After Porto in May 2021, Lisbon will soon have a Yotel establishment. Known for its innovative hotels, combining small high-tech rooms with designer communal areas, the brand initially developed in airport areas is continuing its urban expansion. After Geneva and London this year, Yotel to open in the Portuguese capital in 2024The new building is part of an ongoing development project at the gateway to Lisbon. The future establishment is part of the ongoing development project, at the gateway to Lisbon, of the World Trade Center. A project led by the group Foz Vintage and described as " Portugal's most innovative and disruptive business park"..
This 35,000 sq. metre campus combines shops, leisure facilities and offices, including those of companies such as Worten, Bayer and Helm, which are already based at the complex. Yotel will be offering 127 rooms There will also be a restaurant and panoramic rooftop bar, as well as collaborative workspaces, all of which will also be accessible to staff in neighbouring offices. There will also be an events venue, an auditoriumwhich " will also be used as a stage for major events, including the programme we are planning for the WTC Business Club." Vasco Fonseca, COO of the Foz Vintage group, explains.
While the WTC Lisbon is part of the World Trade Center network, another Yotel establishment integrated into the WTC international ecosystem is due to be announced shortly. This development also supports Yotel's ambitions in southern Europe. According to Rohan Thakkar, Managing Director in charge of brand development, ". the YOTEL Lisbon WTC will enable us to pursue our expansion strategy, both in Portugal and in neighbouring markets such as Spain and France " .
Portugal is without doubt an attractive market for hoteliers, on which the IHG Group is also banking. While the British hotelier already has several luxury hotels in the country, including InterContinentals in Lisbon, Porto and Cascais, a new development has been announced for its new brand Vignette Collection. Already established in the Algarve with two luxury resorts, the Dona Filipa Hotel and Penina Hotel & Golf Resort, La Vignette Collection will welcome its first urban hotel by the end of the year. in Porto, in the Clérigos district.
Housed in a historic 18th-century building on Rua das Flores built for a wealthy Oporto merchant, Casa da Companhia will see its interiors restored to their original style before reopening as a member of the Vignette Collection. Business travellers will find 40 rooms and suites restaurant, spa and fitness centre, indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
