top-of-the-range 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...

Will the new Hôtel Littéraire in Nancy this year have the same effect on travellers that Florence had on Stendhal, who became dizzy contemplating the frescoes in the Basilica of Santa Croce? Few, no doubt, will suffer from such a syndrome. But one thing is certain, and that is to see them immersed in the work...

It's rather surprising for one of the world's leading hotel groups, but IHG has not had a presence in one of Northern Europe's major markets, Sweden, for some time. A temporary incongruity, since the British group will be making its comeback at the end of 2024 with the opening of the Voco Stockholm Kista. A top-of-the-range...

From King to Gran. One of Spain's great hotels for events and meetings. Launched for the Barcelona Olympic Games to welcome sports delegations with the honours due to their rank, the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I stopped its career in 2020, hit by the pandemic. The Melia Group is taking up the story...

Conquering new markets and carving out a place for itself in a new segment: the Motel One group is pursuing these two objectives through its new brand, The Cloud One, with a dozen hotels due to open by 2026 in Europe and the United States. Brought to Germany for business purposes, as well as to a number of major European cities, 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...

Hoteliers are making a sustained commitment to the green label. Almost by force of market forces, as pledging eco-responsibility to their customers is becoming not just a means of distinguishing themselves, but a prerequisite, particularly in the eyes of companies committed to CSR. The 2024 list of winners of the Clef Verte label,...

After announcing its establishment in the temple of rugby, Twickenham stadium, Radisson RED should also be in time for the big event of the year concerning the round ball: Euro 2024 in Germany. Between now and the end of spring, the Radisson Group brand will be setting up in a city that matches its spirit...

The start of a new year is traditionally a time for taking stock before looking ahead to the future and new developments. In January, the SNCF announced record passenger numbers, Eurocontrol noted that European airspace was gradually approaching pre-pandemic levels...

AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1 Hotel Melbourne (2024)Set on the banks of the Yarra River, this new hotel embodies the arty, eco-friendly spirit of the 1 Hotels chain. By way of regeneration, the luxury brand launched by former Starwood boss Barry Sternlicht is taking part in the Seafarers project. In other words, the metamorphosis of a former industrial...

The choice of accommodation for visitors to the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre continues to expand. In anticipation of the future Radisson Blu, which will take its place in 2026 in the Triangle tower, which is beginning to rise above the exhibition centre, visitors will find new roofs in this favourable area...

NEW HOTELS IN AFRICA South Africa Hampton by Hilton Grayston Sandton Hampton by Hilton Grayston Sandton (Q4)As it prepares to open its largest hotel in Europe this year, in Vienna, the Hilton Group's budget brand Hampton will also make its debut in Africa in 2024. Its first hotel on the continent...

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 main business hotels expected in the Paris region in 2024 After recovering one of its largest - and highest - business hotels, the Pullman Montparnasse, Paris is preparing to welcome back another of its leading business establishments: the Marriott Paris Rive Gauche. The historic "PLM Saint-Jacques" opened in the early...

Faster, higher, stronger. The Wyndham group is expanding its footprint in the Paris Region business hotel sector. While its Dolce brand is preparing a MICE hotel in Jouy-en-Josas, next spring the American hotelier will be affixing its flag to another large, very large business establishment. A hotel with a front-row seat for the major event of the...

The top-of-the-range Radisson Blu brand has found a new place of choice for business travellers in Paris: the Triangle Tower, the capital's future iconic skyscraper currently rising just above the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre. The project has experienced a number of delays,...

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...

The Hilton Group is continuing to expand its Signia brand, which specialises in large conference hotels, in the United States. Having already appeared in Orlando and San José, and expected in January in Atlanta, with a hotel directly linked to one of the most important MICE venues in the United States, the Georgia World Congress Center, the brand has unveiled a new project...