La Tribune de lHotellerie

🏡 Scheduled to open in 2025, the luxury hotel will be housed on the 29th to 46th floors of Rabat's Tour Mohammed VI. The hotel features 55 rooms, including 11 rooms and 44 suites, and amenities like a wellness area, ballroom, business lounge, and four restaurants. The project is part of the "Rabat Ville Lumière" program, aiming to enhance Rabat's tourism. Othman Benjelloun, President of O TOWER, champions its association with Waldorf Astoria. Daniel Wakeling, VP of Hilton, highlights Morocco's growing tourist appeal and aims to attract 26 million tourists by 2030. O TOWER is backed by O CAPITAL Group, a key player in Morocco's economy.

🏠 Maison Heler, envisioned by Philippe Starck, will open in March 2025 in Metz. The 9-story monolithic hotel features 104 rooms and suites, a ground floor bar-restaurant with a garden, and a roof-terrace bar. Inspired by "La Vie minutieuse de Manfred Heler", it aims to redefine hospitality by offering a surreal, poetic experience. Delays, including a fire and the loss of project originator Yvon Gérard, pushed the opening date.

🏡 IHG's strategic partnership marks its entry into the renowned Lake Toya region in Hokkaidō, Japan. The 386-room building owned by maritime group Meiji, established in 1993, joins IHG's portfolio in the coming months. The hotel, which hosted the G8 summit in 2008, offers stunning views of Lake Toya and the Pacific Ocean. IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan CEO, Abhijay Sandilya, indicates this enhances IHG’s presence in Hokkaido, complementing the luxury portfolio with the upcoming InterContinental Sapporo in 2025. The Windsor Hotel TOYA, Vignette Collection showcases IHG's commitment to expanding its luxury and lifestyle offerings globally.

🏡 IHG Hotels & Resorts to debut its Vignette Collection brand in Turkey with the signing of Union Han, Istanbul Karaköy. Owned by Cortex Turizm, the establishment will be the 16th IHG hotel in the city, set to open in the second half of 2025. IHG's growth in Turkey includes 45 open and signed establishments. Globally, Vignette Collection aims for 100 hotels within 10 years, already boasting nearly 900 in its luxury and lifestyle portfolio. Union Han will offer 51 unique rooms, an all-day artisan bakery, a specialty restaurant, and a premium wellness spa.

🏨 IHG's CEO for Greater China, Daniel Aylmer, has announced the launch of the new lifestyle brand Atwell Suites, aligning with the professional and segmented developments in the Chinese hotel market. Atwell Suites is positioned to enrich IHG's portfolio in Greater China and provide more diverse options for customers and investors, potentially becoming a growth driver in China's high-quality cultural tourism market. The brand targets post-90s and post-2000 generations, emphasizing a relaxed lifestyle and personalized accommodation experiences, aiming to create a "new territorial home" for young, sophisticated travelers.