top-of-the-range hotels

The Barcelo Group is establishing its first key foothold in France, particularly for business travellers to the Paris region. The Spanish hotelier has just purchased, for €70 million, the Evergreen Laurel Hotel in Levallois-Perret, in the heart of the Front de Seine business district, which boasts almost 170,000 sq. metres of office space between...

Since acquiring NH Hotels in 2018, Minor Hotels has been following in the footsteps of the world leaders. The acquisition of the Spanish group had enabled it to expand its presence in Europe and the Caribbean while broadening its brand portfolio. Originally focused on Asia and resorts with its Anantara brand, the Thai hotel operator is now...

Urban residence or lifestyle hotel? The heart of Jardin de Verre balances between the two. Opened last February in the 5th arrondissement, near Place Monge and the Jardin des Plantes, this first establishment in France of the Locke long-stay brand has all the makings of an apartment hotel, with its 145 flats, each...

Waldorf Astoria is heading north. This year, the Hilton Group's luxury brand is set to make its Scandinavian debut in Helsinki. The American hotelier has just signed a management agreement with M&L Group to integrate the Hotel Maria, soon to be renamed Waldorf Astoria Helsinki, into its portfolio. Located in the...

Bill Murray will soon be able to take his jet-lagged actor spleen for a spin once again. The flagship host of the film Lost in Translation, the Park Hyatt Tokyo is back in business at the end of the year, celebrating its 30th anniversary by offering travellers a redesigned setting after more than a year's work. With new restaurant concepts, but with the same elegance as before...

The Hoxton hotel has just opened in Edinburgh. Located in the West End, the hotel comprises a collection of 11 Georgian-style houses on either side of Grosvenor Street. Their originality is reflected in a proposal for several self-contained three-bedroom houses, each with its own...

With almost 150 hotels and a presence in 20 countries, Marriott already occupies a pre-eminent position among hotel groups in Africa, particularly since its takeover of Protea Hotels in the middle of the last decade. With its hundred or so establishments at the time, most of them in southern Africa, this South African group gave Marriott a...

Being the leader in your own country always leaves room for improvement. Accor demonstrated this in the first half of the year with the opening of more than twenty new hotels in France, providing more than 1,700 new rooms. "France continues to offer a wealth of development opportunities for the Group, as demonstrated by this extremely buoyant first half of the year.

It's probably not the arrival of Trenitalia's first TGV trains at Saint-Charles station, from 15 June, that can explain the wave of hotel openings in Marseille today. Rather, it's the attractiveness of a major metropolis that is constantly advancing its position on the tourist map. By the end of May, Villa M had set up shop...

The Accor group will soon be adding a new brand in Egypt. The lifestyle brand 25Hours, part of the lifestyle hotel joint venture Ennismore, will make its debut in Cairo in a few years' time, within a new business complex in the immediate vicinity of the Mall of Egypt. Developed by Dubai-based specialist Majid Al Futtaim, the...

A future Mecca for business events in the UK. In fact, it already is, as the Hilton Manchester Deansgate boasts almost 2,000 m² of MICE space. But this establishment, which is housed in the Beetham Tower, one of the country's tallest skyscrapers outside London, will soon be changing hands to become a...

A new hybrid hotel, suitable for both short and long stays, in tune with the times and the neighbourhood: the opening of the lyf Gambetta Paris marks the arrival of a new brand from the Ascott group in the French capital, following on from Citadines and the three luxury La Clef establishments in the Crest Collection. This Asian brand, which has...

Launched in 2021 by the Accor group, the luxury brand Emblems Collection took its time before the first establishments joined its fold, and therefore that of the French group and its sales force supported by its ALL programme. But the last few months have seen its development accelerate. In this context,...

Welcome Family" and pet-friendly offers, special rates for senior citizens... And what about business travellers? Without, far from it, turning its back on its main clientele, Appart'City is relying on the growing recognition of aparthotels to strengthen its appeal to the general public. We have a lot of room for growth in the leisure sector," says...

The revival of one of the Grand Duchy's great hotels. Opened at the end of May, the Luxembourg Marriott Hotel Alfa takes up the story of an establishment that is almost a century old, opened in 1932 just opposite Luxembourg's central station. Listed as a national monument, this institution at the heart of cultural life and official celebrations had ceased to welcome...

A long lob between Paris and Dubai, between the Roland Garros stadium and the Pullman Dubai Downtown: while the tennis tournament is livening up the area around Porte d'Auteuil, the Accor Group's Dubai hotel is celebrating the yellow ball in its own way with an Official Roland Garros Suite. Unveiled...

Ennismore is heading for Mexico City. With only one hotel so far, the Mondrian Mexico City Condesa, due to open in 2022, Accor's lifestyle hotel subsidiary has just announced three openings for its Hyde and The Hoxton brands, as well as Mama Shelter, which is due to make its debut in the Mexican capital this year. Last April...

The Hyatt group is adding a new collection brand to its portfolio. Completing the luxurious Unbound Collection, JdV by Hyatt in the lifestyle segment and Destination by Hyatt in the group's 'classic' offering, Unscripted by Hyatt fills a gap in the niche of upmarket hotels with limited services. Intended, as the...

Following on from the Radisson hotel opened last year and, more recently, the Holiday Inn Express in the new Rives de Vesles district, the hotel industry in Reims is set to continue its internationalisation with the arrival of the first establishment from the Hyatt group. Scheduled to open in August, this will mark the first steps in France for the top-of-the-range brand...

Having just joined the IHG Group, lifestyle brand Ruby Hotels has unveiled a new project in Geneva. This will be its second hotel in the Swiss metropolis. After transforming three office buildings located above the Passage Malbuisson, between Rue du Rhône and Rue du Marché, the brand, which focuses on...