business hotels

 The Originals Hotels has announced new record results for 2023, with sales up 15% and significant growth in the corporate segment. How is your cooperative approaching business customers? Olivier Dufit - First of all, by supporting independent hoteliers with our sales force, so that we can go out and meet their...

With the gradual upturn in international travel since 2023, China remains an attractive destination for hotel groups. Marriott recently announced a partnership with the Delonix group, which operates more than a thousand hotels in the country under a dozen different brands. The plan is to affiliate around a hundred hotels over the next few years...

After Salalah, on Oman's southern coast, and Jebel Akhdar, luxury brand Anantara is set to complete its offering by moving closer to the country's capital, Muscat. Its owner, the Minor group, has just announced the future management of a hotel complex currently under development in Bandar Al Khairan, 45 minutes from Muscat....

ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Casa Lucia (open)At 80 metres high, this was one of the tallest skyscrapers in South America when it was inaugurated in the 1930s. This real estate project, promoted at the time by shipping magnate Nicolas Mihanovich, has remained one of the most emblematic buildings in the Argentine capital. Located on the...

It's rather surprising for one of the world's leading hotel groups, but IHG has not had a presence in one of Northern Europe's major markets, Sweden, for some time. A temporary incongruity, since the British group will be making its comeback at the end of 2024 with the opening of the Voco Stockholm Kista. A top-of-the-range...

From King to Gran. One of Spain's great hotels for events and meetings. Launched for the Barcelona Olympic Games to welcome sports delegations with the honours due to their rank, the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I stopped its career in 2020, hit by the pandemic. The Melia Group is taking up the story...

Hoteliers are making a sustained commitment to the green label. Almost by force of market forces, as pledging eco-responsibility to their customers is becoming not just a means of distinguishing themselves, but a prerequisite, particularly in the eyes of companies committed to CSR. The 2024 list of winners of the Clef Verte label,...

The start of a new year is traditionally a time for taking stock before looking ahead to the future and new developments. In January, the SNCF announced record passenger numbers, Eurocontrol noted that European airspace was gradually approaching pre-pandemic levels...

AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1 Hotel Melbourne (2024)Set on the banks of the Yarra River, this new hotel embodies the arty, eco-friendly spirit of the 1 Hotels chain. By way of regeneration, the luxury brand launched by former Starwood boss Barry Sternlicht is taking part in the Seafarers project. In other words, the metamorphosis of a former industrial...

Attracting SMEs. In view of the business that these medium-sized companies were able to bring to hoteliers during the pandemic, more than one group has (re)discovered the benefits of supporting this clientele through offers calibrated to meet their expectations, such as Marriott Bonvoy Business Ready or Accor Business Offer Auto-Enrol. For its part,...

The choice of accommodation for visitors to the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre continues to expand. In anticipation of the future Radisson Blu, which will take its place in 2026 in the Triangle tower, which is beginning to rise above the exhibition centre, visitors will find new roofs in this favourable area...

After Vienna and soon Paris, the lyf brand, part of the Ascott group, will be adding Frankfurt to its list of European destinations. Located in the lively Ostend district, home to numerous theatres and cultural venues as well as the new headquarters of the European Central Bank, lyf Frankfurt will embody this new generation of aparthotels tailored to the expectations of a clientele...

NEW HOTELS IN AFRICA South Africa Hampton by Hilton Grayston Sandton Hampton by Hilton Grayston Sandton (Q4)As it prepares to open its largest hotel in Europe this year, in Vienna, the Hilton Group's budget brand Hampton will also make its debut in Africa in 2024. Its first hotel on the continent...

Now that the World Cup is over, European rugby is preparing to return to the business as usual that has kept its winters alive for a good century: the famous Tournament. From 2 February onwards, the eyes of rugby fans will turn not to the Stade de France, which has been mobilised for the Olympic Games, but to Marseille, Lyon...

It was the media centre for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. It will soon be one of the world's largest convention and exhibition centres, when it opens in 2025. It will be a place to welcome heads of state to international summits held in the Chinese capital, as well as the world's leading...

Before talking about 2024, how did the past year go? Philippe Mettey - We started to see an upturn at the beginning of the year and ended up having a very good year in 2023, marked by double-digit growth in Europe and real momentum for our Citadines and five-star establishments....

GERMANY Düsseldorf TRIBE Düsseldorf (end 2024) Tribe, one of the Accor group's new contemporary brands, will continue its expansion in Europe with an opening later this year in Düsseldorf, in the central Friedrichstadt district. The result of the renovation of an existing establishment, the Tribe Düsseldorf hotel will offer 146 functional, designer rooms, as well as a friendly lobby where guests can relax and...

The main business hotels expected in the Paris region in 2024 After recovering one of its largest - and highest - business hotels, the Pullman Montparnasse, Paris is preparing to welcome back another of its leading business establishments: the Marriott Paris Rive Gauche. The historic "PLM Saint-Jacques" opened in the early...

Where better to showcase the innovative spirit of the CitizenM lifestyle brand than at Meta's headquarters? It was probably hard to imagine a better place than Menlo Park, the birthplace of what was better known as Facebook, to demonstrate its lifestyle and technology offering. An offer that matches Meta's aspirations...

The IHG group is gradually approaching the 70 hotel mark in France. This expansion is taking place through a more diversified offering, with the arrival of new brands such as the luxury and lifestyle brand Kimpton, which will appear in Paris in 2021, and now Staybridge Suites. This predominantly long-stay brand has just made its debut on the...