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To begin with, let's take a look back at 2024. How did the year go, marked by the hosting of the Olympic Games in Paris, but also by a lull before the event? Olivier Cohn - 2024 was a very special year, with no regularity or visibility. After a good start to the year, we experienced a fairly sharp drop in business in April...

The Radisson Group is promoting the incentive offer of its establishments through a partnership with the only association dedicated to reward travel, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence. Or, more simply, SITE. The programme, dubbed "Extra Mile Incentive Travel by Radisson Hotels", recognises nearly 200 of the group's establishments as being particularly conducive to...

The mid-range segment is the focus of much attention among American hotel groups. Two or three years ago, almost all of them presented new long-stay concepts that were currently being rolled out across the Atlantic, including Hyatt Studios - whose first establishment has just opened in Mobile, in the United States - and...

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...

An Olympic year, an atypical year. This is how InExtenso sums up hotel activity in France 2024, marked by accommodation sales close to those recorded the previous year. With the occupancy rate down 1 pt, to 64%, and the average price continuing to rise - +2%, to €127 - revenue per room was up on the previous...

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...

A major reopening in Berlin and a new hotel in the Paris region: this February offers the Radisson group the opportunity to offer business travellers two addresses that are ideal for business trips and corporate events. Easily accessible from the centre of Paris as well as from La Défense, the Relais de la Malmaison has just entered the Radisson...

More than 500 new establishments are expected in Africa over the next few years, according to research firm W Hospitality. For Philippe Gauguier, senior consultant at In-Extenso, this figure is "not surprising. Morocco alone currently has around a hundred projects. In the city of...

The major international groups do not have a monopoly on business customers. The results presented by two leading representatives of the independent French hotel industry bear this out. Logis Hotels has outstripped Accor in terms of the number of establishments in France - almost 2,000 in total - and has recorded very significant growth in its revenue...

Business travellers on the recently taken over Pakistan Airlines routes between Paris and Islamabad will find a new Mövenpick business hotel at their destination, the first opened by the Accor group in the Pakistani capital. Housed in one of the country's tallest towers, next to the Centaurus Mall shopping centre, the hotel boasts a prime location...

The highest rate of growth in a century for Hilton, a still powerful development dynamic for Marriott, and a record year for Radisson: 2024 was a year rich in new developments for the world's leading groups. As well as new projects for the years to come, these groups are all presenting...

The name of Starwood, which has disappeared from the radar since its takeover by Marriott in 2016, will soon return to the hotel panorama. Barry Sternlicht, still head of the Starwood Capital investment fund that gave birth to Version 1 in 1995, has announced the relaunch of this former star of the global hotel industry, a pioneer in the...

It has been in the making since the acquisition of Standard International and its lifestyle brands The Standard and Bunkhouse Hotels: the Hyatt group has revised its brand architecture around five distinct and redefined portfolios. This change follows on from the previous 'collections' of Timeless, Boundless, Independent and Inclusive, with transfers between the old and new portfolios....

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...

Minor Hotels is upping the ante in a major way. The takeover of NH Hotels in 2018 enabled the Thai group to make a major leap forward, which has continued ever since. With more than 560 hotels around the world today - totalling 81,000 rooms - Minor Hotels...

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...

After the new hotels expected in 2025 in Paris and the major French cities, Voyages d'Affaires takes a look at the openings planned for this year in the major European cities. Part one: a selection of hotels in Northern and Central Europe. GERMANY Berlin Radisson Collection Berlin (first quarter 2025) Two...

Hilton is strengthening its offering in Lyon with the announced arrival of four new hotels under a franchise agreement with Lyon-based Arteloge Hôtels & Restaurants, owner of one of Lyon's iconic five-star hotels, the Villa Florentine. This partnership will see the launch in France of one of Hilton's latest brands, Spark, which is positioned in the...

While many new hotels are expected to open in Paris (see article) and the Paris region in 2025, here is the programme of openings expected this year in France's major cities. AMIENS YOU Urban Home (during 2025) The lifestyle brand You Urban Home will be continuing its development with a fourth establishment, contributing to the emergence of a...

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...