business hotels

MKG Consulting has just published its ranking of the world's top 10 hotel groups, still largely dominated by Marriott International, which has passed the 1.4 million rooms mark. Despite the difficulties encountered by all the hotel groups last year, this top 10 ranking continues to show strong growth momentum, with the number of rooms...

The Radisson Blu Rouen Centre has opened in the heart of the city, not far from the train station and close to its famous cathedral and the pedestrian district that criss-crosses the historic centre of the Norman city. "With this opening, we are further strengthening our position as the leading international hotel group in the region, with 20...

Week after week, hybrid events are taking a little more shape within hotel groups. Following on from Marriott's announcement a few days ago of details of the roll-out of its Connect with Confidence programme in North America, and Accor's announcement of the All Connect hybrid meeting concept in...

The long-stay Residence Inn by Marriott brand is part of a vast urban project in Copenhagen, namely the ongoing revitalisation of the Nordhavn district - or North Harbour in English. What was once a harbour and industrial district is evolving into a contemporary and sustainable place to live, with restaurants and cafés, a...

As part of its Connect with Confidence programme presented at the end of last year, Marriott is gradually sketching out the contours of the hybrid meeting solutions that will be offered within the group's hotels, initially in the United States and Canada from March 2021, before being extended worldwide. Technology...

Innside by Melia, the Spanish group's lifestyle brand, will be making its debut in Madrid early next spring. Everything is in place to make this new hotel a trendy spot in the Spanish capital: its location on Madrid's main thoroughfare, Gran Via, and its proximity to one of the city's most fashionable districts,...

While predictions are multiplying as to when international business travellers will be able to resume, some market players are already hard at work putting concrete options in place, and in fact speeding up the recovery timetable. This is the case in Singapore, which has been working hard since the beginning of the crisis to explore...

Unsurprisingly, the major hotel groups painted a very bleak picture when they presented their preliminary results for the past year. "The global hotel industry has gone through an unprecedented crisis", said Sébastien Bazin, CEO of Accor. "2020 has been the most difficult year in our 93-year history", according to Stéphanie Linnartz, who...

Hilton is strengthening its position in China's business segment with the opening of the only hotel directly connected to the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, one of the world's largest MICE venues with 500,000 square metres of indoor space. This position, already advantageous for business travellers, is strengthened by the plethora of...

It's been in the air for some time. The Accor group has officially presented its new hybrid meeting concept, All Connect, which will be launched next April in partnership with Microsoft. This new offering, which focuses primarily on small meetings with between 8 and 50 physical participants, is based on the observation that these new methods of...

At its annual conference, In Extenso drew up a gloomy balance sheet for the French hotel industry as it prepared its accounts for 2020. Revenue per room (RevPAR), the industry's benchmark, has fallen by 55 % compared with 2019, a figure that sums up the hotels...

In the wake of the pandemic, contactless technology has become de rigueur at every stage of the traveller's journey. With this in mind, Accor is announcing the roll-out of the "Accor Key" digital key in all its hotels. By downloading the dedicated application onto their smartphone, travellers will be able to receive their hotel key on arrival.

Hyatt is offering its hotels as an alternative second home to all those who can work remotely for long periods, particularly digital nomads. With its new 'Towards New Horizons' offer...

After several establishments in Europe, most recently in Brussels, and its recent debut in Africa, in Bamako, the Radisson Collection is continuing to expand in Asia-Pacific. The Radisson Group's luxury brand has unveiled its first hotel in China, in Shanghai, in the central district of Xujiahui, close to a number of high-rise buildings...

A new design, a new room concept, a new approach to public spaces: the Sheraton revival is beginning to take shape. Several hotels already illustrate the brand's new vision in Phoenix and Denver in the United States, but also in China, in Guangzhou and Mianyang, as well as in Tel Aviv and Dubai. A dynamic transformation...

Accor has added a fourth Pullman to its offering in the United Arab Emirates following those in Dubai Deira Creek City Centre, Dubai Jumeirah Lakes Towers and Sharjah. Located in Business Bay, one of the emirate's main business districts, the Pullman Dubai Downtown is close to the Dubai International Financial Centre and the...

Luxury and beautiful resorts, of course, but also design and lifestyle: a look at the new hotels due to open this year in the Middle and Near East. Dubai will see a new wave of hotel openings in the run-up to the World Expo, which has been postponed from 2020 to 2021 because of the pandemic. It will...

"When you look at yourself, you feel sorry. When we compare ourselves, we console ourselves. French hoteliers can always ponder Talleyrand's maxim by analysing the business indicators presented by MKG. The year 2020 will obviously go down as one of the worst in their history, with an unprecedented -61.3 % drop in revenue...

Lifestyle, luxury and design: a look at the new hotels opening this year in Italy and on the Iberian peninsula. Spain: In Madrid, the Atocha Hotel will join the Tapestry Collection by Hilton in March, following the renovation of its rooms. In May, the Spanish capital will see the opening of EDITION, a brand...

Like many players in the MICE segment, Hilton is responding to the growing demand for meetings and events in hybrid formats. The American group has just announced the roll-out of a global programme dedicated to this new trend, featuring a series of offerings called Hilton EventReady Hybrid Solutions. The first deployments of Hilton EventReady Hybrid...