lifestyle

Moxy is writing a new page in its history by setting off to discover a new market: Turkey. And for this grand debut, the brand has chosen an unmissable destination - Istanbul - and a strategic address: the Beyoğlu district. The Moxy Istanbul Beyoğlu has now opened its doors just a few steps...

Ennismore is heading for Mexico City. With only one hotel so far, the Mondrian Mexico City Condesa, due to open in 2022, Accor's lifestyle hotel subsidiary has just announced three openings for its Hyde and The Hoxton brands, as well as Mama Shelter, which is due to make its debut in the Mexican capital this year. Last April...

The Hyatt group is adding a new collection brand to its portfolio. Completing the luxurious Unbound Collection, JdV by Hyatt in the lifestyle segment and Destination by Hyatt in the group's 'classic' offering, Unscripted by Hyatt fills a gap in the niche of upmarket hotels with limited services. Intended, as the...

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...

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...

After launching its first luxury hotel in the heart of the capital, the SAX hotel, the Hilton group is continuing its expansion in the Paris region with the announcement of its twentieth hotel in the Ile-de-France region. Expected to open in the summer, the hotel will expand the Tapestry Collection lifestyle brand in a destination that is as popular with business travellers as it is with leisure travellers.

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...

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....

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...

Unique because multiple. Of course, property developments combining offices, hotels and wellbeing are not uncommon, in France as elsewhere. As the embodiment of these new urban living spaces where uses merge, La Fondation is part of this trend, with a five-star hotel with 58 rooms, over 5,000 sq. metres of...

The long-awaited reopening earlier this year of the luxury Radisson Collection Berlin, after a dramatic incident that ravaged its lobby and destroyed its flagship attraction, its gigantic aquarium, crowned the hotel group's expansion phase after a historic year in 2024. Its best year ever in terms of openings, as...

A breath of lifestyle in the chic and well-behaved 7th arrondissement: the SAX Paris hotel blends the hushed elegance befitting its neighbourhood with the distinctive elements of the contemporary hotel industry, from a disruptive events venue to a rooftop with a unique view over the whole of Paris, facing the Eiffel Tower. Owned by the Compagnie de...

Hyatt has made no secret of its desire to establish itself as the key player in the resort segment worldwide. Through acquisitions and partnerships, the group has built up a dominant position with a portfolio of more than 150 establishments, many of them focused on top-of-the-range all-inclusive properties. The acquisition in...

Nearly 300 more hotels for a total of 50,000 rooms added to its portfolio, the 1,000 mark passed by Mercure, 330 more % eco-certified hotels in one year to reach 36 % of its labelled hotels, but above all a record number of new contracts: Accor will have had a year...

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 -...

It's an address that's both unique and discreet, and one that residents of Toulon town centre stroll past every day without always imagining what's going on behind these vintage or ageing walls. In fact, the façade of the former bishop's palace is usually camouflaged by hoardings, which don't necessarily encourage you to look...

From professionals passing through for a night or a few weeks to Erasmus exchange students, The Social Hub Porto has chosen not to choose. Its hybrid hotel concept, taken to the extreme, opens its doors wide to all types of traveller. On the one hand, the recently inaugurated establishment has all the makings of a large business hotel, with...

A few weeks ago, the Radisson group announced a key arrival in Spain, that of its luxury Radisson Collection brand on Madrid's main thoroughfare, Gran Via. This hotel will join the ranks of upmarket hotels in major cities such as Barcelona, Bilbao and Seville. However, with around fifteen establishments in...

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...

As one of the leading players in the glamping market, the Huttopia group is extending its footprint into the hotel sector by acquiring a 34 % stake in Elegancia, which manages and designs around twenty boutique hotels in Paris, all with a strong identity. These include the Chouchou with its pop spirit, the Seven with its seven glamorous suites and the...