business hotels

How is the Onomo Group and its 21 hotels across Africa coping with the health crisis? Cédric Guilleminot - While the African leisure and top-of-the-range hotel industry has suffered as a result of the health restrictions imposed by governments, our mid-range and business positioning has enabled us to get through this...

After Paris and the area around Montparnasse station last September, the IHG group's new upmarket and contemporary brand, voco, is continuing its expansion in France with a second hotel opening in Strasbourg. Close to the cathedral and Petite France, the hotel is also within easy reach of the main tourist attractions...

At the end of December, Hyatt unveiled the first five establishments of its UrCove brand in Shanghai, Chengdu and Nanjing. Like the IHG group before it with its Hualuxe brand - which has 12 hotels open and 24 in the pipeline - the American hotelier is launching a brand specially dedicated to the Chinese market. Developed in...

Obviously, it's difficult to make any predictions after such a turbulent 2020. But can you give us a broad outline of what you expect for 2021? Olivier Cohn - We're expecting 2021 to be a difficult year. Unfortunately, this pandemic is not yet behind us. The return to...

Vaccination, digital health passports: new obligations should govern business travel in the months and even years to come. A vaccine to revive travel in the age of covid The announcement by the American laboratory Pfizer and the German laboratory BionTech of an effective 90% vaccine against covid-19 should enable the travel industry...

The Radisson Hotel Group is launching its Radisson Collection luxury brand in Africa with the opening of a hotel in Bamako, Mali. Located in the ACI 2000 district, close to embassies and company headquarters, the hotel offers 200 spacious rooms, including 32 suites, with panoramic views of the River Niger and the...

Coworking and business centre operators, like all sectors, are being affected by the economic crisis, and are putting the spotlight on their flexible offerings that are just as suited to this period of crisis as they are to new nomadic working habits. Bird Office advocates teleworking in coworking mode In response to changing demand, Bird Office is rethinking its positioning by...

1,600 rooms, 14 restaurants and bars, a Club Lounge able to accommodate up to 200 people, an immense infinity pool gracing the city's largest outdoor terrace: the gigantic dimensions of the Grand Hyatt Jeju make it the largest hotel offered by the American group in the Asia-Pacific region and, a fortiori, in Korea...

PCR tests 72 hours before boarding the plane, antigen tests on arrival: for several months now, strict health measures have been applied to international air transport, both to limit the spread of the virus and to reassure travellers by avoiding the risk of contamination. This desire to restore confidence through tests is now being extended to...

London's hotel scene is as busy as ever. Over and above the procrastination surrounding Brexit and the heavy atmosphere linked to the pandemic, new hotels are constantly opening or being announced. Among the developments unveiled in recent weeks are a Mondrian hotel, due to open in Shoreditch in 2021, and a luxurious Park...

The Andaz brand is ready to make its appearance in Lisbon and Prague, and Park Hyatt and Hyatt Regency are expected in London: the American group has already unveiled several of these future openings. More generally, it has just outlined its expansion plan in Europe, with around twenty establishments to be added by 2023 to the 63...

The IHG group has just pulled off a double coup in Warsaw by installing two of its brands in a recently completed complex in the booming Rondo Daszynskiego business district. As part of the business district, the British group has chosen Crowne Plaza, its predominantly business brand, as well as its budget brand Holiday Inn Express...

The Spanish group Meliá Hotels International took advantage of the virtual version of the ILTM international travel fair to present the development of its luxury offer in the business, lifestyle and resort segments. Among these, the Gran Melia brand will be setting up a new benchmark establishment in Milan in 2023, taking its place in a...

The lifestyle hotel is part of the cultural and economic dynamism of Newcastle. In 2023, the city in the north of England will see the opening of a Radisson Red right next to St James Park, one of the oldest and largest football stadiums in the UK. Design, a sky bar, a rooftop, a trendy restaurant:...

The Crowne Plaza business hotel brand will be making its debut in Budapest in 2021. The IHG Group has agreed with its owner, the Granit Polus Group, to take over an existing establishment, which was once the Hilton Budapest West End. Within walking distance of the train station serving international routes and close to the...

As the pandemic recedes, so do the number of hotel closures. The resurgence of the pandemic, and government measures to deal with it, are leading many hoteliers to put their businesses on hold once again. This second wave of closures is admittedly less severe than in the spring, when a very large proportion of the French hotel industry closed down,...

A top destination for business travellers and a brand renowned in the upmarket hotel segment: the marriage between So/ and Moscow was inevitable. It will be celebrated in 2023, with the inauguration of the SO/Moscow in the Dorogomilovo district, just two minutes from Kutuzov Avenue, five years after...

Will the reconfinement have a significant impact on the hotel industry, or will it be limited in the end, given that passenger numbers are already at their lowest? Olivier Petit - The reconfinement, and above all the restrictions on inter-regional and international travel, particularly outside the Schengen area, will structurally limit the flow of travellers, and therefore the need for accommodation. This will not...

Patience and time are undoubtedly the two lifebloods of hotel development. The Steigenberger Airport Hotel Berlin, ready since 2012 and the scheduled opening of the German capital's new airport, has had to wait, postponement after postponement, for the official inauguration of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) before opening its doors. "We are delighted...

Following in the footsteps of Marriott with the Autograph Collection, Hyatt with the Unbound Collection and Accor with MGallery, the Radisson group is to launch Radisson Individuals, a brand designed to accommodate independent hotels with character, as well as local and regional chains. Two hotels in the UK have already announced that they will be joining the brand, the Henrietta...