top-of-the-range hotels

The IHG Group's return to the Swedish market has taken an eminently business-oriented route with a prime location for business travellers and tech professionals: the Kista district, in the northern suburbs of Stockholm. The local Silicon Valley, Europe's largest cluster dedicated to information and communication technologies, is...

On 10 November, 40 skippers will set sail in the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe. But from 19 October, Les Sables d'Olonne and the Vendée will be living to the rhythm of this nautical event, which attracted 2.2 million visitors at its last edition in 2016. To mark the occasion, a dedicated hospitality area...

Already well represented in Frankfurt with eight establishments, the Hilton group has found a new address of choice in Germany's main business metropolis. A green hotel, set in a 10-hectare park, frequented by visiting stars and celebrities, from Bill Clinton to Michael Jackson, from Mikhail Gorbachev to the football team...

Do Experimental Group's lifestyle hotels attract a large business clientele? Romée de Goriainoff - Yes, they account for between 40% and 60% of our hotel occupancy. Business travellers have a rather cold image. But today, some of this clientele, particularly in the tech, fashion and investment fund sectors, are...

Having joined Accor at the same time as the other lifestyle brands of the American group SBE, which was acquired by the French hotel operator in 2018, the Hyde brand is beginning to expand around the world. Following the opening of an all-inclusive and adults-only resort in Bodrum last May, it has just set up in quick succession...

Using Thailand and Asia as a starting point to expand its footprint on this side of the world, the Minor group had already set an example with its 2018 acquisition of NH Hotels. Dusit Hotels & Resorts now seems to be following a similar path. The hotel arm of Dusit International, one of Thailand's leading hotel development companies...

Hyatt is stepping up the development of its lifestyle offering. At the beginning of the summer, the American group had already launched a new brand, Me & All, derived from its partnership with the German group Lindner Hotels. This development was recently completed by the acquisition of Standard International. This group manages 21 hotels...

Forever the first. And probably for some time to come. Swissôtel Nusantara is the first hotel to open its doors in the new Indonesian capital, which was inaugurated on 17 August. The celebration of the 79th anniversary of the country's independence gave President Joko Widodo the opportunity to put flesh on the bones of his...

Opened for the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, the Hilton Munich Park hotel will soon be taking a long break after some fifty years in business. Only to come back even stronger, following a four-year renovation programme scheduled to reopen in 2029. The rejuvenation of this major business hotel with...

Luxury, design and an ideal location overlooking the Gulf of Mexico: the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort in Florida has just been added to Marriott's already impressive portfolio of luxury hotels, with more than 500 establishments worldwide and some 250 future projects. The opening...

The Voco brand, part of the IHG group, has made its breakthrough around the world using a model that is very much in vogue in the hotel industry: the conversion of existing hotels. But it's a different kind of conversion that the top-of-the-range brand is about to embark on in Angers: the transformation of the imposing...

Castle life near the Gulf of Morbihan. From October, business travellers passing through Vannes, as well as companies looking for a venue for their seminars, will find a choice address with the Domaine du Liziec Vannes - MGallery Collection. A new member of the top-of-the-range...

With one eye on their computer and the other on a Léon Marchand race, some fifty coworkers rhymed Wojo with the Olympic Games at Club France on 30 July. Others will be doing the same on 31 July, 8 August and 29 August, for the Paralympic Games. After the...

One of the latest brands to be launched by Accor, Handwritten Collection, now has its first address in Paris, a stone's throw from the Trocadero and the Iéna metro station. This is a new showroom for the brand, which brings together independent hotels with character under the umbrella of the French group. La Maison Hamelin has no shortage of showrooms, themed around the expertise of its...

The world's leading hotel companies are placing particular emphasis on their development in Turkey. This is a key market where Hilton is approaching the 100-establishment mark and Accor the 80 mark, while Marriott has around fifty hotels, most of them in Istanbul. For its part, the Radisson group is making progress towards its target of 100 hotels by 2010.

Sales growth of more than 55 % between the end of the covid and 2023 for the business; the introduction, on the product side, of a segmentation of the offer into three ranges - Classic, Comfort and Collection - accompanied by an investment plan of almost 40 million euros over three years devoted to the upgrading of...

A few days after announcing a new lyf hotel in the stands of Chelsea football stadium in London, Ascott is unveiling other projects in Europe. Notably in France, where the world leader in long-stay accommodation will open a Citadines aparthotel in Colmar in 2026. All this, in parallel with a renovation plan that has already...

"The new hotspot in the city of Buda". So says the Kimpton BEM Budapest, which has just opened its doors. New, but neither the first nor the last, since the Hungarian capital is the focus of attention for lifestyle brands. Last year, it was the W Budapest, revisiting the Drechsler palace, a building...

Monastic luxury and a futuristic silhouette. In just a few days, the city of Nice will have seen the arrival of two new hotels with diametrically opposed styles. Out of respect for the oldest and most luxurious of them all, let's give priority to the Hôtel du Couvent, which took up residence in mid-June within walls imbued with a sense of tranquillity and spirituality...

In the run-up to the UEFA EURO and the start of the transfer season, which is a major focus for football clubs every season, Chelsea Football Club has announced a major boost with the signing of a strategic partnership with the Ascott group. Playing on the appeal of the English Premier League to Asian customers, this partnership has been concluded for a period of...