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As Scandinavia's leading hotel operator, the Scandic group is continuing to expand its footprint in the region, particularly in Kiruna in northern Sweden, home to the world's largest open-cast iron ore mine. As a result of the expansion and extension of the mine's operations, the decision was made to...

The Radisson group is adding not just one, but two new hotels for business travellers passing through Oslo airport. The Scandinavian-based hotelier, which already has a presence near the Norwegian capital's hub with a Radisson Blu and a Park Inn by Radisson, has just opened a complex incorporating two of its brands at...

Vietnam's economic dynamism has not escaped the attention of hotel groups, and neither has its potential for tourism development. After Spain's Melia, which plans to strengthen its offer of a dozen establishments in partnership with Vinpearl, one of the country's largest hotel owners, it is now Marriott's turn to show its strong ambitions. The American group...

With the unveiling of IHG's first Atwell Suites aparthotel in Miami, the launch of new long-stay brands at Wyndham and Choice Hotels, and the accelerated development of Hyatt House hotels from Houston to Kansas City, not to mention Orlando and Sacramento airports, the long-stay hotel sector in the United States is growing from strength to strength. [link-block prefix="Read more...

A new classification system for hotels, tourist residences, campsites and holiday villages comes into force on 1 April. This is no joke, however, as the project was duly announced at the end of last year by Prime Minister Jean Castex as part of the plan to win back tourism. As part of this plan, three decrees have been unveiled...

Hilton's Tapestry Collection continues to expand in Europe. After Paris, Madrid and Porto, the brand of upmarket lifestyle hotels is adding another major destination to its offering: Venice. Or, to be more precise, Mestre, on the other side of the lagoon, for a hotel designed for both...

The Accor group is strengthening its presence in the Balkans with an MGallery already open in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second city, and a Mövenpick planned for this summer in Zagreb. To make its entry into the Croatian capital, the top-of-the-range brand has found a location in line with its positioning, which is focused on the...

In view of the results recently announced by your Group, do you feel that the worst of the crisis is now behind you? Markus Keller - We are confident that the recovery is here. We're still anticipating a tighter monitoring of our business over the next six or twelve months, so we're keeping a close eye on things...

To celebrate its 50th anniversary in Europe this year, American franchisor Choice Hotels has embarked on an ambitious programme. In addition to refreshing all its brands in the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region, it has launched a new lifestyle brand, Sleep. This major facelift began with the...

Some twenty hotels today, rising to fifty by 2025: as part of its global expansion, Yotel will be adding Geneva to its list of addresses from the fourth quarter of 2022. This innovative concept, originally known for its capsule-style hotels in airports, has since expanded into the heart of major cities, in Amsterdam, London, New York and London.

Updated on 18 March "Ukraine will win". On 2 March, Ukraine's largest hotel group, Reikartz Hotel, clearly showed its support for the Russian invasion. With around sixty hotels in Kiev and some thirty towns across the country, the hotel group is bearing the full brunt of the war ravaging its country, having announced as early as...

Already present in the United States, in Chicago, Dallas, Nashville and more recently in New Orleans and Las Vegas, Virgin Hotels will shortly be entering the European market in Edinburgh. The top-of-the-range lifestyle brand founded by Richard Branson's group will be setting up in June in the heart of Edinburgh's historic...

Far from it, the health crisis has not dampened the growth prospects of the major hotel groups. Accor is demonstrating this with 288 hotels opened last year, providing 41,000 new rooms. This means net growth of 3 % in 2021, taking the French group's network to more than 5,300 hotels and 778,000 rooms, putting it in a good position to...

The Adagio long-stay brand has teamed up with Monoprix to enhance the offer to its residents by bringing a selection of the brand's iconic products to 80 aparthotels in France. A partnership that plays on the urban dimension of these two brands. "At Adagio, we are located in city centres, just like Monoprix, and we share the same...

Having just arrived in the heart of Madrid, with a hotel on the famous Gran Via, the Melia Innside group's lifestyle brand is already planning to offer a second address in the Spanish capital, more precisely on its northern outskirts, in Valdebebas. This residential area, close to the airport and the IFEMA congress centre, is also known as...

Like all players in the hotel industry, Best Western's French network has continued to feel the impact of the health crisis in 2021, while seeing an encouraging upturn in business. The reservations centre has reported a 51% increase in sales compared with 2020, with average prices no longer at the same level as in the previous year.

One of the world's largest hotel franchisors, along with its American counterpart Choice, the Wyndham group is set to continue its international expansion, with a wide range of openings planned for 2022 across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With almost 9,000 hotels in some 100 countries around the world, the hotel chain is well known for its...

While Marriott has just opened its 8,000th hotel in the world - quite a symbol, since this hotel is located right next to the group's future new headquarters in Bethesda, on the outskirts of Washington - the American group remains the world leader in hotels, with almost 1.5 million rooms....

At one time there were 'designer' hotels such as Armani and Bulgari. More recently, other big names have branched out into hotels, including Fauchon, Maisons du Monde and mk2 in France, and Muji in Asia, with hotels in Beijing, Shenzhen and Tokyo. The sportswear brand Fila will soon be added to this list...

A number of handovers between hoteliers have been announced in London, with a luxurious St Regis expected in 2023 within the walls of the Westbury Hotel, while a Hyatt Regency will replace the Crowne Plaza London The City from next July. The latter, having embarked on the first phase of a vast redevelopment programme,...