 meeting rooms. Also of note is the US debut in early autumn of the new long-stay LivSmart Studios by Hilton in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and Kokomo, Indiana.
