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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...

For once, or almost, Dubai's hotel news is not about yet another palace designed by a leading architect or a gigantic skyscraper with rooms high up on the Emirati skyline. Of course, the city remains faithful to its fundamentals, awaiting the opening this year of the future most...

You head up the Southern Europe region for the IHG Group. What is your outlook for 2025? Eric Viale - We are approaching the coming year with great confidence, buoyed by a solid first half of 2024, marked by growth of around +4 % in revenue per room for IHG in Europe compared with...

The Radisson Group is adding to its list of addresses in African capitals with the opening of a hotel in Conakry, Guinea. Carrying the upscale Radisson Blu brand, this new development is based on the takeover of an existing renovated establishment, the former Sheraton Grand Conakry. Opened in 2016, the former Sheraton Grand Conakry marked the group's debut...

Crowne Plaza, the upmarket, business-focused brand of the IHG Group, has just arrived at Sydney Airport. Its arrival was made possible by the conversion and upgrading of a former Holiday Inn, which had already seen all its 252 rooms refurbished by 2022 to meet the new brand's standards.

2025 will be a busy year for the Radisson group in France. While the reopening of the Cour des Loges in Lyon, transformed into a Radisson Collection luxury hotel, is expected in the first quarter, the group has just announced two new developments, one in Rueil-Malmaison and the other in Montpellier. Both are also expected to open in the first few months of...

The ibis brand is giving a new look to its ibis hotels in Abidjan. Opened in the early 1980s, these establishments located in the heart of the Ivorian capital, in the Plateau and Marcory districts, underwent a long renovation phase before reopening in the last few days completely transformed. Now under the ibis Styles banner,...

Updated 13/12 at 11:30 Paris does not and should not have a monopoly on lifestyle hotels. This is the aim of a new brand, Grand Mess, which will be launched in Clermont-Ferrand in a few days' time, on 19 December, before seeing another project come to fruition in Lyon in three years' time. "Apart from Paris, many other regional cities offer...