business hotels

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the tourism sector with a health challenge, so that it can get back to business under the right conditions. To this end, while others are working on labels, the Marriott hotel group has created the Global Cleanliness Council, focused on developing a new generation of cleanliness standards and...

An unprecedented crisis calls for an exceptional situation: two-thirds of Accor hotels will be closed in the coming weeks. Already, with much of the world in a state of lockdown, almost half of the French group's 5,000 or so establishments around the world are closed. The current crisis has imposed other measures to...

How would you describe the current situation? T. E. - It's unprecedented. I've been using that word a lot in recent weeks, but that's really what it is: what's happening today is absolutely unprecedented in the hotel sector. Of course, there are cycles in every industry, and the hotel business has had its share of difficult moments...

Is the current situation in the hotel industry unprecedented in its scale? O. P. - Not only has it never happened before, but I never imagined that one day it would even happen. We've already seen cycles with major downturns. For example, the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015 led to a drop of...

Between containment measures, closed borders and airline blackouts, some hotels are starting to suspend operations. As was the case in Macau a few weeks ago, Las Vegas casino hotels went on standby yesterday. While the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore hotels will close their doors for a fortnight...

2019 was an extremely positive year for Best Western, both globally and in France. On a global scale, the hotel group, which has 4035 hotels in total, including 417 new affiliates in 2019, saw sales generated by the central reservation system rise by 17.4 1TP3Q. In France, despite...

Colour, light, a clever cultural melting pot with works combining Indian mandalas, the Mexican 'calavera' and the Japanese cherry blossom: nhow Amsterdam RAI, which has just opened its doors, aims to be a meeting place where contemporary art, design, gastronomy and cultural expression echo the multicultural spirit...

Réunion will soon have a Radisson hotel in the heart of Saint-Denis. The top-of-the-range brand has announced the acquisition of a property located just a stone's throw from the commercial and financial district of the French overseas department's capital. Opposite the Promenade, between the old town and the main motorway, the hotel is also just a stone's throw...

The 3,000th hotel is a symbolic milestone, illustrating Accor's leadership position in Europe, where the group now has 340,000 rooms in 39 countries, representing half of its global portfolio. By way of comparison, Marriott International, the world's leading hotel group, has only...

Aparthotels Adagio has increased its number of openings in 2019. Palaiseau Saclay in January 2019, Montpellier Centre the following month, both in the economy access range, then Lille Centre Grand Place and Paris Nation in the second half of the year for its Adagio brand: the long-stay brand co-owned by Accor and Pierre&Vacances has extended its footprint in...

List from memory, and above all without too many mistakes, all the brands belonging to Marriott International. Then list the brands that make up the Accor group. Finally, list the latest concepts launched by Hyatt, Hilton and IHG. Clearly, this is not an easy task, given that the hotel industry is currently experiencing a groundswell of activity: a...

Birds squabbling in the branches, an early-morning breeze, a few blades of grass caught between the pages of a corporate presentation, and your mind starts to wander... All of a sudden, these creative, designer seminar rooms, as they are done today in hotels in the...

As part of the inauguration of the Crowne Plaza Paris République coworking spaces, the IHG Group hotel chain questioned 2,000 French full-time employees about their expectations in terms of flexible working. It turns out that 70% of the employees surveyed "aspire to a wider choice of flexible working environments"...

Even in the age of almost everything digital, meeting people is just as important as before, if not more so. "Reality is a basic human need in an increasingly high-tech world": this is the conclusion of the Swedish firm Memoori, which specialises in intelligent buildings, and which emphasised the importance of human contact in a study dating back to...

Brussels has its classics: the famous Steigenberger on Avenue Louise and the Amigo near the Grand Place, one of its most luxurious establishments and a member of the Leading Hotels of the World. But unlike other capitals, Brussels prefers to take its time rather than opening one new restaurant after another. Sometimes it even opts...

Marriott became the world's leading hotel group after its merger with Starwood. This acquisition led to the creation of a mega loyalty programme, Bonvoy, which builds loyalty around experiences. How is this development in line with the times? Belinda Pote - Since the merger with Starwood, our portfolio now encompasses 30 hotel brands...

Singaporean group The Ascott Limited is continuing to expand in France, basing its development on a new management method - franchising. At the start of the year, the world leader in long-stay hotels had already initiated this development by announcing an agreement with the Aegide group, which specialises in serviced retirement homes. This partnership...

According to analyses by STR, a consultancy specialising in hotels and real estate, Addis Ababa has had the highest rate per room in Africa over the last twelve months. From July 2018 to June 2019, the average price in the Ethiopian capital - measured in constant currency, which eliminates the effects...

Both IWG and WeWork facilitate professional nomadism by enabling their members to find a corner of the office as they travel, hosting them in one or other of their many business locations across every continent. Wojo (formerly Nextdoor) also intends to join this circle of global players. While...

La Défense is continuing to diversify its hotel offer, with almost 1,000 new rooms soon to be added to the 2,600 already in existence. As part of its drive to become a true lifestyle centre, the Paris business district is turning to brands with resolutely contemporary concepts. After Citizen M in 2017, it's the turn of...