long stays

What motivates business travellers to use Airbnb? Emmanuel Marill - First of all, bleisure, with business travellers extending their stay to explore cities. Over 30 % of Airbnb for Work bookings over the past year included at least one weekend night. On the other hand, teams are travelling...

The Ascott Limited group is to roll out its top-of-the-range Ascott brand in Europe, with a residence due to open in Frankfurt's business district at the end of 2022. Until now, the world leader in extended-stay hotels has relied mainly on its mid-range Citadines brand, as well as on the luxury Crest Collection with a third establishment...

Airbnb continues to weave its web in the hotel world. After acquiring the HotelTonight booking site, the leader in private flat rental is to invest between 100 and 200 million dollars in the Indian hotel group Oyo. In doing so, Airbnb joins other investors who have injected a billion euros into the development of...

Following on from Yotel and Yotelair, a new incarnation of the hotel group is about to make its European debut. Already present in North America and Dubai, YotelPad aims to embody "a unique accommodation concept for long-term stays, offering a ready-to-use model, access to a community and the elimination of...

While the duty of care issue spares no company and excludes no business traveller, certain categories of mobile professionals are more exposed than others. With this in mind, Premier Suites unveiled a brand new programme on 28 January, targeting female business travellers. The British specialist in hotel residences is now offering a range of services aimed at...

You're opening La Clef Champs Elysées. Does this third prestigious establishment in Paris embody the spirit of your Crest Collection brand? Yes, it really is the new flagship of this luxurious collection, a little jewel set in a beautiful Haussmann-style residence (see article). This residence of just 70 rooms and suites enjoys a prime location in the...

Never two without three. The Ascott group is continuing to expand its presence in the beautiful Parisian districts. After the Louvre and Trocadéro areas, the world specialist in extended-stay hotels has chosen another prestigious address for the third establishment in its luxury brand The Crest Collection: the rue de...

Located a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe, in a street adjacent to Avenue Victor Hugo, the Mode Aparthotel inaugurated by Bridgestreet includes all the fundamentals of this lifestyle brand: an ideal location, contemporary décor, works of art, all in buildings representative of the city's history. The...

The flat you wish you had After the success of the first Mob Hotels, why are you launching medium and long stays? C. A. - The idea of the MOB House, the first of which will open at the end of 2019 on the outskirts of the Paris flea market, came about quite naturally, in order to satisfy this whole generation of entrepreneurs...

Freedom, privacy, conviviality. The long-stay hotel industry has decided not to choose between these three terms. Until now, the main advantage of city residences was that business travellers were free to organise their stay as they saw fit. Depending on their moods and desires at the time, they could explore the city's gastronomic scene...

Odalys is continuing to expand its range of urban residences. A few weeks after opening a property in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, the 32nd Odalys City residence in France, a new residence has been inaugurated this week on the Butte Montmartre. Located on rue Saint-Vincent, a stone's throw from Le Lapin Agile, it is "a...

Begun at the end of 2016 with the Stories pilot project, the transformation of Adagio aparthotel lobbies is now taking shape with the roll-out of Le Cercle, a new convivial space with a friendly spirit as its common thread. "We've been offering our customers a practical accommodation solution for ten years now. What we want to do today is...

The Hipark Design Suites residences will become part of Adagio Aparthotels from 1 February. Launched in 2010, this brand, developed by BNP Paribas Real Estate, the French bank's property subsidiary, offers a top-of-the-range range of accommodation including a number of à la carte services: concierge, business corner, fitness centre, catering and launderette. Located in...

Communal kitchens, table football tournaments, pianos available to guests, collaborative living and working areas: At the beginning of October, Adagio unveiled at its Paris Bercy Village establishment the outline of what could soon be on offer in the establishments of the long-stay brand co-managed by AccorHotels and Pierre et...

Despite the naysayers who see the emergence of Airbnb and its ilk as too much competition for the city residences that have sprung up here and there in the major business metropolises, the long-stay hotel industry is anything but "has-been". What's more, it's in tune with the times, fitting in perfectly with the new architecture of the business world,...