Ouvertures d’hôtels

🍴 Adeline Grattard, chef-owner of Yam'Tcha in Paris, blends French culinary techniques with Asian flavors. Trained by Pascal Barbot in Paris and in Hong Kong, her menu includes beef tataki with "Bourgogne" sweet potato noodles (€38), lotus leaf steamed rice with pleurotes and peanuts (€32), and grilled sweetbreads with Pommard cream, Chardonnay, chard, and marinated eggplants (€48). Open Wednesday-Sunday, Yam'Tcha offers a weekday lunch menu (€29 for 2 courses, €38 for 3 courses) and children's menu at €18. The 70-seat restaurant is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

🌄 Radisson Hotels Group announced the opening of the 4* The View Folkestone, a new Radisson Individuals affiliate on the seaside in Folkestone, Kent. The hotel features 46 rooms, including classic, superior, signature rooms, and ground-floor apartments, with many offering sea views. The Cliffe Lounge Bar & Kitchen serves a variety of drinks and traditional dishes such as Sunday roasts and Afternoon Tea. Located about 20 minutes from Eurotunnel and Dover port, and 75 minutes from London Gatwick Airport, the hotel's partnership aims to uphold the Radisson brand standards as stated by hotel director George Mellish.

🏡 IHG Hotels & Resorts opens Verno House Budapest, the first Vignette Collection hotel in Hungary, highlighting IHG's expansion in luxury and lifestyle sectors. Located between the Danube and Liberty Square, Verno House offers 48 rooms, including deluxe rooms, premium rooms, and suites with Art Nouveau views. The hotel features a Treat Bar with traditional Hungarian sweets and chocolates and emphasizes local culture and luxury.

🏖 Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Atlantic Coast Hospitality, a subsidiary of Modon Holding, announce the opening of Four Seasons Hotel Rabat at Kasr Al Bahr on October 1, 2024. The luxury hotel, set in an 18th-century restored palace in Morocco, features 200 rooms and suites, many with ocean-view balconies or terraces. The grand Riad du Sultan suite occupies Sultan Moulay Slimane's former residence from 1792 and spans about 1,000 square meters. The five-hectare resort includes eleven buildings, with a mix of historic and new, housing seven restaurants and lounges, combining historical elements with modern luxury.

🏨 Hospitality ON lists international hotel openings and announcements, including style, brand, and room count. A map shows new hotels from the past 10 days, featuring brand hotels and voluntary networks. Color-coded updates: yellow for this week's openings, blue for future openings announced this week, green for rebranding and reopenings, and orange for signed projects set to open in the future.

🏡 a&o Hostels opened a&o Brighton, their 39th European location and second in the UK, featuring 50 rooms with 186 beds in a historic Regency-era building from 1819. The hostel offers a Victorian-style bar and restaurant, and aims for a net-zero consumption by 2025. Following a&o Rotterdam in 2022 and a&o Edinburgh City in 2021, a&o Brighton is now open and plans further renovations with a €1.45 million investment during the winter months.

🏡 Locke a lancé Le Jardin de Verre by Locke, son premier appart’hôtel en France, situé au quartier latin de Paris, marquant sa 17ème propriété. Offrant 145 chambres, incluant deux suites, les clients bénéficient d'une salle de sport, studio de yoga, café, cour intérieure, et restaurant sur trois étages. Combinaison de deux hôtels du XVIe siècle et d'une usine du XIXe, le design par Fettle allie végétation intérieure et lumière naturelle. Les chambres mélangeant trois époques sont conçues par edyn. Locke, depuis son premier établissement en 2016, dispose de 16 autres sites au Royaume-Uni et en Europe.

🏨 Premia Properties, an Athens-based real estate investment company, acquired two Sunwing resorts in Greece from Nordic Leisure Travel Group (NLTG) for €112.5 million. The transaction includes the Sunwing Kallithea Beach in Rhodes with 534 rooms and a 118,000 m² property, and Sunwing Makrigialos & Ocean Beach Club in Crete with 262 rooms on a 54,000 m² property. The deal marks Premia's strategic expansion into the Greek hospitality sector, significantly increasing its real estate portfolio and investment income, as stated by CEO Kostas Markazos.

🏨 Eurostars Hotel Company acquires Hotel Alborán in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cadix, rebranded as Crisol Chiclana under Crisol Hotels. Advised by Christie & Co, Eurostars now has 17 Crisol Hotels in Spain, totalling 20 with those in Portugal and Argentina. Opened in 2002, the 3-star Hotel Alborán features 67 rooms, a cafeteria, meeting/event spaces, and private parking. The acquisition is part of Eurostars' expansion strategy to strengthen its market presence.

🏦 Opened on July 22 after nearly 3 years of construction, the H4 Hotel Wyndham replaced the Pleyel offices in Seine-Saint-Denis (93). The 40-story hotel boasts 697 rooms, 4 four-star suites, and a 10,000 m² conference space with 16 meeting rooms for up to 2,600 people. It aims to attract business clients and features a gym, panoramic pool, Executive Lounge, and four dining areas serving "homemade" cuisine.