business hotels

Hilton has found a prime location to set up in Porto, surrounded by the wine cellars that have made the city world-famous. Located in Vila Nova de Gaia, on the banks of the Douro, the new hotel is housed in a converted former port warehouse. A transformation costing 40 million...

You've just opened your fourth CitizenM in Paris, this one overlooking part of the Champs-Elysées. How did this project come about? Robin Chadha - It was quite a challenging project to develop, as it involved transforming an old office block into two buildings. At the start, we weren't quite sure how we were going to go about...

A vast spa with an indoor swimming pool, a restaurant with a menu designed by a chef who has worked at some of the world's top restaurants, and a large area dedicated to meetings and seminars: with its new residence opening in Strasbourg these days, the Citadines brand of apartment-hotels is going well beyond the boundaries of its range...

The Hilton group is adding a new brand, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, to its Paris offering. Launched in 2017, this brand designed to welcome independent hotels into the fold of the American group had made its European debut last June, in Madrid. And as in Madrid, where the hotel is next door to the...

In 2022, the Hilton brand will establish itself in the heart of the historic university town of Heidelberg, which is also known for being home to the headquarters of major companies and cutting-edge scientific centres, including the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. As part of this development, the American group has signed a franchise agreement with property investor Invesco Real Estate...

Business travellers will be able to rediscover the Hyatt Regency brand in the heart of Houston's oil business district, the Energy Corridor. It's a return to its roots for this hotel, which opened in the 1980s under the Hyatt Regency banner, before passing into other hands, most recently the Omni banner. Hyatt is now back on its feet, close to the headquarters of...

Turkey is definitely in the spotlight for hotel groups. Following the announcement a few days ago that Marriott International was planning to open around ten hotels, most of them in Istanbul, and the recent opening of a Mandarin Oriental, also in the Turkish capital, it is now Accor's turn to unveil plans to bring its offering in the country to 57...

Obviously, it was difficult to do worse. The second quarter of 2020, ravaged by the effects of the pandemic, including lockdowns and travel restrictions, saw the results of hotel groups plummet to abysmal levels. So it comes as no surprise to see this year's revenue per room - RevPAR, an indicator of...

Already present in Turkey with 17 of its brands, Marriott International is preparing to strengthen its offer in this country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Around ten new hotels are scheduled to open between now and the end of 2022, bringing the American group's total to 43. The country's economic capital, Istanbul,...

Embodying the new wave of contemporary, design-led and vibrant hotels that are spreading around the world, the Radisson RED brand has added a second hotel on the African continent. Following an initial opening in Cape Town in 2017, the lifestyle brand has once again made its home in South Africa, in Johannesburg, with...

Hyatt has just celebrated the opening of a new establishment in New York, and not the least. This 400-room Hyatt Regency is obviously a business hotel, located just a few minutes from JFK airport, but it also has a strong leisure dimension, as it is part of the only new casino resort in the American megalopolis. Opened this year, the Resorts World...

It may come as a surprise, but Chicago is experiencing a veritable hotel boom. And this despite the devastating effect of the covid pandemic in 2020. According to the few figures available on the state of tourism in the metropolis in 2020, the number of international arrivals fell last year by 80.3%. The...

According to consultant HVS, which published its forecasts for the Asia-Pacific hotel industry in the second quarter, the situation for hotels in the region remains fragile. More than anywhere else in the world, the continent has seen fit to hermetically seal its borders. This has killed off tourism, on which many countries depend. The countries...

Positioned on either side of Rue Nationale, one of Tours' main thoroughfares, the new Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton by Hilton seem to be talking to each other about the city's future as a tourist destination, which has become even more promising since their openings on 30 June. Developed by the Naos Hôtel Groupe and featuring two fast-growing brands...

Record growth despite the pandemic. This remarkable performance underlines the positive outlook for long-stay accommodation. The world leader in the sector, the Ascott group, a subsidiary of Singaporean property investor CapitaLand, added 30 new establishments to its offering in the first seven months of the year, representing more than 8,300 units...

The Loop in Chicago, Gangnam in Seoul: the Hilton Garden Inn brand has opened or is about to open its doors in the heart of two of the world's major business districts. On 15 July this year, the American group's mid-range brand made its debut in South Korea with an establishment ideally placed for business travellers,...

Just in time, and yet... Opened just a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games on 23 July, the new Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay will not see tourists from all over the world, or even local fans, flocking to the Japanese capital. Due to the circulation of the virus for the big party...

A game of musical chairs between hotel groups is brewing in Singapore. As Hilton's former flagship in the City-State prepares to come under the Voco banner in January 2022, the American brand has already found another location just a stone's throw from the old one, at number 333 - and no longer...

Hyatt Place is adding a third hotel in London, following the opening of one at Heathrow Airport and another in Hayes, to the west of the British capital. For this new development, Hyatt's contemporary and relaxed brand has set its sights on the east of the city. Located just a few minutes' walk from Liverpool Street and...

Milan, Venice, Florence: the Radisson group is set to strengthen its upmarket offering in several of Italy's major cities. Between now and the end of the summer, its premium brand Radisson Collection will see the materialisation of several projects that have already been announced. At the end of August, in Milan, the former headquarters of the Touring Club Italiano, a historic building dating from the end of the 19th century, will...