budget hotels

With the rise of new working habits spawned by the pandemic, the trend towards coworking is gathering pace in the hotel industry. In France, following in the footsteps of Accor and its subsidiary Wojo, and Best Western and its MyWO solution, Logis Hotels is now moving into this niche with a strong ambition: to become, no more and no less, the...

The B&B Hotels brand will be taking its first steps in the West Indies at the end of the year with the franchising of an establishment in Fort-de-France. This arrival in the tropics will be accompanied by new services such as a swimming pool, lounge bar and gym. Designed according to the urban concept developed for the budget chain by...

Launched in 2019 in Beaune by the Accor group, the Greet brand has just rolled out its sustainable, designer concept in Lyon. Following openings in Marseille Centre Saint Charles and Marseille Provence Aéroport, the budget brand has set up shop in another key thoroughfare for business travellers, just two minutes...

A new B&B hotel has just opened in Nice, right in the heart of the Arenas business district and just a seven-minute tram ride from the airport. While this is an important opening, as it is the first hotel in the Côte d'Azur to be part of the B&B budget chain, it also demonstrates the dynamism of the brand....

The IHG group has just pulled off a double coup in Warsaw by installing two of its brands in a recently completed complex in the booming Rondo Daszynskiego business district. As part of the business district, the British group has chosen Crowne Plaza, its predominantly business brand, as well as its budget brand Holiday Inn Express...

After Marne-la-Vallée next year, Eklo will continue its expansion in the Paris region with a business-oriented hotel expected in 2022 near Paris CDG airport and Villepinte. This budget brand, launched in 2014 by Emmanuel Petit - and backed by the two founders of the Accor group, Paul Dubrule and Gérard Pélisson -,...

The list of business destinations covered by the Moxy network is expanding to include new strategic hubs. The Marriott Group brand recently opened its first property in Taiwan, in the island's second largest city. The Moxy Taichung hotel and its 262 rooms are just a quarter of an hour from the railway station, and 24 minutes from...

Like many hoteliers, are you seeing a timid recovery in business for Balladins hotels? Fabrice Beyer - Indeed. After a summer in which, with the exception of the Paris region, occupancy figures were good, September was a mixed bag. The fine weather sustained demand from leisure customers, but the...

With 29 establishments, the Meininger chain has gone from being a local German chain to a European chain in a short space of time. "The chain began in 1999 with hotels in Berlin, but over the last five years we have taken the next step with a strategy of European expansion. We have moved our head office to London...

Despite the health crisis, B&B Hôtels is continuing to expand, announcing the opening of several hotels in France and Europe between now and the beginning of 2021. Following the recent inauguration of three hotels in the Paris region - Paris Porte de Bagnolet, Paris Meudon Vélizy and Saint-Denis Porte de Paris - the budget chain will be adding new establishments in...

2019 was an extremely positive year for Best Western, both globally and in France. On a global scale, the hotel group, which has 4035 hotels in total, including 417 new affiliates in 2019, saw sales generated by the central reservation system rise by 17.4 1TP3Q. In France, despite...

Scandic, the Nordic hotel operator, unveiled Scandic Go on 18 February. This new brand is due to make its debut in the fourth quarter of 2020 in Stockholm and Oslo, before conquering Copenhagen. With this new brand, the hotel group is already planning to establish itself as the leader in the budget hotel segment in Europe.

Since the end of January, business travellers have had access to a new budget hotel option for their trips to Auvergne. The Eklo hotel has opened in Clermont-Ferrand, just 5 minutes from the station. The new establishment has a total of 84 double or twin rooms, in addition to three family rooms and five...

List from memory, and above all without too many mistakes, all the brands belonging to Marriott International. Then list the brands that make up the Accor group. Finally, list the latest concepts launched by Hyatt, Hilton and IHG. Clearly, this is not an easy task, given that the hotel industry is currently experiencing a groundswell of activity: a...

Among recent examples of hotel 'combos', in November the Louvre Hotels group set up its Campanile (budget) and Golden Tulip (top-of-the-range) brands opposite Montpellier station, in an architectural complex designed by Manuelle Gautrand. Similarly, Mercure and Ibis have been sharing their...

Accor will finally be adding to its hotel offering in Singapore. Until now, the French group has been mainly present in the luxury segment, notably with the acquisition of Raffles and Fairmont, but also through three Sofitels - including Sofitel So Singapore. Out of 14 establishments, the luxury and premium segment includes eight hotels under the Raffles, Fairmont and Sofitel brands.

Named greet, Accor's new brand complements its lifestyle offering by recognising that "today, more than ever, travellers are demanding a quality hotel experience at an affordable price, while at the same time looking for meaning in their purchases and their relationship with the world"....

One year after the takeover of the Balladins chain, the new management team, made up of two former executives, Fabrice Beyer and David Morel, is aiming to rebuild a destabilised network. Founded in 1985, the budget hotel chain has had its ups and downs, especially since it was acquired in 2007 by Dynamique Hotels Management (DHM), a group that...

Airbnb continues to weave its web in the hotel world. After acquiring the HotelTonight booking site, the leader in private flat rental is to invest between 100 and 200 million dollars in the Indian hotel group Oyo. In doing so, Airbnb joins other investors who have injected a billion euros into the development of...

An increasingly diversified portfolio of brands: Best Western is putting this new commitment into practice in a number of ways. Firstly, in the budget segment, the group of independent hotels has launched the Sure Hotel by Best Western brand licence. The hotelier has also strengthened its lifestyle offering with its new Sadie brands in the top end of the market...