business hotels

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…

While Cannes is busy with its cinema, Frankfurt is putting the MICE sector in the spotlight. Awards and accolades are indeed following one another at the IMEX show in Frankfurt. In parallel with the ICCA unveiling its ranking of the largest congress cities in the world, Cvent presented its list of the best meeting destinations and hotels…

How is Parc Astérix's MICE activity characterised? Rodolphe Lauron - Parc Astérix hosts an average of 200 events per year, from ten people to a thousand participants. If we dropped to around 150 operations in 2025, their size increased, mobilising more rooms and more suites, with an impact…

The Accor group continues its conquest of English-speaking Africa. The continent's leading international group with nearly 180 establishments, mainly in North Africa and French-speaking countries, the hotelier has just signed a letter of intent with the pan-African investor Shoreline Group to develop a network of hotels in Nigeria. Concluded on the sidelines of the Africa Forward summit…

Minor Hotels already has a strong presence in the Benelux, but is still underrepresented in France or Switzerland. What are the challenges associated with this dual approach? Alexis Boudrand - I have a two-speed remit. As you point out, Minor Hotels inherited a large number of hotels in the Benelux from…

As long as the growth algorithm remains intact, all is well. The war in the Middle East, which broke out on February 28th, has not darkened the horizon for the major hotel groups. The results presented for the first quarter of 2026 – admittedly, only one-third affected by the conflict – show no signs of…

A shared past, a likeness to modernist architecture, but a different future. In the 1950s-60s, the Hilton hotels in Athens and Istanbul marked the international debut of the brand. Opened in 1955 as what was the very first hotel built outside the United States after the war, the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus still retains it...

Adagio lance une nouvelle offre, Adagio Business +, dédiée aux entreprises et à leurs voyageurs d’affaires. Alors que cette cible constitue 45% de sa clientèle, le leader européen de l’appart’hôtellerie se destine aux entreprises partenaires contractées dans le cadre des moyens et longs séjours de leurs collaborateurs. « Conçue pour les entreprises, leurs collaborateurs et…

After several years at Adagio, and previously at Corsair, you took over Odalys City last October. What are your priorities? Stéphane Bartaire - We have five main ambitions. The first is to clearly state who we are and to clarify Odalys City's positioning as an urban aparthotel brand. The second...

Already apparent for several years, the hotel development dynamic in Africa is unlikely to stop. According to W Hospitality, the number of projects identified in 2026 saw an increase of 12.2 % compared to 2025. This represents a pipeline of 675 hotels and resorts for a little over 120,000 rooms which…

How do you explain the growing interest of major hotel groups in Africa? Trevor Ward - Hotel groups, particularly those listed on the stock exchange, absolutely need growth. However, compared to other markets like the United States where brand penetration is over 70 %, Africa remains very poorly covered. Less than...

A five-star development: IHG is set to take over several Penta Hotels to transform them into one of its brands, Holiday Inn, voco, and Garner, by early 2027. This development follows the conclusion of long-term franchise agreements with investment companies Ogilvy Management and Ironstone Group, who have taken over a…

Radisson, which has just surpassed the 100 hotels opened or to come in Africa, Hilton, which plans to open more than 100 hotels to reach 180 establishments across the continent, Accor, which is solidifying its presence in Morocco: the African hotel industry has been at the heart of the news for major hotel groups in recent days...

After the pass of three, the transformation. Minor Hotels made its Paris debut just before the 2024 Olympics with the takeover of three establishments, but the Thai group, which has owned NH Hotels since 2018, has given all these addresses a facelift. Opened under the NH brand, the former...

The milestone of 150,000 rooms in Europe has been passed, with a total of over 1,200 hotels open or under development in some forty countries: the IHG group, already among the main players in the hotel industry on the continent with Accor and Louvre Hotels, has further expanded its footprint. Over the course of...

Has 2025 lived up to your expectations? Olivier Cohn - It turned out to be better than we thought. A year ago, we were on the back foot, anticipating a slight fall in our results. Or, at best, stability. In the end, we recorded growth in revenue per room of around 1.5...