business hotels

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,...

Mama Shelter has already demonstrated its expertise by opening a hotel next to the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in 2019. For its third establishment in Paris, the brand launched by the Trigano family, and since integrated into the Accor-Ennismore JV, is continuing to...

Pink Floyd fans will certainly be delighted with the forthcoming opening of the art'otel London. From summer onwards, they will be able to stretch out by the pool - on the rooftop, as it should be - and dream of seeing a pink pig floating in the air above Battersea Power Station....

In France, as in Paris, 2021 was already a productive year for the hotel industry. If not very active in the capital, due to the prolonged absence of international tourists. Notable openings in Paris include two potential new palaces - Cheval Blanc and Bulgari - and the private hotel-club Soho House,...

Hilton has announced the imminent arrival of a hotel in N'Djamena, signalling its return to Chad after suspending its presence in the country at the end of 2019. To this end, the American group's brand will move into a newly-built hotel, the Hilton N'Djamena Toumaï Palace, located in the 2nd district of N'Djamena, in the...

IHG is heading south. This was already true in France, with the British group's latest developments taking place on the shores of the Mediterranean. It's just as true at continental level with the announcement of 10 forthcoming openings on the Iberian peninsula, some as early as this year, others by 2025. [link-block prefix="Read more...

The pandemic may have delayed certain projects, but far from it, it has not put the brakes on hotel development. Business travellers will be able to experience this for themselves when they travel around Europe, finding new hotels here and there in business destinations, particularly among the historic brands of the major groups....