top-of-the-range hotels

Chicago has a new hotel, one that is sure to rival the finest establishments in the North American metropolis: the Pendry Chicago. Located in the heart of the Loop business district, close to the Magnificent Mile and the headquarters of a number of major companies and dynamic start-ups, the hotel is housed in an Art Deco building...

Marriott's lifestyle brand Moxy is continuing to expand in France. After Lille recently and Paris some time ago - at Bastille and Roissy-CDG - the brand is adding a new address in Bordeaux. For the occasion, this lively design chain has found a location to match its image, the Bassins...

A brand new Sheraton has reopened its doors in Istanbul, in the Levent business district. Recently renovated, the hotel embodies the ongoing transformation of this historic business travel brand. This new approach is embodied by a design accent, lively lobbies around a café-bar-market but adapted to mobile working, rooms...

A partner of the Accor group in a joint venture whose ambition is to become the world's leading player in lifestyle hotels, is developing its flagship brand The Hoxton with several openings announced in Europe over the next two years. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="64451"] Following the brand's recent arrival in Rome, several new...

The IHG Group is rolling out its hybrid meetings offer in France. The British hotelier presented its "Meet with Confidence" programme last March. The programme is based on five basic principles: cleanliness and security, of course, with check-in/check-out without...

The Mondrian brand is preparing to make its return to London this July. After briefly presiding over the destiny of Sea Containers, a trendy hotel on the banks of the Thames, the lifestyle brand belonging to the Accor group - since its takeover of the American group sbe - is moving into a lively, creative district that reflects its image:...

One of the major developments in your group is the launch of a new brand, Radisson Individuals, in the style of collections launched by other hotel groups before you. What are your objectives with this brand? V. S. - We launched this brand in October 2020, with a dozen new signings announced at the same time. These include...

Hilton is expanding its range of brands in Paris with its first Canopy hotel, a lifestyle brand that now has around thirty hotels worldwide. This move comes ahead of the arrival in the summer of another of the American group's brands, the Tapestry by Hilton collection, with the openings of the Belgrand Hôtel Paris Champs Elysées and the Hôtel Camille...

With the recent unveiling of Radisson Individuals and WorldHotels Crafted Collection, the hotel industry has two new examples of a trend that is now well established: 'light' brands. Most often christened 'collections' by hotel groups, these brands are both flexible enough to accommodate independent hotels keen to retain their own identity, and...

The Anantara luxury brand is becoming more urban and more European at the same time. Developed by the Thai group Minor Hotels, this brand was already well established in Asia and the Middle East, mainly with very fine resorts. But it is now taking advantage of the synergies made possible by its owner Minor's acquisition of the NH Hotels group to expand...

The hotel industry is continuing its efforts to offer travellers more and more ways of exercising while away from home. This 'fitness' trend was already well under way before the health crisis, but the repeated confinements have undoubtedly reinforced the need for everyone to exercise. According to the Louvre Hotels group, the...

Singaporean hotelier Pan Pacific is preparing to make a big splash in Europe by setting up shop in London at the end of next summer. The group now has around thirty hotels, mainly in Asia, but also in North America - in Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and the Whistler ski resort. And business travellers...

The InterContinental brand is preparing its arrival in Barcelona at the end of next summer. The IHG group is transforming the former Crowne Plaza Barcelona - Fira Center into a luxury hotel with a discreet and sophisticated aesthetic. It will also be a responsible hotel, as it will be awarded Biosphere certification as soon as it opens. Located in the...

Already one of the best represented groups in Australia, Accor is set to expand its offering in Melbourne with, among other things, a Mövenpick due to open in May. The brand's second Australian establishment after the one in Hobart, this future top-of-the-range hotel is located at the junction of two of the main thoroughfares in the capital of...

The pandemic has turned the Thai hotel market upside down. The country has over 750,000 hotel rooms. And year after year, the country has added new capacity. For the period 2020-2022, there are plans for 123 hotels representing more than 31,000 additional rooms. Will they all open? In the current climate, the question is...

Following the recent announcement of two openings in Scotland, the voco brand is confirming its global dynamism with a new development expected later this year in Australia, in the centre of Brisbane. Including the establishments already open and those in the development phase, the brand launched by IHG in 2018 has now passed the...

The German Ruby Hotels group is expanding its offering on its home turf. The lifestyle brand has just opened a new hotel in Frankfurt, adding to those in Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Munich, as well as in Vienna, to complement those already established in the German-speaking area. "Frankfurt, as a financial hub, is a prime location for Ruby, and an ideal place to...

The Radisson Blu Rouen Centre has opened in the heart of the city, not far from the train station and close to its famous cathedral and the pedestrian district that criss-crosses the historic centre of the Norman city. "With this opening, we are further strengthening our position as the leading international hotel group in the region, with 20...

Voco, the new contemporary brand from the IHG group, is doing double duty in Scotland. While the development of this upmarket brand has also turned towards France, with its first hotel in 2020 in Paris, near Montparnasse station, followed by another unveiled at the start of the year in Strasbourg, voco is now launching...

Rome, the sole object of their assent. Some of the finest names in luxury and lifestyle hotels have all made a date to visit the Italian capital. The latest announcement, and not the least, is that Accor will be bringing to life a project for the Orient Express, the legendary name used in partnership with the SNCF to develop exclusive hotels,...