business hotels

Not the metamorphosis of a historic site, as in Lille recently with the former headquarters of the Scalbert-Dupont bank, but the rebirth of an existing establishment that had been closed for several years: the Océania group is setting up in Lyon with the transformation of the former Median hotel, in the 8th arrondissement. Bought by the Breton group in 2022, at the same time as the...

American Express GBT is boosting its data on the carbon emissions of hotels used by business travellers. Already a partner of the start-up Chooose, selected by TMC to enhance the carbon footprint reporting of flights offered to its customers, Amex GBT is extending this partnership with the integration of functions relating to hotels. From...

A first that will be followed by others. Since the end of June, the Ascott group has had a Citadines apartment hotel in Istanbul, in the Maslak district. Offering 147 units ranging from studios to four-bedroom flats, with a restaurant and meeting room, the establishment adds a new stopover to the list of...

Finding a parking space could not be easier for the Galia Group. Not for its employees, but for its hotels. Having recently transformed a car park and an office building into a five-star hotel - La Fondation - in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, this family-owned property group is now applying the same recipe...

Almost the hundredth. The Motel One Paris-Porte de Versailles, which has just opened its doors, could have symbolised the passage of a milestone for the German hotelier. Instead, it was in Munich, in the city where it all began 25 years ago, that the group passed this milestone a few weeks ago with the opening of its...

The Barcelo Group is establishing its first key foothold in France, particularly for business travellers to the Paris region. The Spanish hotelier has just purchased, for €70 million, the Evergreen Laurel Hotel in Levallois-Perret, in the heart of the Front de Seine business district, which boasts almost 170,000 sq. metres of office space between...

A lifestyle renaissance. For its debut in Switzerland this summer, Mama Shelter is picking up the thread of the history of one of Zürich's flagship establishments, the former Swissôtel. Originally known as Hôtel International in 1972, it took on the name of this essentially Swiss brand in 1980, when its owner at the time, Swissair, changed its name to Swissôtel.

Waldorf Astoria is heading north. This year, the Hilton Group's luxury brand is set to make its Scandinavian debut in Helsinki. The American hotelier has just signed a management agreement with M&L Group to integrate the Hotel Maria, soon to be renamed Waldorf Astoria Helsinki, into its portfolio. Located in the...

Bill Murray will soon be able to take his jet-lagged actor spleen for a spin once again. The flagship host of the film Lost in Translation, the Park Hyatt Tokyo is back in business at the end of the year, celebrating its 30th anniversary by offering travellers a redesigned setting after more than a year's work. With new restaurant concepts, but with the same elegance as before...

Minor Hotels, which has a strong presence in Asia as well as in Europe since its acquisition of NH Hotels, is strengthening its sales strategy aimed at its B2B clientele. The Thai group is launching a new distribution platform designed for travel agencies, tour operators, event organisers, companies and other professionals in the sector. Called Minor PRO, the new platform...

The Campanile Perpignan Nord and Toulouse Balma - Cité de l'espace and the Kyriad Prestige in Compiègne and Saint-Malo: these recently renovated establishments all embody the expected renewal of Louvre Hotels. Last year, the group re-launched a new dynamic by rethinking its brands and transforming them accordingly....

With almost 150 hotels and a presence in 20 countries, Marriott already occupies a pre-eminent position among hotel groups in Africa, particularly since its takeover of Protea Hotels in the middle of the last decade. With its hundred or so establishments at the time, most of them in southern Africa, this South African group gave Marriott a...

The hotel boom in Diamniadio, Senegal, is set to continue. With the opening of the new Blaise Diagne international airport and the TER (regional express train) link connecting the new town to Dakar and the Senegalese hub, Diamniadio is boosting its capacity to receive travellers and at the same time establishing itself as the new hub of the Senegalese economy. It is in this context that...

HOTELS Novotel Saint-Étienne Centre Gare Châteaucreux It's impossible for a business traveller arriving in Saint-Etienne Châteaucreux not to spot this representative of the city's top-of-the-range hotels. Situated just opposite the station, the Novotel, like its more economical cousin the ibis Budget, is part of a building complex that appeared a few years ago.

Of course, there's no sea like in Antibes. Or the champagne vineyards and timber-framed houses of Troyes. But there is a converted industrial past, a contemporary élan and a special warmth. In fact, Saint-Etienne often joins these two cities on the list of convention destinations in France. And so...

As part of its expansion in Germany, the IHG group is to roll out a new extended-stay brand hitherto unknown in Europe: Candlewood Suites. Launched in 1995 by Jack DeBoer, one of the pioneers of the extended stay concept and the man behind Residence Inn by Marriott, the brand was taken over by IHG in 2004 and now boasts...

Accor is making progress in a major area of MICE: online reservations for meetings and events. The group has just announced the forthcoming launch of a platform that will give organisers access to 2.5 million m² of event space and over 800,000 rooms worldwide. Bringing together the offerings of the 5600 hotels...

In addition to new luxury and lifestyle hotels, the Ibis family of brands remains one of Accor's growth drivers worldwide, with more than 2,500 hotels in nearly 80 countries. The brand, which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary last year, is still going strong in Europe and Asia.

Business travellers in Troyes will soon only have to walk a few steps to discover the latest addition to the Okko family of hotels. Opening its doors on 9 June, this fifteenth establishment is located just opposite the railway station, yet just a few minutes' walk from the town centre with its medieval streets. After...

Radisson is reaffirming its leading role in hotel development in Africa. With 8 new hotels inaugurated last year, providing 1,540 new rooms, the group is just ahead of Marriott - 1,524 rooms for 11 establishments - and Accor - 7 hotels for 1,354 rooms - in terms of the number of hotels to be opened by 2024, according to an analysis by...