Ouvertures d’hôtels

🏖 Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort ***** reopens on March 13, 2025, in Provence, near the Mediterranean, with a focus on golf excellence, sustainability, and guest well-being. The resort offers unique golf facilities in France and a variety of outdoor activities for all ages. A redesigned wellness spa with new features such as a hammam, sauna, laconium, ice fountain, and snow shower is launching in Spring 2025. The Michelin-starred restaurant Le Faventia reopens on April 24, 2025, with Chef Quentin André committed to eco-responsible cuisine that showcases regional bounty.

🏖 Cycas Hospitality expands into Portugal with an Autograph Collection hotel in UNESCO World Heritage site Sintra, opening summer 2026. This venture marks their growth to 55 hotels across 13 European countries, through a joint venture between Patron Capital and Quest Capital. The Sintra hotel will feature 89 rooms within 15 buildings, accommodating up to 260 guests, including a bridal suite with sea views, balancing heritage with contemporary design. Key features include wellness areas, terraces, landscaped gardens, and indoor and outdoor pools.

🏛 Accor integrates Elatos Resort, Mount Parnasse, Greece into its luxury Emblems Collection. Partnership with Lampsa Hellenic Hotels aims at boosting luxury tourism in Greece. Elatos Resort's upgrade for enhanced comfort and upscale services, scheduled to reopen in Q2 2026. Accor, a France-based hotel group, currently has 61 job openings.

🏨 Hilton announces the opening of Signia by Hilton Amman, marking the brand's first property in EMEA and its international debut outside the U.S. Located in Amman's business district of Shmeisani, it caters to both business and leisure travelers. Guy Hutchinson, President for Hilton in the Middle East and Africa, highlights the opening as a pivotal moment, with plans to double Hilton's presence in Jordan. The hotel offers sophisticated stays with high-tech meeting spaces and personalized service.

🏕 In 2024, Türkiye saw a 9.8% increase in visitors, hitting a record of 62.2 million. This marks a 20.3% rise from pre-pandemic levels in 2019, exceeding its initial goal of 60 million. Tourism revenue reached $61.1 billion, an 8.3% increase from the previous year. Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia remained key markets, while the Americas, India, and China showed significant growth. The U.S. increased by 8.1%, China by 65.1%, and India by 20.7%. International visitors stayed an average of 10 days, spending $972 per visit.

🏠 Anantara Hotels & Resorts launched its first property in India, the Anantara Jewel Bagh Jaipur, blending royal design with immersive cultural experiences to reflect Rajasthan's heritage. Architects drew inspiration from a classic Rajasthani ancestral palace, incorporating traditional elements such as jharokhas (windows) and chhajjas (overhangs), offering a luxurious sanctuary with verdant grounds and palatial architecture.

🏕 RockyPop, a hybrid hotel concept born in the mountains near Chamonix, has expanded to Flaine and descended to Grenoble with an urban formula, eyeing a new opening in Marseille by summer 2025. Created by Assas Hotels, founded by Romain Trollet, an expert in mountain hospitality and a graduate of the École Hôtelière de Lausanne, RockyPop offers a blend of hostel and friend-shared accommodation. Trollet, who managed his first hotel at 25 and led Temmos Hotels at 27, grew Assas Hotels with savvy real estate investments, partnering with ExtendAM from RockyPop's inception.

🏨 EXTENDAM, in partnership with DG Invest, is set to open the first international brand hotel in Cordoba, an ibis Budget with 96 rooms, by 2026. Located in the Fray Albino residential area, near the city center and Guadalquivir river, the hotel will feature a rooftop pool. Targeting a BREEAM Good certification and participating in Accor's Green Key program, the ibis Budget Cordoba aims for sustainability, monitored by Betterfly Tourism. Cordoba, the fourth largest city in Andalusia and twelfth in Spain, boasts UNESCO heritage since 1994 and a well-connected transport network, enhancing its appeal for business and leisure tourism.

🏠 Staycity to open its first establishment in Northern Ireland, a 98-room aparthotel, in Belfast city center by 2026 with a £20 million investment. Located in Beaufort House, the nine-story, 46,000 square foot office building, once housing HMRC offices, will transform into a property featuring studios and one-bedroom apartments, a gym, reception, bar, restaurant, and shop, aiming to serve both business travelers and tourists. The deal was made with Lotus Property, amidst Belfast's booming city center and growing commuter influx due to the Belfast Grand Central Station.

🏨 Hospitality ON provides a non-exhaustive list of the most anticipated hotel openings internationally, alongside a map showing new hotels opened in the last 10 days. The map features locations, photos, and key information on hotels from groups, chains, and voluntary networks. Color-coding includes yellow for this week's openings, blue for announced future openings, green for rebranded re-openings, and orange for signed hotel projects set to open in the future.