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The city is full. When it comes to overtourism, Amsterdam is, along with Venice, one of the first examples to come to mind, sharing with the Serenissima the constrained setting of its Instagrammable canals. The tourism industry won't complain, with growth of 4% year on year since...

Green seminars so far away, so close to Paris: that's what two Accor-branded hotels in the Paris region are offering. So far away - relatively speaking, since the hotel can be reached in less than an hour from Montparnasse station - with the Castel Maintenon, and so close with the Domaine de la Reine Margot, in...

Conquering the Indian subcontinent: international hotel groups are looking for the magic bullet to penetrate a huge but elusive market. Accor hopes to have found it with the conclusion of a major partnership with the local leader in the travel sector, the conglomerate InterGlobe. In addition to its hotel activities, which include the development of around twenty ibis...

In the pantheon of the great names in travel, Orient Express takes up the course of its legend in the heart of Rome. Just a stone's throw from the... Pantheon, at 69 Piazza della Minerva. The brand is unveiling its first hotel since its takeover by Accor in 2017, with the French group making it its credo to spread its renaissance on earth...

Nearly 300 more hotels for a total of 50,000 rooms added to its portfolio, the 1,000 mark passed by Mercure, 330 more % eco-certified hotels in one year to reach 36 % of its labelled hotels, but above all a record number of new contracts: Accor will have had a year...

The art of French travel: Air France and Sofitel both intend to embody it in their premium cabins as well as in their hotels. From now on, they will also do so in concert, by introducing the comfort of rooms within cabins, for peaceful nights at 10,000 feet. Having recently unveiled...

Fairmont is expanding its footprint in Asia this year. The Accor group's luxury brand, which is present in several Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, as well as in Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta and Manila, will be adding several key destinations on the continent to its list of addresses. Mumbai in particular, from next April, when the brand will...

From sailboats to superyachts, Jumeirah's palaces come in all shapes and sizes. After the Burj Al Arab and its instantly recognisable silhouette, Dubai has just unveiled a new king-size hotel: the Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab. The Dubai-based luxury hotel completes its nautical trilogy, adding to the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, in the shape of...

It's an address that's both unique and discreet, and one that residents of Toulon town centre stroll past every day without always imagining what's going on behind these vintage or ageing walls. In fact, the façade of the former bishop's palace is usually camouflaged by hoardings, which don't necessarily encourage you to look...

Novotel continues to expand its network in Europe. This summer, the brand, which is present in 24 countries with more than 300 hotels in the region, will discover two new countries, firstly Croatia with a first hotel in Zagreb. Located on the eastern outskirts of the Croatian capital, around fifteen minutes from both the city centre and the airport...

PSG: 1 - Liverpool: 0. Paris Saint-Germain's penalty shoot-out victory sent the Anfield stadium into raptures on Tuesday evening. As well as being delighted to have eliminated this legendary club, the Paris Saint-Germain players can also take pride in having beaten the Reds by the same scoreline, and in a special ranking:...

Worklib l'impatiente is pursuing its dreams of greatness, and more specifically its race for leadership. The acquisition of OfficeRiders, announced today, is a further step in this direction. Less than four years after its arrival on the flexible workspace market - in June 2021 - Worklib is already claiming the status of European leader. And finally...

Strategic acquisitions, the expansion of new brands focused on conversion - the current driving force behind hotel development - but also, and above all, the constantly renewed appeal of their historic brands: the world's hotel leaders have played on all these ranges to increase their hotel portfolios and feed their pipelines of new projects....

A business clientele back at roughly 2019 levels, accelerating demand from MICE groups, combined with a leisure clientele that continues to develop at high altitudes: all of this is helping to put a smile on the faces of hotel group managers. The results for 2024, presented in quick succession over the last few days, show...

Different fortunes. United by the same desire to attract luxury hotels into the fold of their respective groups, one got off to a fast start and the other took longer to take shape. Launched three years ago by the IHG group, the Vignette Collection is following the path it set out for itself,...

Accor and Emirates are extending their partnership with the possibility for their loyal travellers to exchange their miles or points between the ALL and Emirates Skywards programmes. Until now, this conversion was only one-way and reserved, since 2015, for members of what was then called Le Club AccorHotels before evolving and becoming ALL in...

Business travellers on the recently taken over Pakistan Airlines routes between Paris and Islamabad will find a new Mövenpick business hotel at their destination, the first opened by the Accor group in the Pakistani capital. Housed in one of the country's tallest towers, next to the Centaurus Mall shopping centre, the hotel boasts a prime location...

The Côte d'Azur has no shortage of prestigious names and renowned establishments, many of which play the MICE card in the sun. However, some names resonate more than others with event organisers. The Fairmont Monte Carlo is undeniably one of these. Its location is no stranger to this. Not only for fans...

For the past two years, the Sofitel, Sofitel Legend, MGallery and Emblems brands have been grouped together under the same management as part of the Accor group's new organisation. With new identities and brand promises reaffirming their premium positioning, but also a wave of renovations to strengthen the coherence...

For once, or almost, Dubai's hotel news is not about yet another palace designed by a leading architect or a gigantic skyscraper with rooms high up on the Emirati skyline. Of course, the city remains faithful to its fundamentals, awaiting the opening this year of the future most...