Ouvertures d’hôtels

🏨 The Radisson Blu Hotel Montpellier offers 144 rooms and suites with contemporary decor, comfortable bedding, spacious work areas, and panoramic city views. Joep Peeters, Radisson's Senior Vice President of Franchises, highlights the hotel's prime location, modern accommodations, and sustainable initiatives as key to providing exceptional experiences for business and leisure travelers. Amenities include fast and free Wi-Fi, a restaurant with selected French dishes, a bar with happy hour from 17h to 19h, and a state-of-the-art fitness and weightlifting center.

🏡 Located 45 minutes from Dubai International Airport, Bab Al Shams is a luxury lodge that has undergone recent renovation. Offering a serene escape within a traditional Arabic architectural setting, it features a fortress-like appearance with crenelated walls and a dreamlike interior reminiscent of a fortified Bedouin village. The resort includes three pools, water features, and palm-shaded areas, providing a total immersion experience in an intimate setting. The rooms combine traditional Oriental touches with modern elements.

🏡 The Originals Relais, previously "Relais du silence," presents "Les Maisons de Tatihou***," a newly renovated confidential address on the island of Tatihou off the Norman coast. This establishment, promoting slow tourism, is one of nearly 70 such tranquil and wellness-oriented locations across France. Tatihou's significant history can be traced back to 1692, following the naval battle of Barfleur.

🏠 Groupe Logis Hôtels, Europe's leading collective of restaurateur-hoteliers, announces its 2025 Guide with a premium declination, "L'Art de Recevoir." The guide includes over 1850 unique local experiences and adds more than 100 new owners and addresses. France gains 111 new destinations for travelers, with notable additions like 24 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 17 in Occitanie, and 15 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Germany welcomes a new establishment in Brandebourg, enhancing the group's European presence across 7 markets.

🍽 Lagon & Jardin, the new restaurant at Palace Es Saadi in Marrakech, offers Mediterranean flavors with seasonal cuisine based on slow food principles. It features a tranquil atmosphere with freshly picked fruits, vegetables, golden olive oils, and local spices. The design by Alexandre Danan combines tradition and modernity, contributing to the unique, elegant ambiance. The restaurant revolves around the hotel's vibrant heart, enhancing the legendary gentleness of Marrakech.

📈 The Groupe Delineo reported a 12% revenue growth in 2024, with 24 new openings in France and internationally. The expansion included La Croissanterie's first two venues in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a presence at Romania's Henri-Coandă International Airport alongside Maison Pradier and Roberta Caffè. These moves reflect the appeal of the French brands to international franchisees despite unstable political and economic conditions. Franck Malinowski, CEO, expressed confidence and ambition for the group's future.

🏠 The Originals Relais expands with Les Maisons de Tatihou on Tatihou Island off Cotentin. The historic site, chosen by Vauban for his fortifications during the Battle of Barfleur, blends nature and memory following the renovation of historic buildings. Owner Bruno preserved the site's history, creating 3 spaces: Maison des Animaux, Maison des Gabiers, and Maison des Équipages. The site features rooms with views, a communal auberge, and Le Carré restaurant, showcasing local Norman cuisine with seasonal, short-circuit products, plus two equipped meeting rooms for seminars.

🏨 Radisson Blu launched its first hotel in Montpellier, France, featuring 144 rooms located near Le Corum conference center and Place de la Comédie. The hotel offers modern amenities including a fitness center, professional massage services operating 24/7, and meeting spaces totaling 500 m² divided into five rooms. Le Boudoir Montpelliérain restaurant and a hotel bar with local wines are on-site, enhancing the stay for both business and leisure travelers.

🏨 Aimbridge Hospitality EMEA expands its UK portfolio with the Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Airport, located at Concorde Road next to the international airport. The hotel features 178 rooms, a fitness center, business center, restaurant, and bar. Aimbridge EMEA now operates seven airport hotels across the UK, with the Hilton Garden Inn addition enhancing its airport property management expertise. David Anderson, division president at Aimbridge EMEA, sees this as a new step in their strategic growth plan.

🏨 Ruby Hotels is slated to open a 219-room hotel in Copenhagen's sought-after Frederiksberg district in Q1 2027, developed in partnership with ECE. The hotel, designed by Matthew Balon and team, will merge modern design with historical architecture, embodying Ruby's Lean Luxury concept. Located near Copenhagen Central Station, the Meatpacking District, Tivoli Gardens, and just 25 minutes from Copenhagen Airport (CPH), the hotel features lively public spaces, a winter garden, and a rooftop terrace offering panoramic city views.