Ouvertures d’hôtels

🍫 Caviar Kaspia opens at Vakko Hotel Bosphorus in Istanbul, offering an exclusive experience with only 12 suites. The hotel, a renovated 19th-century Ottoman distillery, blends historical charm with modern design. The restaurant, part of the hotel, provides views of the Istanbul strait, serving signature dishes like caviar-topped baked potato and Norwegian smoked salmon.

🏦 IHG Hotels & Resorts extends premium voco brand to Jordan by rebranding The Abdali Boulevard Hotel to voco Abdali Amman by December 2025, adding 392 rooms to its Jordan portfolio. The property is part of The Abdali, a mixed-use development that drew over 21 million visitors in 2023. IHG, with 129 hotels in the Middle East, plans to open 84 more in the coming years. Voco, launched in 2018, targets both business and leisure travelers.

🏠 L'Orient Express La Minerva, premier hôtel de la marque Orient Express, ouvre à Rome au printemps 2025. Situé sur la Place de la Minerve, près du Panthéon, il offre 93 chambres et suites, des expériences culinaires et un nouveau rooftop avec vue sur les monuments emblématiques de la ville. Cet hôtel marque la renaissance du Palazzo Fonseca, acquis en 2021 par Arsenale SpA, rénové par l'architecte Hugo Toro.

Le Roukh Kiri Khao Yai de Centara, une évasion au coeur des jungles du parc national de Khao Yai Bangkok, Thaïlande – 5 décembre 2024 – Centara Hotels & Resorts,…

🖤 The Chedi Hegra, a luxury hotel, opened at UNESCO World Heritage Site Hegra in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Architectural design by Gio Forma includes the 700 meters long Shadow Canopy. Art installations feature recycled railway tracks. The hotel offers 35 rooms, suites, and villas with Nabatean-inspired architecture, multiple dining options, and a 1,200 square meters spa. Visitors can enjoy cultural tours, local wildlife, and workshops, including on Saudi coffee.

🏙 Capella Hotel Group to expand in 2025 with new hotels in Taipei, Macao, Kyoto, and Osaka, showcasing cultural authenticity and luxury design. Cristiano Rinaldi, president, emphasizes a strategy based on cultural richness, collaboration with renowned architects, and intimate scale for personalized service. Capella Taipei (Q1 2025) will feature 86 rooms, panoramic views of Taipei 101, and a unique culinary experience with five restaurants and a bar. Capella at Galaxy Macau (Q2 2025) will offer 93 rooms designed by Moinard Bétaille.

🏦 L'Orient Express La Minerva, set to open in Rome by spring 2025, is the city's first Orient Express hotel located at Piazza della Minerva near the Pantheon. The hotel, once the 17th-century aristocratic Palazzo Fonseca, was acquired in 2021 by Arsenale SpA and redesigned by interior architect Hugo Toro. The Palazzo, built in 1620 and hotel-transformed in 1811, historically hosted figures like Stendhal and Herman Melville, and even Pope Pius IX.

🏖️ Located near the picturesque village of Miches on the northeast coast of Hispaniola island and 1h30 from Punta Cana Airport, Viva Miches by Wyndham spans 27,000 m2 with three buildings amidst lush vegetation. The resort offers 538 rooms with garden, ocean, and beachfront views, some with private pools, five world-cuisine restaurants, and a variety of land and water activities. Miches, an untouched jewel in the Dominican Republic's Seibo province, 100 km from Punta Cana, showcases pristine beaches and a fascinating hinterland featuring Montaña and Laguna Redonda, catamaran cruises, snorkeling at Media Luna, and the La Jalda National Park.

🏖️ UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya, celebrating 7 years of success, expands to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Ash Tembe, VP of Sales and Marketing at AIC Hotel Group, highlights the brand's commitment to personalized service, world-class dining, wellness offerings, and cultural experiences. The expansion will incorporate local culture into new luxury vacation destinations, maintaining unique cuisine, mixology, art, and organized adventures that define the UNICO brand.

🏨 HIS Group expands in Toulouse by acquiring Novotel Toulouse Purpan, Ibis Budget Toulouse Purpan, and Ibis Hotel Toulouse Airport, following Mercure Toulouse Sud in June 2024, building on their regional development since 2008. President Jean-Louis Zévaco, who opened Novotel Toulouse Purpan in December 1972 and became its director in 1977, leads the emotionally driven project. Funded by partner banks, HIS now has 25 establishments with 1770 rooms, anticipating €55 million in revenue by 2025, and expects to employ 500 staff.