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Morocco is the preferred destination for hotel groups. The 2030 World Cup deadline has a lot to do with it, as does the country's attractiveness to tourists and business travellers alike. Ascott, Hilton, Hyatt, Radisson, which has just opened a long-stay establishment in Taghazout: the major players in the sector are all vying for a place on the...

Hyatt is continuing to expand in France's regional cities. After Paris and the Côte d'Azur, the hotelier recently extended its network to Rouen, with a Hyatt Place, and to Bordeaux and Toulouse with two First Name hotels affiliated to its lifestyle brand Joie de Vivre. This time, the group is setting up in Reims...

Making a comeback after a 10-year absence, the Sultanate of Oman returned to the IFTM Top Resa trade show last September as part of its strategy to raise the profile of tourism. This is a new opportunity to shine the spotlight on a destination that is popular with French customers, with double-digit growth in recent years.

Hyatt is consolidating its position in the Asia-Pacific region. Already a partner of the Homeinns group for the roll-out of the Chinese brand UrCove, present in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities in the country, the American group is using this association to develop its new long-stay brand Hyatt Studios. "Together, we have already demonstrated the...

In Deauville as in Budapest, the You hotels embody a current trend in urban and hybrid hospitality. The hotels are designed as places to live, with a mix of top-of-the-range rooms and shared dormitories, as well as a friendly bar and restaurant, a coworking space, a cinema and a...

A royal entrance. For the debut of its Waldorf Astoria luxury brand in London next year, the Hilton group could not have wished for a better location. Opposite Buckingham Palace, on the famous Admiralty Arch spanning the Mall, commissioned by Edward VII in memory of Queen Victoria. What was once the residence...

This is symbolic of the place held by France in the Radisson Group's growth strategy. To begin the video presentation of its forthcoming openings, Paris takes pride of place with, to start with, the future Banke Opera Paris hotel, part of the Radisson Collection, whose renovation is due for completion in...

A new generation of mountain hotels. Already renowned for breaking the codes of the urban hotel industry, Mama Shelter will be donning its Moon Boots to spread its offbeat spirit up there, way up there, in Val Thorens, Europe's highest ski resort. By autumn 2027, Accor's lifestyle brand, through its subsidiary Ennismore, will have...

Central Europe is at the heart of the Ascott group's expansion on the continent. Already present in Vienna with four aparthotels under three of its brands - Citadines, lyf and Somerset - the world leader in long-stay hotels has just announced five new developments, strengthening its position as one of the city's leading hotel operators....

Starting afresh. The reopening early next year of the Delano Miami Beach symbolises a new dynamic for the luxury and lifestyle brand, which will become part of the Accor group as part of the takeover of the American group SBE at the end of 2020. A flagship destination on South Beach since its opening in 1947, the hotel was revamped in the 1990s...

Radisson is stepping up its expansion in France. After recently announcing several key developments, including the takeovers of the Pullman at Roissy CDG and the Banke Opera hotel in Paris, the group is conquering a new major regional city with the opening of a hotel in Clermont-Ferrand. After Reims in 2024, then Montpellier last spring, and before Cannes and...

Forced landing, imminent take-off. Having all but disappeared from the skies since 1991, the name of the American airline Pan Am is about to reappear on earth - and in Europe - through a series of airport hotels. JP Hospitality, a group of investors based in Vienna, took advantage of the Expo Real trade fair in Munich to announce the launch of a...

125 years after its creation, the Michelin guide is continuing its expansion into the hotel sector, applying to this field what made it famous for restaurants: precious awards recognising exceptional places. Launched last year with an initial selection of hotels in France, the guide has since been extended to other major European countries, as well as the United States and Europe.

Already partnered with Rafael Nadal for the joint development of the Zel brand, the Meliá hotel group is welcoming another sports star to its team. From the yellow ball to the round ball, this choice recruit is none other than Lionel Messi. A legacy of his many years with Barça, the...

The beginnings of a beginning. The Hilton Group is expanding its lifestyle offering with a new brand collection called Outset. Literally 'the beginning'. But Outset is only the latest addition to the group's offensive in the contemporary hotel sector and its 'light' brands, the 'soft brands' designed to attract new customers to its fold.

The debut of a new collection. The Onomo Group, one of the leading players in the pan-African hotel industry, has chosen Casablanca to launch its Onomo Collection range of premium boutique hotels. A year after the launch of the lifestyle hotel Onomo Allure, the opening of the hotel Le Square opens a new page in the development of this group...

The 10,000 hotel mark is within sight for the Hilton group. With three new hotels opening every day, the American hotel group has gone from 8,000 to 9,000 establishments in the space of a year. And there's no doubt that it will be able to keep up this pace of growth in the weeks and months to come, to reach more than...

IHG Hotels & Resorts is setting out its ambitions for voco in Southern Europe. The hotel group has just announced nine contracts for future openings, bringing its European network to 35 properties in operation and 22 under development. "We are delighted to see voco continue its impressive growth," commented Eric Viale, President of IHG Hotels & Resorts.

The Best Western network has added nine new establishments in France since the start of 2025, while a number of new openings are scheduled for the second half of the year, with three new hotels due to open in the coming weeks. This expansion covers the whole of France, from Brittany to the Côte d'Azur, and...

The end of 2025 is shaping up to be as busy as ever for the Hilton Group. Among the major openings is the recent opening of the Conrad Hamburg, part of the historic Levantehaus building dating from 1910. This 283-room hotel is located on one of the German city's main commercial thoroughfares and, in addition to the...