lifestyle

Three new addresses on three continents: Mama Shelter continues its global expansion this autumn. After Singapore, Zurich and Dubai, the lifestyle brand founded by Serge Trigano and now part of the Accor group will discover other major global destinations – Mexico City and Cape Town – after having set foot on the edge of the…

The Hyatt group is continuing its expansion in Italy with three upcoming hotels that will be added to its six existing properties. The Park Hyatt Milan will soon have a luxurious counterpart in Sicily, Taormina, with a 121-suite hotel offering views of Etna and the Ionian Sea from their private terraces. Expected...

"That I, me, love Frida." By choosing the new hotel opened by the lifestyle brand Ruby for their next business trip to Stockholm, business travellers will undoubtedly have a tune by Brel in mind, imagining themselves in this house "where it will be good to be". And if it's not certain, when is it...

Hilton is continuing its studies to expand its lifestyle hotel offering. Following the acquisition of Graduate Hotels in 2024, located in or near American university campuses, the group has just given a little sister to this brand: Undergraduate by Hilton. Positioned at the upper end of the mid-range segment, when its elder is...

Two new hotels and two opposing atmospheres for Marriott in Budapest. On one hand, prestige with a luxurious St Regis in a historic palace. On the other, a playful spirit with its contemporary brand Moxy, which continues to strengthen its presence in Europe by adding a new capital in the east of the continent to its list of addresses…

A manifestation of the affordable hybrid hospitality sector that is increasingly seen in major cities, JO&JOE is set to expand its offering in France. Launched in 2016 by Accor, this brand, which straddles the line between a next-generation youth hostel and classic hotel, will benefit from a partnership established between Aken Ecosystèmes and the group…

When certain assets reach the end of their life. Leaving them in that function sometimes no longer makes sense, for several reasons. Because we realise that the neighbourhood is no longer a "prime" location or...

The milestone of 150,000 rooms in Europe has been passed, with a total of over 1,200 hotels open or under development in some forty countries: the IHG group, already among the main players in the hotel industry on the continent with Accor and Louvre Hotels, has further expanded its footprint. Over the course of...

The Yotel group, but also many other establishments. With around a hundred contemporary hotels currently under development, the Hilton group intends to double the size of its lifestyle offering across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. While its portfolio has already doubled over the last three years to reach...

Not a takeover, but a franchise agreement. While Marriott and IHG strengthened their lifestyle portfolios by acquiring the CitizenM and Ruby Hotels brands respectively, Hilton is following a different strategy. By teaming up with YOTEL, a brand renowned for its contemporary hospitality, and doing so in a 'light' way, without spending close to...

Almost every year sees the Eklo group add to its portfolio. After the opening of its Parisian flagship in 2024 in direct proximity to the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre, followed by the expansion of its hotel in Bordeaux in 2025, the budget and eco-friendly chain has just added another major French city to its list of...

The milestone of 200 hotels is in sight for Ennismore. With around twenty lifestyle hotels expected this year, the group created by entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha and the Accor group - its majority shareholder - will continue to grow at a steady pace, having doubled in size in just a few years. "Reaching the 200...

The Experimental group continues to spread its lifestyle spirit to new major European cities. Last year, Paris saw the opening of a third establishment in the Marais district, the result of the repositioning of the former Sinner hotel, and while the group also has an address in London, the Henrietta Experimental, Rome and Porto are preparing to welcome new hotels...

With 350 new addresses announced for the coming year, the Accor group will continue to grow around the world, thanks in part to its luxury brands. While 2026 will be marked by the inauguration in June of the world's largest sailing yacht, the Orient Express Corinthian, for the first exclusive cruise in the Mediterranean,...

The lifestyle brand The Hoxton, which has been operating in Edinburgh since last summer in a series of townhouses converted into a 211-room hotel, has just crossed the Irish Sea to the heart of Dublin. This time, it has transformed one of the Irish capital's historic establishments, the Central Hotel. Recognisable by its...

Moet & Chandon, Vuitton, Tiffany, De Beers: you joined Hyatt after a career in several luxury houses. What does this say about the evolution of the group, which is multiplying its luxury and lifestyle hotels around the world and in Europe? Marc Jacheet - My arrival at Hyatt illustrates something structural:...

Hyatt is consolidating its position in the Asia-Pacific region. Already a partner of the Homeinns group for the roll-out of the Chinese brand UrCove, present in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities in the country, the American group is using this association to develop its new long-stay brand Hyatt Studios. "Together, we have already demonstrated the...

A new generation of mountain hotels. Already renowned for breaking the codes of the urban hotel industry, Mama Shelter will be donning its Moon Boots to spread its offbeat spirit up there, way up there, in Val Thorens, Europe's highest ski resort. By autumn 2027, Accor's lifestyle brand, through its subsidiary Ennismore, will have...

Starting afresh. The reopening early next year of the Delano Miami Beach symbolises a new dynamic for the luxury and lifestyle brand, which will become part of the Accor group as part of the takeover of the American group SBE at the end of 2020. A flagship destination on South Beach since its opening in 1947, the hotel was revamped in the 1990s...

Forced landing, imminent take-off. Having all but disappeared from the skies since 1991, the name of the American airline Pan Am is about to reappear on earth - and in Europe - through a series of airport hotels. JP Hospitality, a group of investors based in Vienna, took advantage of the Expo Real trade fair in Munich to announce the launch of a...