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It has been announced that the Hilton group will continue to expand its brands across France, with the not-so-distant aim of doubling its presence in the country. The hotel group currently has 23 hotels in France, with a further 24 due to be added in the near future, spread across seven brands ranging from mid-range...

Set on the edge of Victoria Harbour with a view of the Star Ferries crossing the bay, the Regent Hong Kong is preparing to become once again what it has always been since its beginnings in 1980: one of the emblematic hotels of the Asian metropolis. Already in the hands of IHG since 2015 under the InterContinental banner, the hotel is set to become...

Hotels in Europe's major metropolises, led by Paris and London, are seeing a resurgence in customer numbers; the domestic market in the USA is as buoyant as ever; a major event - the World Cup in Qatar - is driving the entire hotel industry in the Middle East; and there is a general upturn in the Asia-Pacific region, with the exception of China: all these factors...

Updated on 15/2 at 11:30 a.m. Launched at the end of summer 2021, IHG's Vignette Collection is already in full swing. Month after month, this umpteenth brand launched by hotel groups to offer their commercial power to independent hotels or small groups whose special character will in return enhance their portfolio...

With around twenty luxury hotels around the world today and another thirty or so to come, the Six Senses brand, which became part of IHG following its acquisition in 2019, has no shortage of ambition. Not least because the future of this brand, launched in 1995 around exclusive resorts with a focus on sustainability and well-being, is being written...

It's no coincidence that the lifestyle hotel sector has been booming for some time now. And, in response to this craze, IHG can count on its Hotel Indigo brand, whose portfolio is set to grow from 135 hotels to more than 200 over the next three years. Launched in 2004, back in the days when boutique hotels were...

Is the covid period, with all its frustrations of fine travel, part of the current dynamic in the luxury hotel industry? From the looks of things, there's every reason to believe so. "More than ever, our customers are prioritising more meaningful journeys and time spent with their loved ones.

Already an iconic landmark, the Carlton in Cannes will add a new dimension to its prestige in spring 2023 when it becomes part of the Regent Hotels luxury brand. Used to welcoming celebrities to the Croisette, the hotel currently sports the InterContinental brand, one of the flagship brands of the IHG group. Renovated over a two-year period under the...

Updated on 9 November at 9am. Hotel groups are making no secret of their ambitions in Africa. The Africa Hotel Investment Forum held at the Fairmont Taghazout Bay - a seaside resort north of Agadir in Morocco where Hilton has just opened a new resort - gave them the opportunity to prove it...

Like most hotel groups, is IHG satisfied with 2022 so far? Eric Viale - After a first quarter impacted by Omicron, we have seen a real upturn in business. Almost all our hotels are performing in line with, if not better than, 2019, with occupancy levels close to...

Both the major hotel groups and the main airlines can be delighted with the results presented for the third quarter of the year. The period was buoyed by leisure customers, and in particular the welcome upturn in long-haul travel, but also by a traditionally busy September for business travellers. The Accor group explains...

October saw the IHG offer in Germany and Turkey grow in strength. Two successive announcements were published by the hotel group, which will be extending its accommodation options for business travellers to these two business destinations. In Germany, a contract has been signed with Solutions4Hotels GmbH for...

Growing rapidly around the world, the contemporary voco brand is undoubtedly one of the brands of which the IHG group is most proud with, since its launch in 2018, some forty hotels already open and almost as many more in the pipeline for a presence in more than 25 countries. If this expansion were...

As Japan reopens its doors more widely to tourists, business travellers can now enjoy a new Hilton jumbo jet in Hiroshima, celebrating at the same time the opening of the brand's 600th hotel worldwide. Billed as "one of the largest MICE facilities in the Chugoku and Shikoku region", the hotel...

Since last spring, the global hotel industry seems to have drawn an almost definitive line under the troubled months and months. This upturn was confirmed by the results presented by the major groups in mid-summer. "Once again this quarter, Accor recorded very strong growth in its business, with sales exceeding...

Are we witnessing a reversal in the jurisprudence of hotel groups concerning their activities in Russia? Shortly after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, most of them announced the suspension of their future developments and investments in Russia. Some, such as Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott and Radisson, also decided to close...

Several new top-of-the-range hotels have been announced around the world in recent days. Starting with the opening of a Radisson Collection in Tirana, on the edge of the Albanian capital's Grand Park, a vast ocean of greenery that includes the presidential palace, the zoo and the botanical garden. After Berlin, Bilbao and...

Hotel groups are loving the round numbers this year. While Marriott, the world's leading group, passed the 8,000 hotels worldwide mark last March, IHG Hotels & Resorts has just reached the 6,000 mark. This milestone was duly celebrated on the New York Stock Exchange, where the...

One by one, the voco brand is completing its network of the world's major cities. After Doha, Seoul and Johannesburg in recent months, as well as Milan, the contemporary brand of the IHG group has added new addresses around the world, starting with a new establishment in Italy, in Venice. Comprising top-of-the-range hotels with...

After Porto in May 2021, Lisbon will soon have a Yotel establishment. Known for its innovative hotels, combining small, high-tech rooms with designer communal areas, the brand initially developed in airport areas is continuing its urban expansion. After Geneva and London this year, Yotel will be setting up in the Portuguese capital in 2024, with a...