top-of-the-range hotels

The Hyatt group is preparing to launch a new brand in Europe with the expected mid-year opening of the Thompson Madrid. This luxury and lifestyle brand, acquired by the American hotelier as part of the Two Roads Hospitality takeover in 2018, boasts just over twenty hotels in the United States and Mexico, and is beginning its expansion in...

With the announced opening of a hundred hotels in 2022 in Asia-Pacific, Marriott International is fast approaching the 1,000 mark in the region. The American group expects to pass this milestone by the end of the year. While waiting for this major milestone, the group's offering will have been enhanced by a number of nuggets, including the largest hotel...

China-Japan Hong Kong Regent Hong Kong Like a return to its roots. Opened under the Regent brand name in the early 1980s, then under the InterContinental banner, the luxury hotel with breathtaking views over Victoria Harbour will this year return to its original name of Regent Hong Kong following a complete renovation of the property. Shanghai The Westbund Hotel Shanghai...

Pink Floyd fans will certainly be delighted with the forthcoming opening of the art'otel London. From summer onwards, they will be able to stretch out by the pool - on the rooftop, as it should be - and dream of seeing a pink pig floating in the air above Battersea Power Station....

In France, as in Paris, 2021 was already a productive year for the hotel industry. If not very active in the capital, due to the prolonged absence of international tourists. Notable openings in Paris include two potential new palaces - Cheval Blanc and Bulgari - and the private hotel-club Soho House,...

The pandemic may have delayed certain projects, but far from it, it has not put the brakes on hotel development. Business travellers will be able to experience this for themselves when they travel around Europe, finding new hotels here and there in business destinations, particularly among the historic brands of the major groups....

Lifestyle and design with the Mama Shelter and Seekoo, prestige with the InterContinental or, in a more intimate style, the Hôtel de Sèze and the Palais Gallien, more economical solutions or dedicated to long stays: with over 11,000 rooms and 210 hotels in Bordeaux, business travellers and participants...

Quartier Euratlantique Hilton Garden Inn Bordeaux Centre With the MECA as its neighbour, the Hilton Garden Inn has been part of the future of the Euratlantique district since 2018. Close to the headquarters of numerous companies, the American group's mid-range hotel is naturally geared towards a business clientele, while being ideally positioned for leisure travellers.

Lifestyle, luxury and a host of new destinations: 2022 is shaping up to be another productive year for the Accor group, despite business still being affected by the consequences of the pandemic. "With more than 300 hotels and resorts ready to open this year, our many loyal customers around the world are...

Luxury, tropical vegetation galore, art and design, exclusive event spaces: Rosewood, owner of the Crillon in Paris, is marking its arrival in São Paulo in style. The luxury brand has set up shop in the heart of Brazil's main business metropolis, close to Avenida Paulista. And yet...

With the fifth wave sweeping across France and Europe, how do you see 2022? Eric Viale - I'm approaching this year with cautious optimism, but with confidence. The good thing is that we now have the lessons to learn and the best practices to apply, in addition to scientific advances and vaccination efforts. We have...

After recently opening in Milan and Seville, the Radisson Collection has just arrived in Berlin, in the heart of the Mitte district. To make its debut in the German capital, Radisson's luxury brand has taken up residence in one of the group's existing hotels, famous in particular for its AquaDom, an immense cylindrical aquarium rising from the...

Marriott has announced that it expects to open a JW Marriott in Sao Paulo in the second quarter of 2022. Located along the Avenida Nações Unidas, within the LEED-certified Parque da Cidade complex, this future luxury hotel will replace another, as it will take up residence within the walls of the former Four Seasons, which opened in 2018...

It will undoubtedly be some time before business travellers can enjoy the luxury of the new Mandarin Oriental, which opens in Shenzhen on 20 January, as business travel in China is still complex. Nevertheless, the luxury group has made the journey from its headquarters in Hong Kong...

The coming months will see the arrival in South-East Asia of the affordable lifestyle brand Tribe from Accor, as well as the luxurious Vignette Collection from IHG. As part of the global roll-out of these new brands, the Tribe brand will open in Cambodia next February with the opening of the Tribe...

Portugal remains one of Europe's most popular destinations for both leisure and business travellers. In fact, the country benefited from the authorities' relative flexibility in welcoming international visitors during the Covid pandemic. It has also benefited from the transfer of leisure travellers to the destination with the closure of destinations...

Or how to start the year on the right foot. On 1 January, the Hilton Group inaugurated a new luxury hotel under the Conrad brand right in the heart of Shanghai. Located in Puxi, the historic waterfront of the Chinese megalopolis, the hotel is housed in a 66-storey tower overlooking People's Square....

There is no doubt that the world's leading hotels are increasingly turning their attention to top-of-the-range establishments, seeking to attract them into their fold through their collections, including the latest Emblems at Accor and Vignette at IHG. However, despite this new competition, the Preferred Hotels group, which has long been positioned in this segment, is still...

"It was with great pleasure that Sébastien Bazin and I welcomed our first customer this morning to the opening of the new Pullman Paris Montparnasse": Maud Bailly, Accor's Managing Director for Southern Europe, announced on LinkedIn on 27 December the completion of a long and vast project that began at the end of...

With the Olympic Games looming in Beijing, Shangri-La is already on the starting line. The hotel group has just inaugurated a new address in the Chinese capital, a stone's throw from the site that will host the snowboarding events next February. In addition to this 'Olympic' location, the Shangri-La Shougang...