business hotels

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,...

The hotel world can only rejoice after two years of severe turbulence linked to a pandemic that spared no region of the world. The cascade of results announced by the sector's leaders for the past year shows that most of them are back in the black. Marriott, the world's leading hotel group with...

The Hyatt group is preparing to launch a new brand in Europe with the expected mid-year opening of the Thompson Madrid. This luxury and lifestyle brand, acquired by the American hotelier as part of the Two Roads Hospitality takeover in 2018, boasts just over twenty hotels in the United States and Mexico, and is beginning its expansion in...

With the confinements and restrictions that have still disrupted much of 2021, the French hotel industry has come through a year deemed "complex" by Olivier Petit, partner at In Extenso Tourism, Culture and Hospitality. Unsurprisingly, revenue per overall room - RevPAR - is still far from having returned to 2019 levels, down...

Is it its resilience compared to the traditional hotel industry, recently highlighted by the pandemic? Or is it the way it responds to new customer expectations? Or is it the strength of its product, aimed as much at business travellers as at families and groups of friends? It's probably a bit of all of the above...

Is there really any reason to be satisfied with the worst crisis in the history of world tourism? Certainly not, and no representative of the long-stay accommodation industry would presume to do so. However, it is always possible to catch a glimpse of light in the midst of darkness, to make the best of a bad situation....

What lessons have you drawn from the crisis for long-stay accommodation? Ngor Houai Lee - During this difficult period for tourism, it's interesting to see that hotel residences have proved much more resilient than traditional hotels. For example, three quarters of our European establishments have remained open, which is...

While Mama Shelter is due to open in March, another contemporary hotel brand, Okko Hotels, is preparing to open in the La Défense business district on 1 June. This fourth address in the Paris region - after Rueil-Malmaison and Porte de Versailles, and Gare de l'Est in Paris itself - will be...

To make its entry into Madagascar, the Radisson group has not done things by halves with a triple inauguration in the capital Antananarivo. "We are delighted to open our first three hotels, showcasing two of our fastest growing brands and a diverse offering ranging from hotels to flats with...

With the announced opening of a hundred hotels in 2022 in Asia-Pacific, Marriott International is fast approaching the 1,000 mark in the region. The American group expects to pass this milestone by the end of the year. While waiting for this major milestone, the group's offering will have been enhanced by a number of nuggets, including the largest hotel...

The avid and voco brands are vying for the status of the fastest growing brand within the IHG group. While the avid budget brand has just passed the 50-hotel mark with the opening of a hotel at Fort Lauderdale airport, and is continuing to expand in North America with the opening of a new hotel at the...

Is recycling in the air these days? It's an idea that's gaining ground every day when it comes to furniture, clothes, plastics and other used materials. The Envergure project takes this upcycling approach even further. At a time when many airlines are pushing the Airbus A380 into retirement, Frédéric Deleuze intends to give a new lease of life to...

From autumn onwards, business travellers passing through Paris for a while will be able to discover the innovative concept of long-stay brand Zoku. Launched in 2016 in Amsterdam and this year in Copenhagen and Vienna, this brand of Dutch origin stands out for its loft-style studios with designer, modular furniture where the...

China-Japan Hong Kong Regent Hong Kong Like a return to its roots. Opened under the Regent brand name in the early 1980s, then under the InterContinental banner, the luxury hotel with breathtaking views over Victoria Harbour will this year return to its original name of Regent Hong Kong following a complete renovation of the property. Shanghai The Westbund Hotel Shanghai...

DoubleTree by Hilton is continuing its European expansion. First appearing last year in Germany, in Frankfurt, and in Belgium, in Brussels, the business and upmarket brand will be adding to its list of addresses in the continent's business metropolises with six new openings, some of which took place at the very end of last year. For example, in Sittard in the Netherlands,...