Ouvertures d’hôtels

🏠 Les Vagues Hôtel & Spa opens on July 26 featuring a glass and ivory tower facing the sea, next to a fully renovated Arcachon villa. With 45 rooms including 13 suites, guests can enjoy breathtaking views of the Arcachon Basin or the Winter Town. Amenities include direct beach access, a Phytomer spa, a gourmet restaurant, and the town's highest panoramic terrace (rooftop). – Les Vagues @ credit Foodiesbylouise.

🏠 Located in Graz, the capital of Styria, Austria, the Radisson Hotel Graz offers 232 rooms and is the largest hotel in the city. The hotel provides a fusion of historical and modern attractions, and features rooms designed in the Radisson style. Managed by General Manager Matthias Guttengeber, the hotel aims to ensure a comfortable and relaxing stay for both leisure and business travelers, while also offering Middle Eastern cuisine at the restaurant Balaustine.

🏙 "Viceroy at Ombria Algarve" is set to become the new destination in the heart of the Algarve region, featuring a 360-degree panoramic view of its hilly terrain. Mark Keiser, President of Development at Viceroy, highlights the brand's expansion in Europe and aims to connect guests with their destinations. Together with local authenticity emphasized by Patrick Freeman, CEO of Ombria, Viceroy will offer 76 hotel rooms, 65 residences, a spa, an indoor thermal pool, and six local cuisine restaurants and bars. WATG and PROMONTORIO lead the architectural design.

🏨 Spark by Hilton, an expanding hotel brand, set to open a new 103-room facility in downtown Sindelfingen within the year. The franchise deal with Aspire Hotels follows the 2023 launch of the first Spark by Hilton, the fastest-deployed brand in the company's history. Since its initial hotel debut last September, the brand has grown to nearly 50 operating hotels, with over 175 under development. The Stuttgart Sindelfingen location offers meeting space, breakfast area, multi-purpose gym, and on-site parking, with proximity to local attractions and a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing site employing over 21,000 staff. It's under 20 minutes from Stuttgart Airport, which saw 8.4 million passengers last year, and less than 32 km from the MHP Arena, home to over 60,000 VfB Stuttgart fans per Bundesliga home match.

🏦 RIU Hotels & Resorts launched Riu Plaza Chicago, a 4-star hotel with 390 rooms located at Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The hotel features a 28-story building with modern facilities including a fully-equipped gym, a restaurant, and a lobby bar. Its highlight, The Rooftop bar on the 27th floor, is set to open in early September 2024, offering panoramic city views. RIU, founded in 1953 by the Riu family, operates 97 hotels in 21 countries, welcomed 6.4 million guests and employed 35,808 people in 2023.

🏢 Raffles Tokyo to occupy the top 46 floors of Tokyo’s WTC building, offering business and leisure travelers prime location near Tokyo Tower, Roppongi Museum, and Rainbow Bridge with direct access to Hamamatsuchō Station. Designed by Layan, the hotel will feature 130 rooms, including 27 suites, panoramic city views, six dining and drinking spots, a state-of-the-art fitness studio, pool, spa, and public baths. Over 1,156 square meters of meeting and multifunctional spaces will be available. Tokyo Tatemono Co.’s CEO Hitoshi Nomura collaborates with Accor group to establish Raffles as a Tokyo landmark, enhancing the city’s international liveliness and competitiveness.

🏙 Mandarin Oriental to open a luxury resort with private residences in Bukit, southern Bali, featuring 110 suites and villas, each with private terraces or gardens, and most with private pools. Renowned architects Design Lab, interior designer Jeffrey Wilkes, and landscape architect Bill Bensley have contributed to the project. The resort will include unique dining experiences, such as a cliff-edge restaurant and bar, a Chinese specialty restaurant, a speakeasy, and a beach club. Laurent Kleitman, CEO of Mandarin Oriental, anticipates unparalleled tranquility and elegance for guests and owners.

🏠 Yining, a city on China's western border, will host strategically located Tivoli and NH hotels, with 200 rooms each, near local tourist attractions and the central business district. This 160-hectare project will include a commercial area, cultural performance center, and residential zones. The hotels are positioned to benefit from highway, high-speed train, and air access. Yining, a historic Silk Road trade hub, attracts both domestic and international tourists with its scenic landscapes and ethnic cultures.

🏡 Summer 2024, The Leading Hotels of the World adds six new member hotels, including Quinta do Paral (Vidigueira, Portugal), The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu (Kyoto, Japan), and The Imperial (New Delhi, India), plus openings of Alexander (Mexico, April), Maxx Royal Bodrum Resort (Bodrum, Turkey, May), and Masseria Donna Menga (Nardò Lecce, Italy). The collection now boasts over 400 luxury independent hotels.

🍴 Julien Caligo, a former Michelin-starred chef, launched restaurant Monique in Calvisson (Gard) in early February. He transitioned from the high-end Duende, which he elevated alongside Pierre Gagnaire. Monique, set between Nîmes and Montpellier, offers an open kitchen and personal guest interaction. After an 18-month preparation period, the restaurant, housed in a renovated agricultural storage, features a chef's table, a two-person counter, and a limited capacity of 30 guests. Monique serves a lunch formula at €50, and dinner menus at €85 for 5 courses or €110 for 7 courses, already fully booked since opening.