budget hotels
Best Western: new destinations in France
The Best Western network has added nine new establishments in France since the start of 2025, while a number of new openings are scheduled for the second half of the year, with three new hotels due to open in the coming weeks. This expansion covers the whole of France, from Brittany to the Côte d'Azur, and...
B&B Hotels in Brussels
Already well established in Brussels with establishments at the Gare du Midi and near Avenue Louise, B&B Hotels is expanding its network in the capital by moving towards Zaventem and Brussels National Airport. For its largest hotel in Belgium, with 255 functional and designer rooms. Buffet breakfast, bar...
Eklo Bordeaux: bigger and better for MICE
With a hotel opened last year at Porte de Versailles in Paris and another in the pipeline for the end of the year on the Ile de Nantes, Eklo is continuing to expand its offering in France. But the chain, with its economic and ecological positioning, is not just opening new hotels. It can also expand existing hotels. For example,...
easyHotel: room keys in Apple Wallet
A room key always to hand: easyHotel is giving guests at its London City Shoreditch and Paris Aubervilliers hotels the option of unlocking their room door with a simple gesture. Using their iPhone or Apple Watch. Louis Poisson, Director of Operations at easyHotel, is delighted with this initiative, which...
Campanile: new generation heads south
Updated on 11 September at 11am The refurbishment of the Campanile network continues. The new impetus given by Louvre Hotels to its historic brand is reflected in a vast renovation programme throughout France, as part of the five-year strategic plan of the second-largest hotel group in France and Europe....
Spark by Hilton makes its French debut in Lyon
Business travellers may not have realised it, but the Hilton group now has a new brand for its expansion in France: Spark by Hilton. Launched in Lyon in mid-summer, on the banks of the Saône, this brand positioned at the top end of the budget segment...
B&B Hotels: a new sound bite in Luxembourg
B&B Hotels has just added an eighteenth country to its list of destinations, less far from its bases than the United States, where the group made its debut last year: Luxembourg. The hotel is aimed primarily at business travellers, as it is located in the Cloche d'Or district, which has been booming since...
Luxury and festivities in Budapest
From the very top of the range to the more festive: Budapest is welcoming two new hotels with opposite positioning. On the one hand, there is a Radisson Collection and a new Jo&Joe, the Accor brand inspired by new generation youth hostels. On the luxury side, the long-awaited Radisson Collection Hotel, Basilica Budapest, has taken up residence...
Accor: solid but mixed first-half results
Business is still buoyant, with results boosted by the lifestyle and luxury segment, but revenues have been penalised by sharp fluctuations in the US and Australian dollars and the Brazilian real in particular: the Accor group's first-half performance is showing good momentum "despite a complex geopolitical context and the impact...
B&B Hotels uses Cvent to develop its business clientele
Develop the business clientele. At a recent event celebrating the 35th anniversary of B&B Hotels, Céline Vercollier, the group's new managing director, made no secret of her ambition: "We're going to strengthen our sales team to attract group and corporate customers", she explained. While this strategy of...
Eklo: a new hotel expected in Paris in 2027
After Paris CDG, Marne La Vallée and Porte de Versailles, Eklo is to continue its expansion in Paris by setting up in a location that suits its concept: a district undergoing major change. With its hybrid offer combining classic rooms at low prices and youth hostel-style dormitories, the chain had already set up in...
Motel One: lifestyle at any price
Almost the hundredth. The Motel One Paris-Porte de Versailles, which has just opened its doors, could have symbolised the passage of a milestone for the German hotelier. Instead, it was in Munich, in the city where it all began 25 years ago, that the group passed this milestone a few weeks ago with the opening of its...
Motel One: a design hotel at an affordable price in...
It will be some time before the Radisson Blu opens its doors in the Triangle Tower, which is gradually rising above Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. But Motel One guests can't fail to catch a glimpse of the skyscraper's pyramid-shaped silhouette as they enjoy a drink at the 'Skybar', on the seventh and...
Minor Hotels unveils four new brands
Since acquiring NH Hotels in 2018, Minor Hotels has been following in the footsteps of the world leaders. The acquisition of the Spanish group had enabled it to expand its presence in Europe and the Caribbean while broadening its brand portfolio. Originally focused on Asia and resorts with its Anantara brand, the Thai hotel operator is now...
Campanile at the heart of the Louvre Hotels revival
The Campanile Perpignan Nord and Toulouse Balma - Cité de l'espace and the Kyriad Prestige in Compiègne and Saint-Malo: these recently renovated establishments all embody the expected renewal of Louvre Hotels. Last year, the group re-launched a new dynamic by rethinking its brands and transforming them accordingly....
Accor: new hotels in France in the first half of the year
Being the leader in your own country always leaves room for improvement. Accor demonstrated this in the first half of the year with the opening of more than twenty new hotels in France, providing more than 1,700 new rooms. "France continues to offer a wealth of development opportunities for the Group, as demonstrated by this extremely buoyant first half of the year.
B&B Hotels: 35 years of success story
"Fabrice Collet, Chairman of B&B Hotels, is very proud of the work accomplished over the past 35 years and very enthusiastic about everything that remains to be built. The future of a group that was founded in Brittany in 1990 and has gradually established itself as one of the world's leading...
Appart'City: a shift towards leisure that does not exclude business customers
Welcome Family" and pet-friendly offers, special rates for senior citizens... And what about business travellers? Without, far from it, turning its back on its main clientele, Appart'City is relying on the growing recognition of aparthotels to strengthen its appeal to the general public. We have a lot of room for growth in the leisure sector," says...
Marriott passes the Series milestone
Marriott is continuing its offensive in the mid-range hotel sector. In addition to its domination of the luxury segment with brands such as Ritz-Carlton, St Regis and W Hotels, the American hotelier has been working in recent years to perfect its range of affordable establishments. This strategy, which is both global and regional, has resulted in the acquisition of a hotel in the...
New ibis addresses in Europe
In addition to new luxury and lifestyle hotels, the Ibis family of brands remains one of Accor's growth drivers worldwide, with more than 2,500 hotels in nearly 80 countries. The brand, which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary last year, is still going strong in Europe and Asia.






































