lifestyle

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...

For once, or almost, Dubai's hotel news is not about yet another palace designed by a leading architect or a gigantic skyscraper with rooms high up on the Emirati skyline. Of course, the city remains faithful to its fundamentals, awaiting the opening this year of the future most...

Updated 13/12 at 11:30 Paris does not and should not have a monopoly on lifestyle hotels. This is the aim of a new brand, Grand Mess, which will be launched in Clermont-Ferrand in a few days' time, on 19 December, before seeing another project come to fruition in Lyon in three years' time. "Apart from Paris, many other regional cities offer...

Ultra-luxury with the Orient Express La Minerva in Rome and the Raffles Sentosa in Singapore, a significant number of openings for Fairmont in major destinations around the world, as well as new Pullman, Novoyel and Tribe hotels: 2025 will be just as rich in openings for the Accor group. First and foremost, the...

With a new décor reminiscent of the old Pavillon Baltard, redesigned and enlarged communal areas, and modernised studios and flats, the Citadines Paris Les Halles is part of a wave of renovations launched in 2023 by the Ascott group to give the brand a new dynamic in tune with the times. Yesterday the Citadines Paris La Défense, today...

Dubai, Singapore, Cape Town, Casablanca, Amsterdam: Mama Shelter will continue to expand in the world's major cities over the coming years. However, the lifestyle brand, founded by Serge Trigano and now part of the Accor group and its subsidiary Ennismore, is still counting on France to underpin its development. After...

Twenty hotels today, with forty more in the pipeline: the Tribe brand is beginning to make its mark on the hotel landscape. Launched by the Accor group in 2019, based on a first hotel in Australia, in Perth, it has come a long way since then, being present in Paris and Lyon as well as in Budapest, London,...

In addition to its leadership position in the luxury hotel sector, which is constantly being strengthened, the Marriott group can count on its 'select service' brands and its collections of boutique hotels to maintain the growth of its offer in France and Europe. Spearheading this expansion, Moxy Hotels is now very close to...

Neither, or both. The Bikube concept oscillates between aparthotel and rental accommodation, between coliving and coworking, all in a lifestyle spirit. Developed by Vinci Immobilier's Operations division, this project launched at the end of 2018 has materialised with a first establishment in Lyon, in the...

After America, it's off to the British Isles for citizenM. In recent times, the lifestyle brand has become accustomed to perfecting its network in the United States, with recent openings in Miami and Boston, following its move to the Meta campus in Menlo Park, California. Next summer, it will be heading for Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it...

The arrival of Mama Shelter in Amsterdam was recently announced for 2027, in a creative district in the image of the brand, in the north of the Dutch capital, near the NDSM shipyards converted into a mecca for street art. But before that, business travellers who are fans of the lifestyle brand will be able to...

A focal point of the Maltese hotel industry, the seaside resort of St Julian's has seen a succession of new establishments open, including a Hyatt Centric leisure hotel, strengthening the presence of this lifestyle brand in Europe. This is the seventh hotel to open on the continent - another is expected in Reims next year - and...

The lifestyle spirit of Mama Shelter is about to conquer Amsterdam. Expected to open in early 2027, the future hotel will be built in a location that reflects the brand's image, the Noord district, long occupied by the NDSM shipyards, now converted into a creative and cultural scene. Separated from the city centre by the Ij, but only 15 minutes from...

What's new at Belaroïa? Pascal Donat - We've made a few small changes, improving things we weren't entirely happy with, in particular the breakfast room, the creation of an additional treatment room and a rest room for the spa. We have...

The décor has not changed fundamentally. Why bother, for a building due to open in 2019, whose iconic showcase has won awards for its bold architecture and transformed the station area, the "new Saint-Roch"... where other hotels are now converging. Behind this jewel of a façade - "belaroïa" means "jewel" in Occitan - there are a few improvements, here...

It has been in the pipeline since the end of August and now it's official: Hyatt has added to its portfolio of lifestyle brands by completing the acquisition of the Standard International group and its Bunkhouse Hotels and The Standard brands. The deal, which has been announced at a cost of 150 million dollars - plus a further 185 million...

For ten years now, the Moxy brand has been deploying its playful sense of lifestyle built around lively social spaces and industrial design. Particularly in Europe, where Marriott's mid-range brand accounts for almost two-thirds of its establishments, with nearly 90 hotels in operation, compared with just over one...