Ouvertures d’hôtels

🏨 Hospitality ON lists the latest hotel openings and announcements, providing a map of new hotels worldwide in the past 10 days, including locations, photos, and key information. Hotels are color-coded: yellow for recent openings, blue for future openings announced this week, green for rebranding and reopened hotels, and orange for newly signed hotel projects.

🏖️ Accor, with Invel Real Estate and Prodea Investments, signed for Hôtel Bellevue Cortina d'Ampezzo, set to open in 2026 as part of the Emblems collection. The first of its brand in Italy, located in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomites, it will transform a historic building into a luxury destination with 80 rooms, including 27 suites. Tihany Design blends alpine elegance with contemporary style using local materials and eco-friendly construction practices.

🏠 Maison Heler, created by Philippe Starck, opens in 2025 in Metz's Amphithéâtre quarter as part of Curio Collection by Hilton. The hotel features 104 rooms and suites inspired by Starck's novel "La Vie Minutieuse de Manfred Heler" with 19th-century Lorraine style intertwined with surreal modern elements. Each hotel space is designed for an immersive experience with 1970s architectural references and a sensory journey enriched with poetic elements.

🏨 Eurostars Hotel Company, a subsidiary of Hotusa Group, opened its first establishment in Latvia, the Eurostars Metropole in Riga. The hotel, set in a building from 1871, features 84 rooms and merges heritage with contemporary design. It includes a restaurant, a gastro pub, and banquet spaces for up to 100 guests. This marks Eurostars' 21st country of presence and capitalizes on Riga's tourism and business dynamics. President Amancio López emphasizes the brand's commitment to expanding in high-potential markets.

🏡 L’Hôtel Bellevue Cortina d’Ampezzo, Emblems Collection, situé sur le Corso Italia à Cortina, célèbre l’héritage alpin depuis la fin du XIXe siècle. Marianna Papachristophorou d'Invel Real Estate s'associe avec Accor pour une hôtellerie de luxe innovante et durable. Le design, confié au studio Tihany, mêle tradition alpine et esthétique contemporaine pour un refuge montagnard authentique.

🏨 The Alpina, a luxurious 56-room hotel in Gstaad, was sold to an unnamed American investor by owners Marcel Bach and French billionaire Jean-Claude Mimran. The selling price is estimated at about 210 million euros. Previously, the hotel construction cost nearly 315 million euros. This sale was confirmed by Marcel Bach on Hotelinside.ch on March 26, 2025. An additional Swiss hotel in Crans-Montana is also on the market.

🏡 In Vannes, Bati-Armor and Vicartem will rehabilitate the former Greta into a 4-star hotel with 70 rooms, a restaurant, a spa, and 73 residences. The project, unveiled by Le Télégramme on March 28, 2025, targets a 2028 opening.

🏨 Minor Hotels unveiled its rebranded focus on customer needs and commitment to innovative hospitality experiences. The brand refresh is a strategic move towards adding nearly 300 establishments to its portfolio by end of 2027, following the 2018 acquisition of NH Hotel Group, now Minor Hotels Europe & Americas. This expansion tripling the group's global footprint.

☕ Columbus Café is expanding with nearly 10 coffee shops in the Bordeaux region, including a new 60 m² shop in Bègles at Cultura, opening on March 24. Anthony Donnart, franchisee of this shop, will run 4 local franchises. Six shops existed as of late 2024; three openings are planned for 2025, including the Cultura Bègles and Bordeaux Victoire. The Bègles outlet will operate Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 to 18:00, with a manager and 3 baristas hired. Donnart also runs franchises at Mérignac Soleil, Cultura Mérignac, and Bordeaux Lac.

🏦 Eternam structured the acquisition of 4-star hotels in Strasbourg, Nice, and Toulouse in 2017 for private investors. Managed by Honotel, owned by LBO France's real estate fund, the portfolio saw an Ebitda growth exceeding 100%, demonstrating resilience and value creation potential. Frédéric Maxwell of Eternam confirmed the successful sale despite recent impactful events, highlighting the hotel market's strength. LBO France advised by Valther and Eternam by Belay Avocats for the transaction.