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The IHG Group has announced the arrival of its InterContinental luxury brand in Rabat, following the signing of an agreement with Immohold Hospitality. The five-star hotel, due to open in the first quarter of 2022, will be located in the heart of Morocco's capital. Ideal for both business and leisure travellers, the hotel will...

After several establishments in Europe, most recently in Brussels, and its recent debut in Africa, in Bamako, the Radisson Collection is continuing to expand in Asia-Pacific. The Radisson Group's luxury brand has unveiled its first hotel in China, in Shanghai, in the central district of Xujiahui, close to a number of high-rise buildings...

Accor is strengthening its lifestyle positioning with the signing of a partnership with an innovative new brand, Faena. A few weeks after announcing its alliance with Ennismore, designed to create the world's largest operator of this trendy offering, the French hotelier is forging closer ties with a player renowned for its concept combining artistic spaces, residences and...

Announced for next spring, the arrival in France of Kimpton Hotels, the five-star design hotel of the IHG group, will undoubtedly be one of the key openings in the Paris hotel industry in 2021. In the same way, for example, as the Cheval Blanc, the conversion of the famous Samaritaine into a luxury hotel led by LVMH. Coincidence...

The hotel version of Maisons du Monde was already presented in Nantes in May 2019. A second address was added in the heart of Marseille earlier this week. As with its predecessor, Maisons du Monde has combined its renowned art of living with the hotel expertise of its partner Vicartem to design this...

Luxury and beautiful resorts, of course, but also design and lifestyle: a look at the new hotels due to open this year in the Middle and Near East. Dubai will see a new wave of hotel openings in the run-up to the World Expo, which has been postponed from 2020 to 2021 because of the pandemic. It will...

"When you look at yourself, you feel sorry. When we compare ourselves, we console ourselves. French hoteliers can always ponder Talleyrand's maxim by analysing the business indicators presented by MKG. The year 2020 will obviously go down as one of the worst in their history, with an unprecedented -61.3 % drop in revenue...

New Sofitels in Seoul, Hangzhou and Adelaide, the Fairmont brand expected in Los Angeles, Seoul and near Dublin, the Mondrian lifestyle brand being set up in London: 2021 will be a year of new luxury and lifestyle hotels for the Accor group. "Despite the delays and temporary closures we have experienced...

Lifestyle, luxury and design: a look at the new hotels opening this year in Italy and on the Iberian peninsula. Spain: In Madrid, the Atocha Hotel will join the Tapestry Collection by Hilton in March, following the renovation of its rooms. In May, the Spanish capital will see the opening of EDITION, a brand...

Cairo has a new palace with the opening of a St. Regis, one of the luxury brands of the Marriott group. With butler service in every room and suite, a design that blends opulence, refinement and elegance, bronze and wood carvings embellished with flashes of gold, and crystal trimmings and chandeliers galore, the hotel, located in the heart of Cairo's...

The Accor group has just made official the Russian ambitions of the Raffles brand. The brand is preparing to make its big debut in Russia, with the opening of the Raffles Moscow hotel, scheduled for the second half of 2022. The new luxury hotel will be located right in the heart of the capital, next to the Kremlin - with its...

London's hotel scene is as busy as ever. Over and above the procrastination surrounding Brexit and the heavy atmosphere linked to the pandemic, new hotels are constantly opening or being announced. Among the developments unveiled in recent weeks are a Mondrian hotel, due to open in Shoreditch in 2021, and a luxurious Park...

The Thai chain Dusit International has officially set up in Singapore with the opening of the Dusit Thani Laguna Singapore. This futuristic-looking resort comprises 198 rooms and suites as well as eight private pavilions. All set in the heart of the Laguna National Golf & Country Club, one of the largest golf courses in Singapore. The hotel is...

Set to open on 18 December, the Four Seasons Bangkok will round off a year rich in new openings for the Canadian group. Designed by Jean-Michel Gathy, this hotel overlooking the Chao Phraya River will add to the brand's arrival in Madrid, within seven luxuriously transformed historic buildings, and the addition of a second...

The Andaz brand is ready to make its appearance in Lisbon and Prague, and Park Hyatt and Hyatt Regency are expected in London: the American group has already unveiled several of these future openings. More generally, it has just outlined its expansion plan in Europe, with around twenty establishments to be added by 2023 to the 63...

While the Geneva hotel industry has been particularly hard hit by the consequences of the pandemic, as evidenced by the closure of one of the city's historic flagships, Le Richemond, a new hotel is preparing to enter the market. Expected to open next spring, The Woodward will add to the Oetker Collection, which already boasts...

Just 150 years after the Olympia London was built in 1873, the convention centre will soon be welcoming a new roommate: the citizenM London Olympia hotel, the lifestyle brand's fifth representative in the British capital. The brand, which was launched in Amsterdam in 2008, has just made official this major new project in the business travel segment, with the...

As a seasoned professional, how do you view the current crisis and its consequences? Marie-Béatrice Lallemand - There are always opportunities in crises. This catastrophic period for the tourism industry is forcing us to review our models, to refocus on our customers and our employees, to think things through...

This is an important announcement for the Hyatt group, as this development was one of its priorities. Its luxury Park Hyatt brand is due to open in London in 2022, thus completing its network of major cities around the world after Chicago, New York, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Beijing and Shanghai among others, not forgetting Tokyo, where the hotel was...

Lifestyle über alles. Accor had already made contemporary and design hotels its main focus. The French group has made no secret of its ambitions for growth in this buoyant segment for travellers. This strategy took the form of investments in innovative brands such as Mama Shelter, 25hours and 21c Museum Hotels, as well as a stake in the...