budget hotels

In August, the Accor group will open an ibis budget hotel in Airport City, the development adjacent to Manchester airport. A Holiday Inn will follow in September. These two openings will mark the birth of the District Hotel, the accommodation component of the aerotropolis currently being developed on the...

What could be more logical than an easyHotel a stone's throw from the runways from which easyJet's orange aircraft take off? The hotel chain launched by Stelios Haji Ioannou in 2004 - but which, since then, has only shared the airline's visual identity and the same quality-price approach - has set itself up as...

Soon to celebrate its fifth anniversary, Jo&Joe has announced that it is expanding its offering. From four establishments opened at the end of last year, Accor's youthful lifestyle brand is set to quickly surpass 1,000 establishments. And that's in China alone, thanks to the signing of a master franchise agreement between the Ennismore joint venture, which is intended to...

As part of the modernisation of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Viparis set out to extend the range of services it offers to Parisians and visitors to the park, and to create links with the city and its surrounding area, bringing life to the Porte de Versailles outside of trade and public events.

Updated on 31 March After topping the 300-hotel mark in France in spring 2021 - with the opening of a new establishment in the Bassins à Flot district of Bordeaux - B&B Hotels is preparing to make a major leap forward in France. The budget brand will be welcoming no fewer than...

In France, as in Paris, 2021 was already a productive year for the hotel industry. If not very active in the capital, due to the prolonged absence of international tourists. Notable openings in Paris include two potential new palaces - Cheval Blanc and Bulgari - and the private hotel-club Soho House,...

The pandemic may have delayed certain projects, but far from it, it has not put the brakes on hotel development. Business travellers will be able to experience this for themselves when they travel around Europe, finding new hotels here and there in business destinations, particularly among the historic brands of the major groups....

Ultra-urban locations, lively communal spaces, a design bias and innovative accommodation solutions: with its new Motto by Hilton brand, the eponymous American group is delivering its way of thinking about lifestyle at a light price. Introduced in 2018, the brand made its grand debut in Washington in the summer of 2020, then in...

The Accor group is strengthening its offering in Kazakhstan with the unveiling of an ibis hotel in Almaty, ahead of the opening in the first quarter of 2022 of a Novotel Living within the same complex. This dual-brand project revisits one of the country's oldest hotels, the Jetisu, which has been extensively rebuilt and redesigned to accommodate both a...

Greet, the Accor group's eco-friendly and economical brand, is continuing to expand in France. Since its launch in 2019, it has already opened five establishments, first in Beaune, then in Marseille Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille Provence Aéroport, Lyon Confluence and Bordeaux Aéroport. And four establishments have recently joined it. Hotels which...

The Eklo group is aiming to carve out a place for itself in the urban hotel sector with a range of products that are both economical and ecological - with eco-designed buildings, low-energy operation, short supply chains and waste reduction, among other features - all backed up by a design and lifestyle spirit. From six addresses in...

Has the pandemic put the brakes on your ambitions? Françoise Houdebine - We didn't fall asleep during the crisis, far from it. In fact, we took advantage of it to introduce a number of concepts that we hope will be successful in the future. This spirit of innovation is inspired by a body called the Global Innovation Center, a...

Combo" projects are definitely in vogue at Accor. Having just revealed the opening of a combined ibis and ibis budget hotel at London Heathrow, the French group has now unveiled another project involving two of the group's brands, this time in Zurich. For this project in the Swiss business metropolis, the combination is not...

Business travellers with a youthful spirit will find a new base in Vienna with the new Jo&Joe. Accor has just deployed the fourth establishment of its brand, which revisits youth hostels as "open houses". In other words, a contemporary place to live, with dormitories, of course, but...

Accor has just established its ibis brand in Baku. The group's third hotel in Azerbaijan's capital, in addition to the Pullman and the impressive Fairmont Flame Towers, the hotel adds a budget option for travellers, but also a new drop-off point with a contemporary feel. "The hotel will not only be the first ibis in the country, but...

Budget brand B&B Hotels has just added the Netherlands to its list of destinations with its first 93-room property in Zaandam, near Amsterdam. The hotel is currently being modernised to incorporate the new urban design imagined by interior architects Agence D'Istria Studio. This first step in the Netherlands will be followed by others. "In addition to...

Fiercely high-tech, but also responsible: the new Campanile Smart Lyon Bron combines two of today's key trends. Located in the economic hub near Lyon-Bron business airport, the hotel is a blueprint for the hotel of the future, offering guests a seamless, fluid and connected experience. And this, even if a...

The hotel industry is continuing its efforts to offer travellers more and more ways of exercising while away from home. This 'fitness' trend was already well under way before the health crisis, but the repeated confinements have undoubtedly reinforced the need for everyone to exercise. According to the Louvre Hotels group, the...

The greet brand, launched by Accor in 2019 in Beaune, is gradually rolling out its offer in France, particularly near major business hubs. This low-cost brand already has a hotel near St Charles station in Marseille and another near Marseille Provence airport. The brand is also present near...

The banks of the River Tyne are abuzz with activity: soon Quayside, the area straddling Newcastle and Gateshead, is set to become a leading business hub in the North of England, thanks in particular to a brand new conference centre. And the Accor Group will be making its contribution to the "Newcastle...