business hotels

Laos has long suffered from being landlocked between China, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. This situation has contributed to its slow economic development. But it has also probably protected it from the throes of forced modernisation on the Asian continent since the 1980s. This can still be seen today in the streets of Vientiane, one of the...

And the desire increases as the effect draws closer. With less than a month to go before the opening of the Olympic Games and the cohort of visitors expected for the occasion, Parisian hotels continue to fill up. According to the CDS and MKG reservations observatory, on a panel of nearly 250 hotels studied, the number of reservations...

The Hyatt group now has over 200 hotels in the Europe-Africa-Middle East (EMEA) region. This represents a portfolio that has more than doubled in the space of five years. Is developing your portfolio in Europe a priority for your group? Javier Aguila - We have a very clear desire to expand our presence in Europe. With, in...

Among its many projects on the African continent, the Radisson group is preparing to take a leading role in the Tunisian business hotel sector. First of all, at the beginning of July, with the opening of the Radisson Tunis City Center, with almost 100 rooms and a 250 m² meeting space comprising three rooms. But more than that, the...

The Hilton group will be signing a number of firsts in the third quarter of this year, with the arrival this summer of its first hotels in Nepal, Laos and East Timor. From July onwards, business travellers to Kathmandu will find a 173-room Hilton hotel designed for corporate meetings, with...

Grape Hospitality owns or manages around a hundred hotels under franchise from Accor, IHG and Louvre Hotels. Let's look back at the origins of your group. Frédéric Josenhans - The adventure began in 2016 with the acquisition of 85 businesses from the Accor group. With our shareholders, i.e. Eurazeo for 70% and AccorInvest for...

The Hyatt Group is reaping the rewards of the momentum it began building in 2017, focusing on an asset-light strategy and the sale of its hotels to provide the resources for expansion. Since then, its growth has been faster than that of its main competitors. After further growth in its range of...

As one of the heavyweights in the global hotel industry, Accor is focused on its development on one continent or another, but it has not forgotten that it is also the leading hotel operator in France. The Group is continuing to strengthen its position in France, where it is originally based, with plans to open 29 hotels in the first half of 2024. And all this at a time when...

The IHG group is continuing its expansion in Portugal. Having recently added a number of fine hotels to its portfolio, such as the luxurious Vignette Collection hotels, the Casa da Companhia in Porto and the Convent Square in Lisbon, which revisits a former Dominican convent dating back to the 13th century, the group now has around twenty...

With 69 hotels currently operating in France, Marriott is one of the world's leading hotel chains with the strongest presence in the country. Far, far away of course from Accor or Louvre Hotels, and also at a safe distance from another major American player, Best Western, whose French network includes almost 300 hotels. But its offer...

B&B Hotels says yes to long stays. The hotel group, which focuses on affordable hotels, is maintaining its growth momentum with B&B Home, a new residential concept with rooms equipped with kitchenettes and laundry facilities. All the fundamentals, in short, of the long-stay hotel business. "With the launch of B&B Home, we are...

The inauguration of the Sofitel Shanghai North Bund marks an important moment for the Accor group. Firstly, because it is part of the celebrations marking the brand's 60th anniversary, and because it has embarked on a new dynamic. In this context, this hotel with 288 rooms and 27 elegant suites embodies its reaffirmed luxury through a contemporary atmosphere blended with...

Back to the future. The 40-storey H4 Hotel Paris Pleyel, overlooking the Olympic Village and the Stade de France, is as much a part of the future of the beating heart of Paris 2024, the city of Saint-Denis, as it is a flashback to the 1970s. Back in the days when Paris was dotted with high-rise...

A few weeks ago, the Spanish group Barcelo announced a €50 million expansion plan in Portugal, on the island of Madeira. This investment will support the construction of a new hotel in the historic centre of Funchal, due to open at the end of 2025 next to the Mercado dos Lavradores, as well as...

With its 200 rooms, convention centre and 97 hectares of parkland with an 18-hole golf course, the Mercure Chantilly is the flagship hotel in the MICE segment for hotel owner and operator Atypio Hotels & Resorts. Already well known to businesses when it flew the flag for the Wyndham group's Dolce brand, the Mercure Chantilly...

After Geneva recently, and with London to come in early June and the first appearance in Europe of YotelPad, its aparthotel offering, the Yotel brand will be continuing its expansion into the world's major cities in early 2025 in Tokyo, in the Ginza district. It's almost a return to its roots for this concept, which was initially based on the idea of capsule hotels,...

Widely represented in the United States, Choice Hotels has made France one of its key markets in the EMEA region. Why is this? Ricardo Losada Revol - We've been present in France for over 30 years. It's one of the biggest tourist destinations in the world, with so much to offer the 63 million members of Choice Hotels...

A breathtaking view of Table Mountain, the Atlantic Ocean or the bustling streets of Cape Town from its rooftop: that's the promise of a new hotel for Mama Shelter. While the lifestyle brand also has a project in Casablanca, the brand founded by Serge Trigano is preparing to set up at the other end of...

While acknowledging that most stays go off without incident, International SOS is taking a closer look at the hotel industry with the launch of a service dedicated to the safety and security of accommodation. Attacks on the Oberoi Trident and Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotels in Mumbai in 2008, and on the Radisson Blu Bamako hotel in...

The IHG Group is strengthening its position in Germany, a key European market for business travellers. While the British hotelier currently has around a hundred hotels in Germany, another hundred or so will be added to its range over the next 24 months. These will come from a well-known German group, Novum Hospitality, with which IHG has signed a franchise agreement...