luxury hotels

From sailboats to superyachts, Jumeirah's palaces come in all shapes and sizes. After the Burj Al Arab and its instantly recognisable silhouette, Dubai has just unveiled a new king-size hotel: the Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab. The Dubai-based luxury hotel completes its nautical trilogy, adding to the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, in the shape of...

The IHG Group is part of a dynamic that is favourable for the hotel industry in the UK. On the one hand, hotel investment has reached its highest level for five years; on the other hand, the brake on new construction since the covid is favourable to brands focusing on the conversion of existing hotels. All these factors are contributing to the growth of the British group...

It could have been called the Hilton Paris Tour Eiffel, as initially planned when the project was mooted at the beginning of the decade. In the end, it will be called the Sax Paris, from the luxury brand LXR Hotels & Resorts, in line with the location of this future hotel in the very chic 7th arrondissement. In fact, the...

Different fortunes. United by the same desire to attract luxury hotels into the fold of their respective groups, one got off to a fast start and the other took longer to take shape. Launched three years ago by the IHG group, the Vignette Collection is following the path it set out for itself,...

A marshal's baton for the Maybourne group. The luxury hotelier, known for its incarnations of London chic with its historic palaces Claridge's, Connaught and Berkeley, or The Emory, in a more contemporary style, is preparing to take up residence in the heart of Paris, on the Saint-Germain block. For an exceptional project that revisits...

For the past two years, the Sofitel, Sofitel Legend, MGallery and Emblems brands have been grouped together under the same management as part of the Accor group's new organisation. With new identities and brand promises reaffirming their premium positioning, but also a wave of renovations to strengthen the coherence...

Voyages d'Affaires takes a look at the new hotels expected to open this year in and around Paris. Mandarin Oriental Lutetia (early 2025) It may not be a recent opening, but this new addition to Mandarin Oriental's hotel collection is a major event for the Paris hotel industry. Earlier this year, the Asian group...

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...

Buoyed by the continuing growth in the number of potential customers around the world, the luxury hotel sector remains a key growth driver for hotel groups. The openings expected next year by Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and IHG only serve to confirm this. "The global demand for unforgettable stays and sophisticated accommodation is undeniable", says...

What better way to realise its ambitions than by setting up shop in the country's tallest skyscraper, in one of the capital's key projects? The Hilton Group's intention to double its presence in Morocco will be reflected in the launch of its prestigious Waldorf Astoria brand in Morocco in 2025.

It's as if the Ritz or the Crillon were waking up after a long sleep. The return to business of a flagship hotel in Brussels, built at the request of King Leopold II to welcome the crowned heads at the 1910 Universal Exhibition, but closed since the end of the 2000s. Located on the...

One palace on the right bank, another on the left. Mandarin Oriental will soon be able to pride itself on being the only luxury hotel group to operate on both sides of the Seine with the addition of the Hotel Lutetia to its portfolio. Already established on the rue Saint-Honoré since 2011, the Asian hotelier is set to take over the Hotel Lutetia in early 2025.

Rome will not only be vibrating to the rhythm of the 27th jubilee in the history of the Catholic Church in 2025. Next spring, the Eternal City will also be celebrating the opening of the first Orient Express hotel since the relaunch of this legendary brand by the Accor group. Located just a stone's throw from the Pantheon, this new...

New York's hotel icons are each reinventing themselves. Soon, in the spring of 2025, the city will welcome back one of its iconic addresses, the Waldorf Astoria. The largest hotel in the world when it opened in 1931, this monument to American hospitality closed its doors in March 2017. Bankruptcy of its owner, the insurer...

It's obviously the flagship opening that the Hilton group is expecting in 2025: New York's legendary Waldorf Astoria will welcome its first guests next spring after many years of closure. Its renovation has taken a long time since the last event held in its Grand Ballroom at the end of February 2017, delayed in particular by the bankruptcy...

It has seen so many personalities pass through its doors and lived so many lives before its new renaissance. The Sofitel Sydney Wentworth has just reopened its doors after renovation, picking up the thread of its long and prestigious history. Nestling in the heart of the business district of Australia's leading metropolis, the hotel was at its...

The Radisson and IHG groups have both announced major developments in Italy. While Radisson has completed five new projects and expects to open seven establishments in the country, IHG is continuing to expand its Six Senses luxury wellness brand. Established in Rome in 2023, in the former Palazzo Salviati...

Happy. Pharrell Williams is inevitably happy. The star will soon have a nice pied-à-terre when he visits Paris. The artist, who is also creative director of Louis Vuitton's men's collections, has joined forces with investors Mohari Hospitality and Omnam to acquire the Saint James & Albany hotel and breathe new life into this establishment in the Paris Golden Triangle....

Since their launch in France last April, Michelin has been steadily expanding the range of its Clefs, the hotel counterpart to its starred restaurants. Following in the footsteps of Italy, Spain, Japan, North America and Thailand, several major European countries are now seeing their most prestigious or distinctive hotels recognised. At the beginning of October...

London's luxury hotel sector has welcomed a long-awaited new guest with the opening of the Park Hyatt London River Thames. After Paris, Milan, Vienna, Zurich and Istanbul - and with Rome still to come - the British capital has been added to the list of destinations offered in Europe by the group's luxury brand...