business hotels

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...

A change in clientele. In the wake of the pandemic, the apartment-hotel sector has continued to win over leisure travellers. Families in particular were attracted by this practical accommodation solution, with its larger rooms and, above all, its fully-equipped kitchens that allow guests to dine in their own flat after a long day's sightseeing. So much so that...

The opening of the 500th hotel for its premium brands, the inauguration of two luxury hotels in major European cities, the strengthening of its offer in Dubai and renovations galore: Accor has been busy in recent days. In particular, the French group has just opened a luxury liner in the marina...

GETTING THERE Eurostar offers up to 14 daily return TGV services between Paris and Amsterdam - and even 15 on the Brussels-Amsterdam route. At the same time, the London-Amsterdam links, which will be interrupted for a time in 2024 due to expansion work at Amsterdam Centraal station, offer up to 3 return trips a day. As far as air travel is concerned, although these flights...

Accor is now one of the hotel groups with the strongest presence in Amsterdam. How do you explain this extensive portfolio in the city? Erwin Van Der Graff - First and foremost because of our presence in Amsterdam since the 1970s. In more than 50 years, we have managed to expand our portfolio to 25 hotels,...

With its strong appeal to tourists from all over the world, a powerful economic fabric to support business travel, and major events organised at the RAI congress centre, is Amsterdam a blessed destination for the hotel industry? Gozde Eren - Being at the helm of Amsterdam's Hyatt hotels makes me a lucky person indeed....

The city is full. When it comes to overtourism, Amsterdam is, along with Venice, one of the first examples to come to mind, sharing with the Serenissima the constrained setting of its Instagrammable canals. The tourism industry won't complain, with growth of 4% year on year since...

Green seminars so far away, so close to Paris: that's what two Accor-branded hotels in the Paris region are offering. So far away - relatively speaking, since the hotel can be reached in less than an hour from Montparnasse station - with the Castel Maintenon, and so close with the Domaine de la Reine Margot, in...

To expand their lifestyle offering, the major hotel groups have a well-established strategy: reach into their pockets. Hyatt recently demonstrated this with the acquisition of The Standard Hotels, as did IHG with the purchase of Ruby Hotels. As Accor was able to do previously with its whole galaxy of brands, now integrated...

A heritage investment in Lille. The Océania group has just converted the former head office of the Scalbert-Dupont bank, the region's most respected financial institution, into a top-of-the-range hotel until it was nationalised in 1981 and then became part of the CIC group. Its vault is still there in the basement, converted into a swimming pool...

Simplifying business travel payments is not the only concern of American Express or AirPlus. The Hilton Group is delighted to be the first hotelier in the world to use virtual payment. This is a step forward for travellers and companies, but above all for their agencies. In addition to the thousands of...

One thing is certain: it won't be the Maison Heler, the hotel just opened in Metz, the brainchild of Philippe Starck. Nor, no doubt, will the SAX Paris, the Hilton Group's first luxury hotel in Paris, due to open in early April. So why not the Hilton Turin Centre or the...

And that's two for FirstName. The "feel good" brand designed by the Alboran group is continuing its conquest of the South-West with an address in Toulouse, its second after opening in Bordeaux in early 2023. FirstName, which is affiliated to the Hyatt group's JdV brand, had been spreading its lifestyle spirit in the Meriadeck business district,...

Fairmont is expanding its footprint in Asia this year. The Accor group's luxury brand, which is present in several Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, as well as in Seoul, Singapore, Jakarta and Manila, will be adding several key destinations on the continent to its list of addresses. Mumbai in particular, from next April, when the brand will...

BWH Hotels, a French hotel cooperative now comprising 320 hotels in France and more than 4,000 worldwide, offers a unique structure that combines the strength of a national network with the uniqueness of each establishment. With more than 13 brands in its French portfolio, the group can meet all your accommodation needs, from...

Hilton Garden Inn will be offering a new base for business travellers in Brussels from the end of October. The second hotel for the mid-range brand after the one in the city centre near Avenue Louise, this new establishment will be located in the business district next to the airport, in Diegem, within a complex...