At the beginning of November, the Swiss Mövenpick group opened a hotel in Chiang MaiThis is followed by two more in Thailand, in Hua Hin and Khao Yai in 2018 and another in Phuket in 2019. Visit Vietnam is also a key territory for the Swiss hotelier, with five establishments due to open there over the next two years. While these hotels will add to the group's resort offering, Mövenpick's development is also taking a more business-oriented turn, particularly in Europe, with three new establishments, all announced for 2019, in The Hague, Stuttgart and Basel. With an interior designed by designer and architect Matteo Thun, the Basel hotel will be the first of its kind in Europe. the group's new flagship address founded nearly 70 years ago. Mövenpick's presence in the Middle East will also soon be strengthened, in particular at Oman where the Swiss group has three major projects in the pipeline. Muscatthe capital of the Sultanate. In Africa, Moevenpick has laid the foundation stone for a hotel in Abidjanin the Plateau business districtThe project is due to open in 2020. "With the start of these construction works, we are one step closer to our expansion plans in the sub-Saharan region."explains Andrew Langdon, Managing Director in charge of development. The Ivorian establishment will be preceded by inaugurations in Nairobi in 2018, Addis Ababa in 2019 and Abuja in 2020.
