Accor brings Handwritten to Croatia
Chris Bown
20 Nov 2024
Accor’s Handwritten Collection is expanding around the world, signing an eclectic mix of independent hotels in interesting places
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Accor’s Handwritten Collection is expanding around the world, signing an eclectic mix of independent hotels in interesting places
AccorInvest continues to pursue options to sell down its hotel assets, as it looks to reduce and refinance group debt.
Fairmont’s upcoming hotel in the fast-developing Chinese city of Xiamen has taken out THP.News’ Project of the Week title for this week. The luxury hotel will be designed by the famed British architectural firm Foster + Partners, and is set to become a key feature of the Xiamen skyline.
Accor has entered into an industry-pioneering three-year partnership with World Monuments Fund (WMF) to protect cultural heritage and strengthen local communities.
French hotel group Accor has driven its growth in the midscale hotel segment via its Mercure brand, now established in all key global markets
From luxury to economy, Accor is expanding its presence across the continent of Africa, expanding into new markets to meet growing demand.
Long established in the USA, Ennismore’s SLS brand is poised to launch in Europe with a significant urban resort in Barcelona.
Handwritten Collection, Accor’s collection brand, is continuing its growth trajectory in Europe with a series of upcoming openings that will mark the brand’s debut in Albania (Tirana), Cyprus (Nicosia), Germany (Düsseldorf), Romania (Bucharest) and Benelux (Zeeland and Vielsalm).
A new hotel brand, The Estate, will combine hospitality with the latest approaches to wellness, focusing on analysis of personal health to improve longevity.
An upcoming Sofitel in Doha’s West Bay is our Project of the Week this week. It’s one of a pair of sister hotels taking over the Albaker Hotel Towers, initially designed as office buildings and a luxury hotel.
Melbourne is attracting more hotels and hotel brands, as the city’s attractions draw in ever more local and international visitors.
The improving economies of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan present opportunities to grow tourism and hotel projects
With a long history of business in Australia, Accor has recently demonstrated its commitment to the market with a series of contract renewals.
Hilton’s Munich Park hotel is closing for a major makeover, as the 1972 landmark and its immediate surroundings are brought up to date.
Australia’s oldest luxury hotel, the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, is getting an AUD$60 million facelift.
To the east of Europe, Romania is now opening up as a new destination for EU travellers, with hotel brands following the money.
London is seeing a wave of new luxury branded hotels being built and launched – with the market seemingly absorbing the new supply comfortably
A first for the brand, Ennismore is launching an all-inclusive resort under its SLS brand in Cancun, Mexico.
Accor will be debuting a Tokyo outpost of its famed Raffles brand in 2028.
Egypt is pushing to grow its tourism sector as a major economic driver, and outside its capital region, one area of focus is the country’s Mediterranean coastline where significant development is planned.
Authorities in Barcelona are clamping down on what residents increasingly view as overtourism, and have just announced there will be no new permissions for short term rental properties in the city.
Ennismore, Accor’s lifestyle hotel division, has signed a new hotel in Oslo, Norway for its Hoxton brand, and confirmed a late 2024 opening for its Delano branded property in Dubai.
A complex swap of assets sees hotel investment groups Covivio and AccorInvest unlock significant opportunities across their European portfolios, to refurbish, upgrade and rebrand a significant number of hotels
Rockwell Island Development Group to launch luxury resort and private residences in a secluded Bahamas peninsula just 30 minutes from the US mainland.
Hotel group Accor, which is about to launch the first of a chain of Orient Express branded luxury hotels, has agreed a strategic partnership with luxury group LVMH to drive forward growth of the brand across hotels, trains and yachts.
Hilton is expanding its room count in Iceland, and building out from the capital Reykjavik with its first regional property, in the northern coastal destination of Akureyri.
Virgin Hotels has found a home in London, taking on and rebranding an existing Shoreditch property to add its portfolio of hotels that is currently largely US oriented.
Adagio aparthotels, a joint venture project supported by Accor and Pierre & Vacances, is pushing for more international growth by increasing the number of franchise agreements in the portfolio.
Luxury hotel brands have been growing their presence in the Spanish hotel market, and are now being joined by midscale and economy brands, as locally owned and family run hotels decline.
With the opening of its 700th hotel in Greater China, Accor is looking to the future with plans to introduce more of its brands across the country.
Accor is continuing the expansion of its TRIBE brand across Europe with the opening of a new hotel in Latvia, the first hotel from the brand to be opened in the Baltic States.
Ennismore is bringing its SO/ brand to Hungary, with the opening of a luxury Budapest hotel in 2026.
Our pick for Project of the Week is Novotel’s US$93 million four star new build in the German harbour city of Hamburg which will see 830 rooms added to the banks of the River Elbe.
Investors continue to appreciate the value of hotels in Paris, where the French capital has delivered consistently strong operational performance, recovering fully after the pandemic.
The forthcoming Banyan Tree Bimini Resort & Residences will become the first Banyan Tree Resort and Residences to open in the Caribbean.
Rapidly expanding hospitality lifestyle group Ennismore has marked a major milestone with its first hotel signing in South Africa.
Three of Accor’s luxury and lifestyle hotels in Europe are to be given a makeover, with Sofitels in Rome and Lisbon to be upgraded while a third hotel in Budapest is to switch to the SO/ lifestyle brand
A strong recovery in visitor numbers in South Korea is boosting hotel development activity, as international brands look for opportunities to expand their business in the country
One of Accor’s newest brands, Handwritten Collection is making its U.S. debut with the summer 2024 opening of Hotel Stratford San Francisco.
A strong performance during 2023 at Australian hotels has encouraged developers to take a closer look at the sector, and the big brands are signing up to new hotel projects, as they move from planning to construction
Abu Dhabi has set out plans to grow travel and tourism’s contribution to its economy, with a series of growth targets set for 2030 as it aims to draw in ever more international visitors
A strong rebound in India’s hotel market has investor confidence growing, while international brands are looking to grow their market presence signing hotels in second and third tier Indian cities
It has taken time, but Hong Kong’s hotel market is finally recovering from the pandemic, with rising numbers of mainland Chinese and international visitors, boosting the destination’s hotel occupancy
The new addition to Accor’s MGallery portfolio, Domaine de la Reine Margot Paris Issy provides a sanctuary within a historic estate of Issy-les-Moulineaux, close to Paris.
International brands are expanding their presence in Greece, as the hotel market develops the breadth of its offering, attracting a growing number of long haul leisure guests to the country
With its roots in Europe, Accor is further deepening and broadening its presence with a strong roster of hotel openings across its Premium, Midscale & Economy brands
Following the pandemic, Saudi Arabia has grown its tourism offer successfully, with international visitor numbers up 56% in 2023, compared with 2019.
Raffles Hotels & Resorts is to debut a resort at 2,300 metres in the mountains of NEOM, as a part of Saudi Arabia’s year-round mountain destination Trojena.
Ennismore is accelerating the growth of its lifestyle hotels, resorts and hospitality venues, with a strong pipeline of international projects due to open through 2024
After twenty years without a presence in the city, Fairmont will be making a return to the New Orleans skyline in 2025.
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