Ouvertures d’hôtels

💿 Opening a guesthouse requires choosing a prime location based on target clientele: families, couples, or international travelers. Ensure comfort, charm, communal spaces, and accessibility. Declare the opening using Cerfa form n°13566*03 and adhere to safety and hygiene standards. Consider obtaining labels like "Gîtes de France" or "Clévacances" for credibility. Legal structures to consider are auto-entrepreneur, limited to 188,700 € turnover for lodging in 2024, enterprise, or corporation. Fiscal regimes include micro-BIC with a 71% revenue abatement if under 188,700 € or the real regime for higher earners. Marketing through an attractive website, reservation platforms, and social media is essential.

🏠 Groupe Barrière set to open Maison Barrière Vendôme, a 5-star hotel with 26 rooms, suites, and apartments between Place Vendôme and the Tuileries Gardens, in January 2025. Located in Paris's fashion and jewelry district, the hotel offers bespoke luxury services. It is a tribute to femininity and French craftsmanship, conceived by Corinne Evens and realized by Groupe Barrière. The hotel features rooms inspired by prominent women, including the Suite Georges Sand and Suite Sarah Bernhardt with 18th-century textiles and Maison Pierre Frey velvets respectively.

🏢 Chartres, located just 1 hour from Paris, boasts rich offerings for eco-responsible professional events, with adaptable infrastructure for businesses of all sizes, renowned gastronomy, and accommodation options. C’Chartres Tourisme provides access to modern facilities such as charming hotels, well-equipped conference rooms, unique venues like castles, and green spaces. The city caters to small study days for intimate groups and large-scale events, featuring a new administrative hub with the latest technology, within a 10-minute walk from the train station.

🏨 Covivio and Accor unveiled the upgraded Novotel Bruges Centrum in Bruges, Belgium, now a 4-star hotel with a 52% carbon emission reduction post-renovation, exiting fossil fuels. The repositioning is part of Covivio's strategy, boasting over 300 hotels in 12 countries valued at €6.4 billion as of end of June 2024. Covivio, a unique investor, asset manager, and operator, acquired this hotel in 2005 during a 128-hotel portfolio purchase from Accor and bought the business in 2022.

🏡 Ennismore to open Mama Shelter Lake Como in mid-2026, second in Italy after Rome. Central location in Como city, 2 minutes from Como San Giovanni station and 35 minutes from Milan Malpensa Airport. The hotel will feature 150 rooms including 21 suites, designed by A+B2 architettura with interiors reflecting local landscapes. Mama Shelter's welcoming philosophy aims to create a home-like, vibrant atmosphere for guests.

🏨 Radisson Hotel Group introduced the Radisson brand to Germany with the opening of the Radisson Hotel Leipzig on November 14, 2024, located in downtown near the central train station. The hotel has 224 Nordic-style rooms including standard, superior, and family suites, with amenities like multiple USB ports, free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TV, and air conditioning. Facilities include a fitness center, bar, breakfast restaurant, and 85-spot underground parking, catering to the increasing tourism and business travel in Leipzig.

🏨 MHP Hotel AG, listed on Munich's stock exchange, partners with HWS Immobilien- und Vermögensverwaltung GmbH to acquire Le Méridien Stuttgart, aiming to strengthen its luxury segment across Germany's top seven hotel markets by 2028. Le Méridien, with 293 rooms and located near Schlossgarten park in Stuttgart, has been operated by MHP since 2017 and will undergo a significant ESG-compliant modernization. It will continue under Le Méridien brand and Marriott International partnership, enhancing its local and international market presence. Dr. Jörg Frehse, MHP CEO, aims to lead in Germany's upscale and luxury hotel sector, supported by strategic positioning through Stuttgart 21 project, according to CFO Ralf Selke.

🏠 Located in the heart of Plaza de Cataluña, the 4* superior 45 Times Barcelona Hotel operates temporarily under the ephemeral brand 45 Times Hotels, featuring 119 rooms across 11 different categories. Its proximity to Las Ramblas theaters and Gaudí's works adds to its allure, while its neoclassical architecture and distinctive decoration, including a mural by an urban art collective, mirror Barcelona's cosmopolitan style.

🏠 Relais & Châteaux, in 2023, expanded by adding six new establishments, raising their total to 31 this year. In Europe: Vetera Matera, Italy, opening March 2025 with 23 rooms; Hotel Diepeschrather Mühle, Germany, 25 rooms, opening early 2025; Storfjord Hotel, Norway, 30 rooms and suites. Outside Europe: Botanique Hotel Experience, Brazil with 7 suites, 13 villas; CasaMolle, Chile with 24 rooms, located in Elqui Valley. Each property offers local gastronomy and various amenities like spas and outdoor activities.

🏨 SIH Hotel Management and Reality Management Fukuoka KK will begin a hotel management contract on December 1, 2024, for the ZeQuu Hotel & Annex in Kyoto, featuring 126 rooms and two restaurants. Located 10 minutes from Kyoto station, the hotel is a joint venture between Shiki Properties KK and infinitude hospitality Japan KK (IHJ). Marcel Holman, CEO of IHJ, and Ashley Harvey, GM of SIH Hotel Solutions, aim to expand the portfolio and offer high-quality hotel management.