business hotels

"We are anticipating an unprecedented pace of openings in 2026, likely exceeding thirty establishments": in an interview with our website last March, Olivier Cohn, the managing director of Best Western France, was forecasting sustained development for its network. The momentum is confirmed with 12 additional establishments for more…

Traveller experience, cost optimisation and CSR: two years ago, the first Accor Global Leadership Council meeting set out three priorities for business travel. Recently, this forum for exchanges between the French hotel group's management and its key corporate clients concluded with new trends, focused on an approach…

Chengdu has confirmed its status as the gateway to Southwest China for international exchange, and Radisson Collection is following suit. Jin Jiang International Hotels and Radisson Hotel Group are opening their very first regional address under this brand there, within the Business & Innovation Centre for China-Europe Cooperation (CCEC), the Sino-European cooperation platform…

The King Abdullah Financial District had been waiting for a signature touch to translate its ambition into a hotel experience. This has now been achieved: W Hotels, a lifestyle brand from the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, is establishing its first Saudi address there, at the crossroads of business flows and new social trends that are redefining the capital. The LW Design firm has…

The internationalisation of Reims' hotel sector continues with the opening of the Four Points by Sheraton Reims Cathédrale. Located close to the city centre, on the banks of the Aisne à la Marne canal, this establishment adds to the list of global hotel brands that have gradually appeared in the Champagne capital, starting with Marriott's Autograph Collection, then Radisson, Holiday...

A Hyatt Regency hotel today, a CitizenM to come in a few weeks: the hotel industry is participating in the metamorphosis of one of Europe's oldest exhibition venues: the historic Olympia Exhibition Centre, which opened in the 1880s in the Hammersmith district. The project, costing £1.3 billion, aims to bring the venue into...

A slightly stressed businessman arrives at check-in, no doubt weary from his endless travels. He then gradually loosens his tie, rolls up the sleeves of his white shirt before swapping it for a polo shirt to play with the shaker and blend in with the hotel's atmosphere...

Can you go over the genesis of Pullman XChange, this concept of events that accompany the brand's transformation? Benoît Racle - Their purpose is to allow us to take the time to ask ourselves questions, to have real conversations that go beyond small talk and allow us to think. Each time, the...

A club that is no longer so exclusive. Five hotel groups can indeed boast of being millionaires in terms of room numbers. This is what emerges from the Top 10 of global hospitality recently unveiled by the MKG and Hospitality On consultancy. The British group IHG thus joins Marriott, the first to have crossed...

The Hyatt group is continuing its expansion in Italy with three upcoming hotels that will be added to its six existing properties. The Park Hyatt Milan will soon have a luxurious counterpart in Sicily, Taormina, with a 121-suite hotel offering views of Etna and the Ionian Sea from their private terraces. Expected...

A perfect harmony between Mozart and Beethoven. The Radisson Blu brand has taken over the management of the main business hotels in the legendary composers' birthplaces, one after the other. In Salzburg, it's the former Wyndham Grand Salzburg, with its 1,785 m² of event space and a ballroom that can accommodate 1,000 people, and in...

Cities on a human scale, surrounded by nature and beautiful landscapes, bearing the marks of their rich past but looking towards the future, and all easily accessible by TGV from Paris: Switzerland offers everything that appeals to event organisers today. Namely, compact destinations where everything is done on foot or...

Salzburg's largest business hotel is changing its tune. Formerly under the Wyndham Grand brand, the establishment has just come under the umbrella of the Radisson group and its upscale brand, Radisson Blu. "Salzburg has long been one of Austria's most important congress destinations, and this hotel is its..."

The timing is symbolic. As VivaTech, the major Parisian innovation event, gets underway at the Porte de Versailles from June 17th to 20th, CDS is unveiling, just before the show opens, its services' connection to the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and other enterprise AI agents. Among the first solutions…

Canada is something of the poor relation in the football World Cup due to the limited size of its stadiums by FIFA criteria. Only thirteen matches will take place there, 7 in Vancouver and 6 in Toronto, including just one round of 16 match. The country is nonetheless hoping for tourist revenue and…

After Paris, all roads lead to Rome for Barceló. In the summer of 2025, the Spanish group opened its first hotel in France on the outskirts of Paris, in Levallois-Perret. The takeover of the Evergreen hotel, renamed Occidental Paris Levallois, provided it with a major business hub of 338 rooms and ten meeting rooms capable of hosting...

Hilton is continuing its studies to expand its lifestyle hotel offering. Following the acquisition of Graduate Hotels in 2024, located in or near American university campuses, the group has just given a little sister to this brand: Undergraduate by Hilton. Positioned at the upper end of the mid-range segment, when its elder is...

An in-house hotel kitchen, but one that will benefit business travellers: the Mews platform has partnered with Uber to enable ride bookings directly from the hotel's management system, its PMS. Covering the entire spectrum of property management, Mews equips 15,000 clients in 85 countries and...

From the 10th heaven to the fifth star. Of course, the Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel will always be topped by its 10th-floor rooftop, offering an unparalleled view of the Iron Lady to companies meeting in its 280m² Trocadéro lounge, or in its four other rooms. While during periods of...

The game of communicating vessels. If the Radisson group has lost a property in Dubai – the Radisson Blu Dubai Media City closed at the end of April for renovation before changing hands next year – it has already compensated for this loss with the opening of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Barsha Heights. Located in a district…