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Is it the new voco Malta hotel in the seaside resort of St. Julian's, or the luxurious Kimpton Mas Olas resort in Mexico, recently opened just outside Los Cabos? Or how about the Holiday Inn Kyoto Gojo, marking the return of one of IHG's flagship brands to this historic city? The 183-room Holiday Inn Kyoto Gojo...

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...

A future Mecca for business events in the UK. In fact, it already is, as the Hilton Manchester Deansgate boasts almost 2,000 m² of MICE space. But this establishment, which is housed in the Beetham Tower, one of the country's tallest skyscrapers outside London, will soon be changing hands to become a...

Having just joined the IHG Group, lifestyle brand Ruby Hotels has unveiled a new project in Geneva. This will be its second hotel in the Swiss metropolis. After transforming three office buildings located above the Passage Malbuisson, between Rue du Rhône and Rue du Marché, the brand, which focuses on...

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...

It would be hard to find a more symbolic location in the heart of Frankfurt's financial district: the former headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Kimpton, the luxury and lifestyle brand of the IHG group, is part of the transformation of the office tower which, until the middle of the last decade, housed the staff of Germany's leading bank. The first...

Having just acquired Ruby Hotels last February, the IHG group is capitalising on the interest in this lifestyle brand by announcing the signing of two hotels in the pipeline in major European destinations, Copenhagen and Berlin. The German-born brand, whose concept revolves around 'lean luxury', currently has nine hotels across the Rhine -...

Strategic acquisitions, the expansion of new brands focused on conversion - the current driving force behind hotel development - but also, and above all, the constantly renewed appeal of their historic brands: the world's hotel leaders have played on all these ranges to increase their hotel portfolios and feed their pipelines of new projects....

A business clientele back at roughly 2019 levels, accelerating demand from MICE groups, combined with a leisure clientele that continues to develop at high altitudes: all of this is helping to put a smile on the faces of hotel group managers. The results for 2024, presented in quick succession over the last few days, show...

Reaching into their pockets to bolster their lifestyle offering: recently, hotel groups have not been shy about making acquisitions to bolster their brand portfolios with trendy hotels. After Hilton's takeover of NoMad and Graduate in spring 2024, Hyatt's takeover of...

Different fortunes. United by the same desire to attract luxury hotels into the fold of their respective groups, one got off to a fast start and the other took longer to take shape. Launched three years ago by the IHG group, the Vignette Collection is following the path it set out for itself,...

Holiday Inn Express is joining the trend with the introduction of a new lobby concept for hotels in the wider Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa region. While "the roll-out of a new generation of rooms is underway", as Eric Viale, IHG's Managing Director for Southern Europe, explained in a recent interview, the most...

You head up the Southern Europe region for the IHG Group. What is your outlook for 2025? Eric Viale - We are approaching the coming year with great confidence, buoyed by a solid first half of 2024, marked by growth of around +4 % in revenue per room for IHG in Europe compared with...

Crowne Plaza, the upmarket, business-focused brand of the IHG Group, has just arrived at Sydney Airport. Its arrival was made possible by the conversion and upgrading of a former Holiday Inn, which had already seen all its 252 rooms refurbished by 2022 to meet the new brand's standards.

Buoyed by the continuing growth in the number of potential customers around the world, the luxury hotel sector remains a key growth driver for hotel groups. The openings expected next year by Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and IHG only serve to confirm this. "The global demand for unforgettable stays and sophisticated accommodation is undeniable", says...

The IHG group is taking full advantage of its franchise agreement with the Novum Hospitality group to expand its position in Germany. Of the hundred or so hotels that have joined the group, some that previously carried the The niu brand are in the process of joining the Holiday Inn brand, while others are moving towards the long-stay Candlewood Suites brand....

After the strong winds of travel revenge in the leisure sector, business travel and events are taking over to bolster the performance of hotel groups. Accor, IHG, Hilton and Marriott all agree with this assessment, as they announced their third-quarter results and took part in a question-and-answer session with...

New York's hotel icons are each reinventing themselves. Soon, in the spring of 2025, the city will welcome back one of its iconic addresses, the Waldorf Astoria. The largest hotel in the world when it opened in 1931, this monument to American hospitality closed its doors in March 2017. Bankruptcy of its owner, the insurer...

The Radisson and IHG groups have both announced major developments in Italy. While Radisson has completed five new projects and expects to open seven establishments in the country, IHG is continuing to expand its Six Senses luxury wellness brand. Established in Rome in 2023, in the former Palazzo Salviati...

IHG has passed the 200-hotel mark in Northern Europe, with almost the same number of establishments to come: IHG is strengthening its position in this key market which, for the British group, includes the countries of Eastern Europe as well as Scandinavia and Germany. In the latter country, the growth in the offer is particularly noticeable, with IHG beginning to draw...