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One - Milan Central Station - is used to seeing travellers pass through, the other - the BHV - Parisian shopaholics. But the two have just set themselves a common future, that of adding a touch of hospitality within their walls. Although no official announcement has been made, the Parisian department stores' could...

Ever bigger, ever stronger. The major hotel groups continued to weave their web around the world in 2025. The first of them, Marriott, has consolidated its position as leader with growth of +4.3% in the number of rooms in 2025, adding more than 700 hotels to its offer. "A decisive year...

Year on year, the Clef Verte label continues to expand among professionals committed to more responsible tourism. This year, the number of hotels, residences and other tourist accommodation solutions, including campsites, self-catering cottages and youth hostels, has passed the 3,000 mark. After growth of 45% last year, already symbolising a...

Australia The leader in the Australian hotel market, the Accor group will continue to strengthen its network, notably with the lifestyle Hyde brand, which is expected to open in the heart of Perth, on the west coast. Mercure, which already has a strong presence in Melbourne, will be adding a new address in the country's second-largest city in March...

United States Hotel Meta - New York (later this year) (c) ZOA3D Ltd The future third-tallest hotel in New York is nearing completion, behind the Four Seasons and the Marriott Courtyard/Residence Inn combo near Central Park. Although the establishment does not yet have a definitive name - the POA studio, which...

The milestone of 200 hotels is in sight for Ennismore. With around twenty lifestyle hotels expected this year, the group created by entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha and the Accor group - its majority shareholder - will continue to grow at a steady pace, having doubled in size in just a few years. "Reaching the 200...

South Africa Mama Shelter Cape Town (later this year) Mama Shelter is continuing its international expansion by taking its offbeat lifestyle spirit to the very south of Africa, to Cape Town. This is a first for the continent, while we await the opening of a hotel in Casablanca. As far as the Mama Shelter Cape Town Hotel and...

Albania Adorn Tirana - Handwritten Collection (beginning of the year) The Handwritten Collection, part of the Accor group, has set up in the heart of the Albanian capital, a stone's throw from the Selman Stermasi stadium and a five-minute walk from the lively Blloku district, with the boutique hotel Adorn Tirana. Comprising 25 rooms, including six suites, this establishment is the embodiment of the...

Updated on 14 January at 8.30am Germany Kennedy 89 - Frankfurt (open) At the turn of the year, the Hyatt group added a new address in Frankfurt, even before the opening of a 189-room and studio Hyatt House on Goetheplatz in the second quarter of 2026. Before that, at the end of December, it was the turn of...

Prague is one of Europe's most beautiful cities in terms of its history, arts and architecture. Which can also make it seem frozen in time. Is this really the case? Roman Muska- In fact, a lot is happening. Of course, you might get the impression that for 20 years, nothing - or almost nothing - has changed...

Updated on 7 January at 10.00am. Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes Spark by Hilton Lyon Eurexpo (February) Spark by Hilton, a new brand launched by the American group at the top end of the economy segment, will continue to expand its network in France this year. It first appeared in Lyon in mid-summer 2025, with two hotels on the...

Updated on 2/02 at 10:30 Paris Banke Opéra Paris, A Radisson Collection Hotel (autumn) While continuing with its plans to move into rue de Rivoli, the Radisson Collection brand will be opening its first hotel in Paris this year, a stone's throw from the Opera and Galeries Lafayette. And it's all thanks to a choice acquisition: the...

Alice Mafaity, who now oversees the 13 Hyatt hotels in France as Vice President France and also manages the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile hotel at Porte Maillot, travelled the world before returning to France to join the American group. Her international career, always with major groups, has given her the...

Luxury from every angle. The only five-star hotel with a pied-à-terre on the world's most famous avenue, the Paris Marriott Champs Elysées Hotel adds a new elegance to the prestige of its address. Recently completed, its renovation blends the spirit of the times with the spirit of the place, that of a listed building with a past intimately linked...

They are only forty minutes apart, including the ferry. And probably less when a long-awaited bridge, which could become a reality in a few years' time, links the world's two closest capitals, Brazzaville and Kinshasa. New hotels have just appeared within days of each other on either side of the river Congo....

With a good twenty hotels added in the first quarter and another batch of openings in the second, the Accor group is continuing to strengthen its presence in its domestic market. Widely the leader in its field, the group added several establishments in the first half of the year, under its Handwritten Collection, Mercure and greet brands in particular. And their networks have...

"We never imagined we'd get so many business travellers": Clément Gohin, General Manager of Les Lumières à Versailles, is almost surprised by his hotel's appeal to corporate clients. In fact, as almost the closest neighbour to the Château, and rivalling the Palais des Congrès on the other side of the...

Barrière Hotels is changing its name to Barrière Collection. A name that could not be more fashionable in the hotel world and which, as part of a new segmentation of its offer, is even taking the form of four distinct sub-collections. One, the Signature Collection, brings together the gotha of the family group now chaired by...

The Experimental group continues to spread its lifestyle spirit to new major European cities. Last year, Paris saw the opening of a third establishment in the Marais district, the result of the repositioning of the former Sinner hotel, and while the group also has an address in London, the Henrietta Experimental, Rome and Porto are preparing to welcome new hotels...

The Hilton Group continues to expand in France. With a portfolio that has almost doubled in just five years, fuelled in particular by the recent arrival of its new premium budget brand Spark in Lyon, the American hotelier currently offers 14 hotels in Paris and the Île-de-France region. And soon one more with the DoubleTree by Hilton Paris Boulogne. The opening of...