Ouvertures d’hôtels

🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the opening of Hyatt Place Leeds and Hyatt House Leeds earlier this month, expanding its UK portfolio, the third-largest in EAME after Germany and Spain. The dual-branded project offers 217 rooms at Hyatt Place for practical travellers and 88 rooms at Hyatt House for extended stays with kitchenettes and apartment-like amenities. Facilities include a 24/7 gym, bar, marketplace, shared meeting spaces, a rooftop bar Azotea, and Zoom restaurant.

🏡 Adrien Feltz and Alexia Courtois unveil "Domaine les Terres Bleues", a new exceptional address located on a preserved 1-hectare site in the heart of the Vallée des Lacs, Vosges. Designed by architect Gérald Klauss and built by Decobois, the domain features two luxury chalets each accommodating 2 people, with materials blending indoors with outdoors, 50m2 south-facing private terraces with jacuzzis, wood fireplace, freestanding bathtub, sensory shower, and king-size bed.

🏨 Esprit de France, part of Compagnie Lebon, has 11 owned hotels and 3 under management, also involving 25 properties in Club Esprit de France. CEO Jérémie de Fombelle, leading for 18 months, aims to expand. After a shaky start pre-summer, the Olympic period helped the group match its brilliant 2023 results. 2023 saw €54 million in revenue, with 9 Parisian hotels contributing €40 million. Similar figures expected for 2024 in Paris, with steady performance in Lens. Le Pigonnet in Aix-en-Provence will reopen in spring 2025 for its centennial celebration.

🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation opens Hyatt Place Leeds with 217 rooms and Hyatt House Leeds with 88 rooms, featuring a 24/7 gym, a bar, marketplace, meeting spaces, a rooftop bar Azotea, and Zoom restaurant. Hyatt plans a 30% portfolio increase in the UK by 2026, adding over 1,000 rooms. Upcoming: Hyatt Place London Paddington (87 rooms), Hyatt Regency London Olympia (200 rooms), and Park Hyatt London River Thames opening in October 2024. Since 2017, Hyatt doubled room numbers and tripled hotel count in the UK. The 2023 acquisition of Mr & Mrs Smith boosts the World of Hyatt program, adding over 1,000 hotels.

???? 🏨 Radisson Hotel Group signed four new hotels in Bergen, Norway, with Magic Norway AS, adding 519 rooms to their portfolio, featuring Radisson Individuals brand's Nordic debut. The Magic Kloverhuset Harbour Hotel, a Radisson Individuals member, offers 157 units (137 rooms and 20 apartments) at Strandkaien street, with amenities like a restaurant, wine and cocktail bar, and rooftop bar. These strategic expansions showcase Bergen’s cultural heritage and natural landscapes.

🏖 Pierre & Vacances expanded in Catalonia by adding two hotels: Hotel Port Salins in Empuriabrava and Hotel Pirineos in Figueres, increasing their regional presence to 15 properties. Hotel Port Salins features 41 rooms, proximity to the beach (400m), and a Mediterranean restaurant. Hotel Pirineos near the Dalí Museum offers 56 rooms and 3 apartments. These additions strengthen the group's strategy to focus on key tourist destinations in Spain.

🏨 Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India's premier hotel group, is expanding into the Middle East with Taj Wellington Mews in Al Marjan Island, Ras Al Khaimah, a partnership with luxury real estate giant BNW Developments. This marks Taj brand's entry into the rapidly developing emirate. Puneet Chhatwal, CEO of IHCL, highlighted Ras Al Khaimah's tourism potential due to its cultural heritage, natural beauty, and growing infrastructure investments. Arch. Abdulla Al Abdouli, CEO of Marjan, noted that BNW Developments is the largest private real estate developer in Ras Al Khaimah, and Taj's arrival will significantly redefine the hotel and real estate landscape.

🏨 Saudi Arabia is investing $110 billion to add 362,000 hotel rooms by 2030 as part of its Vision 2030 strategy to diversify the economy and become a leading tourist destination. This expansion, highlighted ahead of the 2025 Future Hospitality Summit, positions the Kingdom to become a global hospitality industry leader. Saudi's tourism sector contributed a record 444.3 billion riyals to the GDP in 2023, 11.5% of the national economy. International arrivals are expected to reach 30 million in 2024, up from 27.4 million in 2023.

🏨 During the Semaine des métiers du tourisme, B&B HOTELS holds open days at Lille Lillenium Eurasanté (59) and B&B HOME Saint-Ouen (93) on March 28, 2025, from 12:00 to 17:00. The event aims to tackle the hospitality industry's recruitment challenges, intensified by the pandemic, by showcasing career opportunities and connecting job seekers, career changers, and enthusiasts with the industry. B&B HOTELS also seeks to identify future entrepreneurial hoteliers to drive long-term growth.

🏨 MAGORA, a leader in managed real estate in Europe, signed a franchise contract with Hilton for the DoubleTree by Hilton Marseille Euromed. This venture will manage a 130-room hotel slated to open in February 2028 within the iconic M99 tower, being constructed by Constructa in Marseille's Euromed district. MAGORA is expanding its hotel market presence, already established in several popular destinations like Courchevel 1800, Arc 1800, l’Alpe d’Huez, La Clusaz, and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. This franchise agreement represents MAGORA's first, showcasing their capability to diversify across managed accommodation types and operate with various business models.