long stays

Like other hotel groups, Accor has made no secret of its desire to expand its residential accommodation offering. To this end, the French group is preparing to move into the territory of two major players in the long-stay hotel sector, Ascott and Frasers Hospitality, by setting up in Singapore. By the end of the year, Accor will have...

Adagio made its debut in Lyon in October. Following on from Suresnes, London and Zurich, this new development by the aparthotel brand is located in the fast-growing Confluence business district. Located close to Lyon Perrache station, at 50 cours Charlemagne, the hotel residence offers a range of facilities for business travellers as well as...

Less frequent but longer stays: this is one of the expected developments in post-Covid business travel. What many observers predicted is actually happening. Hotel reservation specialist HRS, among others, has noted this, with long stays of 8 to 13 nights accounting for 39.2 % of bookings for...

Combo" projects are definitely in vogue at Accor. Having just revealed the opening of a combined ibis and ibis budget hotel at London Heathrow, the French group has now unveiled another project involving two of the group's brands, this time in Zurich. For this project in the Swiss business metropolis, the combination is not...

A vast spa with an indoor swimming pool, a restaurant with a menu designed by a chef who has worked at some of the world's top restaurants, and a large area dedicated to meetings and seminars: with its new residence opening in Strasbourg these days, the Citadines brand of apartment-hotels is going well beyond the boundaries of its range...

Business travellers passing through Western Paris now have access to a new accommodation option. Adagio has just opened the doors of the new 4-star Suresnes Longchamp aparthotel. With 106 flats, it is located in a strategic area for business travellers: at the junction of Rue Salomon de Rothschild and Rue Benoit...

Le Bel Ami, the chic boutique hotel in Saint Germain des Prés, is converting in part to long stays. At a time when extended business trips seem to be a possible post-Covid trend, this five-star hotel on the Left Bank, just a stone's throw from the Café de Flore, has entrusted architect-designer Pascal Allaman with the task of...

Record growth despite the pandemic. This remarkable performance underlines the positive outlook for long-stay accommodation. The world leader in the sector, the Ascott group, a subsidiary of Singaporean property investor CapitaLand, added 30 new establishments to its offering in the first seven months of the year, representing more than 8,300 units...

The Ascott group is now offering a single site for booking more than 400 residences worldwide, including 50 in Europe. The world leader in extended-stay hotels has grouped together the services offered by its 14 brands, including Citadines and...

Hotel development never stops in Dubai. In general, but even more so with the approach of the 2020 World Expo, postponed because of Covid and expected to be held in the emirate from 1ᵉʳ October 2021 to 31 March 2022. In early May, an Adagio residence opened on the artificial island of Palm Jumeirah....

Teleworking, contactless technologies: the pandemic has given a major boost to digital technology. But teleconsultations have also gradually become part of everyday life, along with confinements and travel restrictions. Remote medical assistance makes even more sense when travelling, especially over long periods of time....

Already well established in Eastern Europe, Accor has a number of projects underway in the region. Recently, in Poland, the Wiazowna Brant hotel joined the Mercure family, a brand which already has around twenty hotels in the country. Situated near Warsaw, in the natural setting of the Masovian Landscape Park, this complex opened its doors...

After its first residence in West London, in Brentford, Adagio is moving to the east of the British capital with the opening of an aparthotel in Stratford. Long in decline, this East End district has been undergoing a renaissance since it was the beating heart of the 2012 Olympic Games. "Stratford is fast becoming one of the most...

Like other hoteliers, the Radisson group has announced its desire to increase the proportion of its offer aimed at long stays, particularly in Western Europe. This ambition is reflected in the opening of its first top-of-the-range aparthotel in Amsterdam. Located not far from the Amsterdam forest, but above all from the...

Adagio extends its offering to include coliving. The project has been in the pipeline for some time, but is now taking shape with the start of construction of the first flat featuring this concept at the Adagio Paris Bercy. This is the first step towards its unveiling next autumn, and the likely extension of the concept...

If you had to find a beneficiary of the current crisis within an otherwise devastated tourism sector, the long-stay hotel industry would undoubtedly be that one. With a higher occupancy rate than the traditional hotel sector, this segment has demonstrated its resilience, with its self-catering flats better suited to periods of confinement as well as...

HRS recently announced the launch of a sustainable hotel booking initiative. Does the subject of CSR seem more topical than ever within companies? Emmanuel Ebray - Indeed. Whether it's with a customer or a prospect, with a company or an institution, I never have a single exchange...

At the end of last year, Accor launched the Apartments & Villas website, dedicated to long-stay hotels. What was the aim? Yassine Hachem - Our main aim with this site was to simplify access to our long-stay accommodation offer, which was already available on the All.Accor.com site, but which we had not yet...

The long-stay Residence Inn by Marriott brand is part of a vast urban project in Copenhagen, namely the ongoing revitalisation of the Nordhavn district - or North Harbour in English. What was once a harbour and industrial district is evolving into a contemporary and sustainable place to live, with restaurants and cafés, a...

A few days after announcing the opening of a future four-star long-stay establishment in Boulogne-Billancourt, Adagio is unveiling a new project in Saint-Nazaire for its three-star Adagio access brand, with the franchise takeover of an establishment launched in January 2016. The Aparthotel Adagio access Saint-Nazaire is due to open in May 2021, and for the occasion its 80 flats will be...