La Tribune de lHotellerie

🏠 Les Vagues Hôtel & Spa opens on July 26 featuring a glass and ivory tower facing the sea, next to a fully renovated Arcachon villa. With 45 rooms including 13 suites, guests can enjoy breathtaking views of the Arcachon Basin or the Winter Town. Amenities include direct beach access, a Phytomer spa, a gourmet restaurant, and the town's highest panoramic terrace (rooftop). – Les Vagues @ credit Foodiesbylouise.

🏠 Located in Graz, the capital of Styria, Austria, the Radisson Hotel Graz offers 232 rooms and is the largest hotel in the city. The hotel provides a fusion of historical and modern attractions, and features rooms designed in the Radisson style. Managed by General Manager Matthias Guttengeber, the hotel aims to ensure a comfortable and relaxing stay for both leisure and business travelers, while also offering Middle Eastern cuisine at the restaurant Balaustine.

🏙 "Viceroy at Ombria Algarve" is set to become the new destination in the heart of the Algarve region, featuring a 360-degree panoramic view of its hilly terrain. Mark Keiser, President of Development at Viceroy, highlights the brand's expansion in Europe and aims to connect guests with their destinations. Together with local authenticity emphasized by Patrick Freeman, CEO of Ombria, Viceroy will offer 76 hotel rooms, 65 residences, a spa, an indoor thermal pool, and six local cuisine restaurants and bars. WATG and PROMONTORIO lead the architectural design.

🏨 Spark by Hilton, an expanding hotel brand, set to open a new 103-room facility in downtown Sindelfingen within the year. The franchise deal with Aspire Hotels follows the 2023 launch of the first Spark by Hilton, the fastest-deployed brand in the company's history. Since its initial hotel debut last September, the brand has grown to nearly 50 operating hotels, with over 175 under development. The Stuttgart Sindelfingen location offers meeting space, breakfast area, multi-purpose gym, and on-site parking, with proximity to local attractions and a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing site employing over 21,000 staff. It's under 20 minutes from Stuttgart Airport, which saw 8.4 million passengers last year, and less than 32 km from the MHP Arena, home to over 60,000 VfB Stuttgart fans per Bundesliga home match.

🏦 RIU Hotels & Resorts launched Riu Plaza Chicago, a 4-star hotel with 390 rooms located at Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The hotel features a 28-story building with modern facilities including a fully-equipped gym, a restaurant, and a lobby bar. Its highlight, The Rooftop bar on the 27th floor, is set to open in early September 2024, offering panoramic city views. RIU, founded in 1953 by the Riu family, operates 97 hotels in 21 countries, welcomed 6.4 million guests and employed 35,808 people in 2023.