top-of-the-range hotels

FirstName. To launch its hotel brand, the French group Alboran has chosen a simple name with international appeal. A name that evokes the first name - the primary piece of information on border crossing forms - as much as it augurs personalised hospitality. But there's no need to rush to discover this new top-of-the-range brand with a "feel...

No one can bet that the French team will retain their title of world football champions. But one thing is certain, as the competition draws to a close in Qatar at the end of the year, visitors to the emirate will find little hints of France. Particularly at the heart of a vast luxury complex named after the chic...

One by one, the voco brand is completing its network of the world's major cities. After Doha, Seoul and Johannesburg in recent months, as well as Milan, the contemporary brand of the IHG group has added new addresses around the world, starting with a new establishment in Italy, in Venice. Comprising top-of-the-range hotels with...

As the MICE world gathers in Frankfurt these days for the IMEX trade fair, the Marriott group has unveiled a new establishment for its JW Marriott luxury brand, marking the brand's debut in Germany. Following recent openings in Sao Paulo and Istanbul, and already well-established in South America, the...

The luxurious Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor and the Novotel Budapest Centrum may not target the same clientele, but they share a rich past, the Accor group as chaperone and, above all, the same recent history. Closed for extensive refurbishment work, they have seen little or none of the dark days...

London's luxury hotel industry is gearing up for a busy end to the year. While a prestigious Raffles is expected to open in the historic Old War Office, Mandarin Oriental will be adding a second address in the British capital this winter. Already established in Knightsbridge with the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, the Asian brand will be moving into another...

We will therefore have to wait until 2025 to see Fairmont take its first steps on the Japanese market. The Fairmont Tokyo project was unveiled by the Accor group at the end of May. While information about this first establishment remains sketchy, we do know that it will be a 219-key address. These will be located on the upper floors...

A pioneer in the lifestyle movement that is taking a leading role in the global hotel industry, the W brand is stepping up its expansion in Europe. Following the opening of a hotel in Rome at the end of last year, housed in two nineteenth-century palaces near the Spanish Steps that have been given a contemporary makeover, Marriott International has announced the...

The Andaz Condesa Mexico City hotel will soon be the second representative of the Hyatt group's luxury and lifestyle brand on the Mexican market after Mayakoba, and therefore the first in this top business destination: Mexico City. The result of a management agreement with Grupo Murano, the hotel will be located in the trendy Condesa district, in the...

The Radisson Group, in turn, is part of the large-scale expansion of contemporary design hotels, with lively lobbies and trendy restaurants and bars. In short, everyone will recognise the contours of the lifestyle hotel industry. Already present in this buoyant niche with the fast-growing Radisson RED brand, the hotelier had announced the opening of...

JW Marriott is continuing to expand in the world's major cities. By 2025, the American group's premium brand has announced its intention to open a hotel in Tokyo, with 200 rooms and a MICE area of almost 1,000 m2. The hotel will be located in a new building complex, the result of the redevelopment of the former railway depot...

After Porto in May 2021, Lisbon will soon have a Yotel establishment. Known for its innovative hotels, combining small, high-tech rooms with designer communal areas, the brand initially developed in airport areas is continuing its urban expansion. After Geneva and London this year, Yotel will be setting up in the Portuguese capital in 2024, with a...

At the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF), the Radisson Group discussed its ambitious development objectives in the Europe-Middle East-Africa region and the Asia-Pacific zone. Buoyed by a year 2021 described as "the most successful in the company's history in terms of new hotel signings", the hotelier intends to keep up the momentum....

As the Queen of England celebrates her platinum jubilee in a few weeks' time, one of the former jewels in the British crown, the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, is preparing to open a new chapter in her history. Retired from cruising in 2008 and moored since then in Dubai's Rashid Port, the prestigious ship has been...

Launched at the end of 2020, the Radisson Individuals brand is continuing to grow thanks to the attraction of the support of a major hotel group for independent hotel owners. While its announced expansion in Russia, with around ten hotels in the pipeline, has been postponed to a later date, the brand recently opened its first hotel in Africa, in Accra, Ghana,...

Already present in Dubai, on the artificial island of Palm Jumeirah, the lifestyle brand W is moving closer to the emirate's Dowtown by setting up in the heart of Dubai Marina. Located on Jumeirah Beach, the 31-storey hotel is distinguished by its glass architecture, all of which is extended, in keeping with the spirit of...

In the bull's eye. Marriott International has just passed the 1,000 hotel mark in the Europe - Middle East - Africa (EMEA) region. The American group has chosen an emblematic destination, London, to celebrate this major milestone. Now open, the Westin London City, close to the River Thames and the financial heart of the capital...

With long-haul travel still at half-mast and business travel at a moderato tempo, the Pullman Paris Montparnasse would no doubt have been satisfied with a more favourable context for its return to business. However, the management of this 900-room hotel, which caters for international customers and corporate events, doesn't seem to be...

After Sao Paulo at the beginning of the year, luxury hotelier Rosewood is continuing its conquest of the world's major cities, with an opening announced for Vienna in July. To make its debut in the Austrian capital, the group, which also owns the Crillon, has found a prime location on one of the city's most famous squares...

Andaz, Hyatt's luxury lifestyle brand, has opened a new hotel in Prague, its fifth in Europe after Amsterdam, London, Munich and Vienna. This is also the American hotelier's first foray into the Czech Republic, where Andaz is deploying its design approach and its interpretation of relaxed luxury in a...