What characterises the new Okko Hotel at Paris-Est station?
Solenne Devys - This ninth hotel is unique in that it is located on platform 1 of the Paris-Est stationThis required a great deal of technical prowess to build. With its 170 rooms, each measuring 18 m², it enables Okko Hotels to break new ground. symbolic milestone of 1,000 rooms in France. It is also the first to unveil a new concept. While retaining a spirit design and contemporaryWe called on Studio Catoir to decorate the bedrooms and Milan-based Studiopepe to decorate the space. The Club.
How will the Club, inspired by airport lounges, evolve?
Solenne Devys - Thanks to its 420 m², this Club can now welcome visitors from outside, for lunch for example. The space lends itself equally well to coworking - with rates by the hour, half-day or day - as well as for meetings. For the first time in our hotels, we are offering two seminar roomsfor eight to 40 people. For a four-star hotel in Paris, the rates are also very affordable, starting at 125 euros and including accommodation, breakfast and Wi-Fi, as well as access to the Club with its drinks and light food service and to
fitness room and sauna.
Okko Hotels has around ten projects in the pipeline and will double in size by 2022
What are your development plans?
Solenne Devys - Okko Hotels a a dozen projects in progress and will double in size by 2022. The next openings are scheduled for 2020 at Nice Arenas, in Lille - this one in place of the Nouvelles Galeries - in Toulon on the Place de la Liberté, and at Paris MontparnassePlace de Catalogne. In 2021, theOkko Hotels Paris La Défense which, with 184 rooms, will become our flagship. Within 10 years, we want to have around forty hotels in France, half of them in the Paris region, and around twenty in Europe. Our first location in a European capital will be unveiled shortly.
