top-of-the-range hotels

Canada Montreal Honeyrose Hotel, Tribute Portfolio (June) Located in the heart of the Quartier des spectacles, the cultural epicentre of Quebec's metropolis, this new upscale boutique hotel is inspired by the 1920s and Montreal's art of living. Affiliated with Marriott's Tribute Portfolio brand, the hotel is part of a new tower combining residential flats and guest rooms...

"Location, location, location". In Reykjavik, the Hilton Group remains true to the motto of its founder, Conrad Hilton. The American hotelier could not have found a better location to set up a new address in the Icelandic capital, its fourth after a Hilton, a Canopy by Hilton and, already, a hotel in the Curio Collection, the Reykjavik Konsulat...

Endless sand and, on its long beach, colourful traditional cabins laid out in an Indian thread, middle-class villas dating back to the Belle Epoque: Malo-les-Bains, nicknamed "the queen of beaches", is establishing itself as one of the great seaside resorts of the Côte d'Opale. This coastal district of Dunkirk is just a few kilometres from the...

If you had to pick one opening in France for the Hilton Group in 2023, which would it be? Emmanuel More - Several of them will stand out. For example, we will be opening a Canopy by Hilton in Cannes next summer, right next to the Palais des Festivals. A new design inspired by this glamorous destination, nearly 150 rooms...

Berlin The Hoxton Charlottenburg (mid-2023) The innovative spirit of The Hoxton is perfectly in tune with the golden age of 1920s Berlin. And it is this theme that will serve as the common thread for the brand's first venture into the German capital. Located in the West, in the Charlottenburg district, the future The Hoxton revisits the...

Paris/Ile de France Maison Delano Paris (February) American-born luxury lifestyle brand Delano, now part of the Accor group, is coming to Paris. To mark the occasion, an intimate version of its concept, called Maison Delano, will be opening early this year on rue d'Anjou, in the 8th arrondissement. The establishment revisits a former...

Melia Hotels is going to play doubles with Rafael Nadal. The Spanish group has just announced a partnership with this icon of Spanish and world tennis to launch the ZEL brand, a new lifestyle chain of resorts and urban 'bleisure' hotels with a Mediterranean identity. "An innovative brand, full of energy, which will surprise and delight...

With luxury and lifestyle at the heart of its strategy, and new hotels in major world cities for its Novotel, Ibis and Pullman brands, Accor has presented its 2023 collection of flagship openings. In the luxury segment, several Raffles hotels will all open their doors in the middle of the year, including the eagerly awaited Raffles...

It's no coincidence that the lifestyle hotel sector has been booming for some time now. And, in response to this craze, IHG can count on its Hotel Indigo brand, whose portfolio is set to grow from 135 hotels to more than 200 over the next three years. Launched in 2004, back in the days when boutique hotels were...

Radisson RED. With such a strong brand identity, this new hotel in Liverpool has everything it takes to become a favourite haunt for fans of the Reds, the legendary football club from the city in the north of England. And for business travellers, because of its location. Radisson's lifestyle brand has just given a new lease of life to a...

NH Hotels is making a name for itself in Frankfurt. Last autumn, the city welcomed a Nhow, in keeping with the tone of Germany's financial capital, with its 375 rooms decorated with wallpaper reminiscent of banknotes and its 18 studious meeting rooms. A top-of-the-range lifestyle hotel...

Waterfalls, a beach of fine sand, the shade of luxuriant flora: to read the presentation of Pan Pacific's future flagship hotel, you'd think it was set in the heart of a paradise far from the hustle and bustle of busy life. Not at all: it's right in the middle of Singapore, on Orchard Road, the Champs-Elysées of...

The Radisson group is swapping one of its brands for another at Nice airport. The former Park Inn, positioned in the mid-range segment, has become a Radisson hotel after a major refurbishment to raise the level of its offering and adapt the site to sustainable standards, with the establishment hoping soon to receive a Green Key label....

Armani, Baccarat, Bulgari, Camper, Fauchon, Muji and Maisons du Monde are just some of the famous names in fashion and interior design who have showcased their art of living in hotels that, at one time or another, have graced the pages of lifestyle magazines. Is this a logical continuation of the story? Because...

After developing its luxury offer through acquisitions - Kimpton, Six Senses, Regent - in recent years, the IHG group is strengthening its position in another fast-growing market segment, the all-inclusive hotel sector. To expand its footprint in this segment, the British group has not proceeded with a takeover as in the past, but rather with a...

We've already heard of Hard Rock Hotels, the hospital offshoot of the famous Hard Rock Café, and Virgin Hotels, the hotel arm of Richard Branson's media group. Universal Music is now getting in on the act with its UMusic Hotels and a first address in Madrid. The place to make its debut has not been...

Updated on 9 November at 9am. Hotel groups are making no secret of their ambitions in Africa. The Africa Hotel Investment Forum held at the Fairmont Taghazout Bay - a seaside resort north of Agadir in Morocco where Hilton has just opened a new resort - gave them the opportunity to prove it...

Like most hotel groups, is IHG satisfied with 2022 so far? Eric Viale - After a first quarter impacted by Omicron, we have seen a real upturn in business. Almost all our hotels are performing in line with, if not better than, 2019, with occupancy levels close to...

While Ennismore, Accor's lifestyle hotel subsidiary, has just passed the 100-establishment mark with the opening of the SO/Paris, its brand The Hoxton is already preparing new developments. Seven new hotels are due to open in Europe between now and the beginning of 2024, adding to its network in the major business cities, whether...

The Hyatt group is extending its collection of top-of-the-range Unbound hotels in Japan with a flagship hotel for motor sports fans, the Fuji Speedway Hotel. The hotel is adjacent to Fuji Speedway, the historic circuit that has hosted several Formula 1 Grand Prix events and, every year since 1967, a prestigious endurance race, the 6h...