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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...

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...

With a new décor reminiscent of the old Pavillon Baltard, redesigned and enlarged communal areas, and modernised studios and flats, the Citadines Paris Les Halles is part of a wave of renovations launched in 2023 by the Ascott group to give the brand a new dynamic in tune with the times. Yesterday the Citadines Paris La Défense, today...

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.

Radisson Collection has secured a prime location in the heart of Madrid, on one of its main thoroughfares, Calle de Alcala, lined with luxury boutiques and historic buildings dating back to the Belle Epoque. From the time when this street, which intersects the Puerta del Sol and the Place de Cybèle, was home to...

A new luxury boutique hotel and a historic establishment back in business, but also a budget hotel in the fast-growing Cloche d'Or district or another within an innovative mega complex: Luxembourg will be at the heart of hotel news in 2025. And that's shortly after...

The Hilton Group is to roll out its Signia by Hilton brand, focused on MICE events, in the EMEA region for the first time. Having appeared across the Atlantic in Atlanta, Orlando and San José, California, with Indianapolis in the pipeline, Signia will unveil its first address next January in Amman, Jordan. The development will be...

In addition to its leadership position in the luxury hotel sector, which is constantly being strengthened, the Marriott group can count on its 'select service' brands and its collections of boutique hotels to maintain the growth of its offer in France and Europe. Spearheading this expansion, Moxy Hotels is now very close to...

One of Europe's leading hotel investment companies, Covivio currently owns 311 hotels with assets worth €6.4 billion. Located mainly in France, the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as in Southern Europe and the Benelux countries, these hotels are operated by major hotel groups through leases - in 62% of cases - or...

The Accor group has strengthened its presence in Côte d'Ivoire with the inauguration within a few months of each other of two establishments in the same location in Abidjan. After an Adagio Original urban residence with 110 studios and flats, the complex was completed in November with the unveiling of the Novotel Abidjan Marcory, the whole being brought together by a...

Its slender silhouette, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, soars high into the Belgrade sky, in a district undergoing major transformation at the confluence of the Save and Danube rivers. Symbolising the Serbian capital's ambitions as the business hub of the Balkans, the Kula Belgrade skyscraper is designed to offer luxurious hospitality...

Responding to the bleisure trend, to "Blended Travel": with its Transforming Room concept, the Pullman brand is exploring the needs of tomorrow's business travellers. And today too. Installed in the Pullman Singapore Orchard, this room concept is the fruit of two years of research into customer behaviour, particularly business behaviour, and the...

Soon, by the end of 2026, Sofitel will offer a new airport hotel in Dublin, directly connected to Terminal 2, the one used by Aer Lingus and Delta, United and American Airlines passengers, as well as Emirates and El Al. "We are delighted to strengthen our presence in major international hubs with our long-standing partner...