luxury hotels

ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Casa Lucia (open)At 80 metres high, this was one of the tallest skyscrapers in South America when it was inaugurated in the 1930s. This real estate project, promoted at the time by shipping magnate Nicolas Mihanovich, has remained one of the most emblematic buildings in the Argentine capital. Located on the...

Heavens, new hotels in Dubai in 2024! This will come as no surprise to anyone, as the emirate is seeing a steady stream of new establishments spring up, each one stronger and more beautiful than the last. And taller too, in the image of one of the main hotels expected this year in the emirate, Le Ciel, in the Ciel Tower. No more, no less...

It was the media centre for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. It will soon be one of the world's largest convention and exhibition centres, when it opens in 2025. It will be a place to welcome heads of state to international summits held in the Chinese capital, as well as the world's leading...

GERMANY Düsseldorf TRIBE Düsseldorf (end 2024) Tribe, one of the Accor group's new contemporary brands, will continue its expansion in Europe with an opening later this year in Düsseldorf, in the central Friedrichstadt district. The result of the renovation of an existing establishment, the Tribe Düsseldorf hotel will offer 146 functional, designer rooms, as well as a friendly lobby where guests can relax and...

The NH Hotels and NH Collection brands, which you have owned since 2018, are well known to business travellers in Europe. But your Asian group, Minor Hotels, is probably less well known. Could you tell us a little about it? Marion Walsh-Hédouin - This group was created some fifty years ago by Bill Heineke, who is the...

Grand luxury with the unveiling of the first Orient Express in Rome - the Grand Hotel de la Minerve - at the end of 2024; lifestyle to start the year with the inauguration of the Hyde London City and the 25hours Hotel The Oddbird in Jakarta; and, in between, new hotels that are as premium as they are budget: Accor is rolling out...

Rabat, the new hot spot for luxury hotels? Looking at the developments underway, we can only believe so. After a Fairmont opened at the end of 2022, and a Ritz-Carlton expected in the course of next year, the Moroccan capital is set to welcome another big name from the first quarter of 2024: Four Seasons. In addition to...

The Marriott group continues to weave its web in the EMEA region. The past few months have seen a number of major openings, including its first luxury lodge in Kenya, the JW Marriott Masai Mara, and the lifestyle W hotels in Budapest and Edinburgh, one in a historic building in the heart of the...

The luxurious Regent Hong Kong has regained the pre-eminent position it held for so long, standing on the edge of Victoria Harbour since the early 1980s. Quoting the ferries that cross the bay from Kowloon, the hotel became part of IHG in the mid-2010s, under the InterContinental banner. Coming full circle...

Leading Hotels of the World, Preferred Hotels & Resorts or Relais & Châteaux: these major labels do not seem to be limited in their development by the wave of collections launched by hotel groups to attract independent hotels into their fold. The largest of these brands, with more than 650 members in...

Far from it, this is not the first luxury hotel to open on Place Vendôme, the Ritz having taken over the Hôtel de Gramont and Hôtel de Croizat more than a century ago. Nor is it the first hotel offshoot of a prestigious jewellery brand, Bulgari having already opened its first...

Sydney Harbour has been enriched by a new architectural jewel. The Australian metropolis was of course famous for its opera house. It may one day be known for another iconic building, the Ribbon, whose curved, futuristic silhouette rises above the bustling Darling Harbour district. Designed by the renowned Australian architects Hassell,...

The Mandarin Oriental Savoy will welcome its first guests in Zurich this winter. With this announced opening, the Asian luxury group, which has been established in Geneva since 2000 with the purchase of the Hôtel du Rhône, will provide business travellers with an elegant base in Switzerland's two major business cities, the gateways to the...

After restaurants and bars, here is the list of the 50 best hotels in the world. The British publishing group William Reed has come up with a list of the world's best hotels, based on a concept launched in 2002 by its magazine Restaurant, in reaction to the Michelin guide. Coincidentally, the first edition of the...

From British prestige to New England chic, Raffles bridges the gap between the shores of the Atlantic and between eras. The former War Office in London has been transformed into a luxury hotel, and a new eco-designed building in the heart of Boston: the brand is unveiling two flagship addresses in September. In...

Ahead of one of the year's flagship openings, scheduled for October at the luxurious Fifth Avenue, New York has seen the arrival of a new voco hotel close to LaGuardia airport, in the Flushing district. The voco Fiorello - LaGuardia East is the fourth property in the IHG Group's contemporary brand, offering 114 rooms for travellers...

Peninsula vs Raffles: a promising battle between these two legends of the luxury hotel industry. This September, London will be the scene of a battle for the best opening of the year in the British capital. The two brands have traditionally competed in terms of excellence and VIP services, but one thing is certain...

The Rosewood luxury group was already comfortably installed in several major European cities, including Place de la Concorde in Paris, the Hôtel de Crillon, Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Villa Magna, and High Holborn Street in central London. Since last year, the...

For more than half a century, Dusit International has established itself as the quintessence of the Thai art of living transposed to the hotel industry. The opening of the Dusit Thani in 1970 in the heart of Bangkok has embodied the best of Thai service for 50 years. The iconic building, topped by a spire reminiscent of a Thai temple, has been home to...

Mandarin Oriental recently added a second address in London, and the Asian luxury group is already announcing a new destination for 2028, this time on the left bank of the Thames. Already established in the prestigious districts of Knightsbridge and Mayfair, Mandarin Oriental will be moving closer to the City...