top-of-the-range hotels

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...

The Hyatt group is going to give a real boost to its JdV brand in Europe. Expected to open in Bordeaux at the end of the year, this lifestyle brand, which promotes "Joie de Vivre" - hence JdV - has only recently made its appearance on the continent. To date, it has opened one hotel in Rome and three others in Sweden, in Stockholm and...

The smallest of the big groups. With almost 1,200 hotels worldwide, compared with over 8,000 for Marriott and just under 7,000 for Hilton, Hyatt is certainly not the most bulimic hotelier. However, the reputation of its top-of-the-range establishments and the presence of its hotels in the main...

A futuristic 50-metre-high tower overlooking the whole of Brussels, with a high-tech research centre at its feet: this inspiring setting is home to Living Tomorrow, an international organisation specialising in working in the future. Its ambition is to become nothing less than Europe's largest experimental laboratory. Located in...

Soon to be fifty hotels in Dubai, ten or so openings planned in Qatar, a boom in its luxury brands in Saudi Arabia: the Marriott group is continuing to expand its presence in the Middle East. The American hotelier is preparing to add 5,000 rooms by the end of 2023, with around twenty establishments in the pipeline. As the...

While Accor occupies a key position in Poland thanks to Orbis, a subsidiary of AccorInvest which owns more than 70 hotels in the country and in Central Europe, Radisson is also nurturing strong ambitions there. "Poland is an important market for our growth strategy in Europe," says Elie Younes, Director of Global Development...

In its European growth strategy, which recently included Rome and Barcelona and will soon include Brussels and Berlin, The Hoxton is not forgetting its home city of London. The lifestyle brand, associated with the Accor group in the Ennismore joint venture, will be opening a fourth address in the British capital from the beginning of December...

This is undoubtedly one of the most important openings in Europe this year. The Sommerro opened its doors on 1 September in Oslo and has immediately established itself as a benchmark for lifestyle and top-of-the-range hotels. This new property from the Nordic Hotels group revisits the former head office of Oslo Lysverker, the capital's main electricity company...

Kuwait City is adding to its luxury hotel offering with the opening of a Waldorf Astoria, joining the Four Seasons and St. Regis already present in the emirate's capital. Located a 15-minute drive from the international airport and linked to one of the country's largest malls, The Avenues, the establishment is part of an environment conducive to...

The French hotel industry's excellent summer was long overdue. Already in 2020 and 2021, the summer period had come as a relief to professionals - with the exception of Parisian hoteliers - mired in an unprecedented health crisis. And with the absence of border restrictions and the return of foreign customers, particularly from North America, the situation could not have been worse...

A change of name, but above all a move upmarket for the Radisson group in Turkey. Its former Radisson Blu Vadistanbul hotel has been upgraded to Radisson Collection, its rapidly expanding luxury brand. "We are proud to strengthen our presence in Istanbul (...) with the ambition of becoming the largest operator...

Tel Aviv's popularity in Israel is at its zenith, if the proliferation of airlines and hotels in the city is anything to go by. This development is largely due to the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Israel since 2020. Diplomacy has led to the launch of...

MICE activity, new organisation and, of course, CSR, lifestyle and bleisure: the tenth edition of the Global Meeting Exchange (GME) gave Accor management the opportunity to take stock of the major current trends. The French group's key meeting with buyers and event organisers took place from 19 to 21 September...