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After Madrid at the start of last summer and Paris at the beginning of September, the Tapestry Collection by Hilton brand is continuing its expansion in major European cities with the announcement of a hotel due to open early next year in Rome. Still in the renovation phase, the Cosmopolita Rome will offer 76 rooms once completed, as well as a rooftop...

2022 is fast approaching, a key year for Qatar as it will culminate in a major event for the country's brand image and its tourism sector: the hosting of the Football World Cup in November and December. The country is preparing for this with a host of large-scale projects - new hotels and...

After conquering a number of destinations in 2021, including Las Vegas, Kyoto, Seattle and the Seychelles, the Hilton Group's luxury brands - Conrad, LXR Hotels and Waldorf Astoria - will be enjoying a prolific 2022, with new hotels opening in a number of markets. Waldorf Astoria, for example, will be opening a new resort in Cancun, Mexico, which...

Like other groups present at the ILTM trade show in Cannes, Hyatt presented its plans for the luxury hotel sector. The American group, which is already well positioned in this niche with its Park Hyatt, Andaz and Unbound Collection brands, its Alila resorts and its lifestyle brands such as Thompson Hotels and Destination by Hyatt, intends to strengthen its offering and will open 24...

Emblems Collection at Accor, Vignette Collection at IHG or Melià Collection among the latest additions: there's a lot of talk about collections in the hotel industry. It's a chic word, with a touch of fashion and a whiff of the exceptional. But there's one that's more cultural, more Gallimard, Flammarion or Grasset than Dior or Chanel: the...

The International Luxury Travel Market trade show in Cannes gave American hotel groups the opportunity to present the new developments expected next year for their most prestigious brands. Marriott, whose number of luxury hotels exceeds the 450 mark, will be adding 30 new establishments to its offering, as part of a pipeline of...

Meliá Hotels International is no exception to the rule: every hotel group needs to have a collection of iconic luxury hotels in its portfolio. Accor, with the announcement of the Emblems Collection, and IHG, whose first Vignette establishments are starting to appear, have recently embarked on this path previously taken by Radisson, Hyatt, Hilton and Marriott....

There's no end to innovation in Dubai, or at Kempinski for that matter. In the emirate, the luxury hotelier was already offering some astonishing things, with around twenty chalets overlooking the region's only ski slope within the Mall of the Emirates complex. Now it's time for a floating palace...

Unveiled at the end of last summer by the IHG group, the Vignette Collection is beginning to take shape with the arrival of its first property, the Hotel X Brisbane Fortitude Valley, setting the tone for this new luxury brand. Intended to attract hotels with a unique character into the IHG fold, the Vignette Collection has been integrated into IHG's...

The Curio Collection by Hilton brand has just restored the prestige of an emblematic Cologne hotel, housed in the immense water tower rising almost 30 metres into the heart of the Rhine city. The building dates back to the 1870s, but was damaged during the Second World War and had long been...

"I promise you luxury and charm": If Winston Churchill were still with us, he might paraphrase his famous speech at the dawn of the Second World War to evoke the future Raffles under preparation in London. A luxury hotel intimately linked to great history, as it will take its place within the walls of…

The Radisson Hotel Group is stepping up the development of its new Radisson Individuals brand in one of its key markets, Russia. Already boasting a network of 47 hotels in operation or under development - making it the leading international hotel operator in the country - Radisson is building on this base to extend the brand's...

Anantara has added two major European cities in quick succession: Budapest and Rome. Owned by the Thai group Minor, this luxury brand originally focused on resorts is extending its urban dimension by setting out to conquer Europe, a move made possible by Minor's acquisition of the Spanish group NH Hotels....

Accor has just added a new brand to its already extensive portfolio: the Emblems Collection. Through this brand, the French group intends to strengthen its luxury segment by playing on a buoyant niche: collections of independent hotels. The formula is now well-established in the hotel world, and promises owners of independent...

Of course, the launch of the World Expo in Dubai on October 1 is no small part of the good results achieved by the emirate's hotel industry. According to STR, hotels recorded an average occupancy of 81.6 % over the past month. Not seen since January 2020! However, the emirate did not wait for the...

While the World Expo has been driving Dubai's hotel industry since 1 October, visitors to the city have had the opportunity to discover a new brand in the busy Business Bay district. Given the diversity of hotels already on offer in the emirate, this is something of a rarity. The Hyde Hotels brand has...

It's now official: the long-rumoured Bulgari Hotel Paris will open its doors on 2 December. Located at 30 avenue George V, almost opposite the Four Seasons and very close to the Prince of Wales, the hotel intends to establish itself as a new competitor on the Parisian palace scene with its...

Close to Windsor Castle and its Grand Park, manicured lawns and a residence dating back to the last century: it's an eminently British and infinitely elegant setting that the Fairmont brand, which also manages the prestigious Savoy in London, is preparing to offer its customers, be they tourists or business groups. Currently in...

The David Kempinski Tel Aviv is due to open next February. Ideally located on the seafront, this luxury hotel is part of a new 34-storey skyscraper designed by Feigin Architects and overlooking the Tel Aviv promenade. Decorated by Ara Design, the 80th hotel in the Kempinski brand has all the makings of a resort...

A fireplace to welcome guests as soon as they walk through the door, the sight of guests wandering off into the distance towards the bar, to the left towards the lounge, and to the right towards a room where local residents come to sit down for free and work for a few hours: as soon as you enter, the Maison Mère hotel sets the tone...