The new head of France at SiteMinder, the global hotel industry’s leading guest acquisition platform, is inviting hotels to help distribute tourism more evenly across the country by using technology to “sell their destination”. Antoine Auburn, a Bordeaux-native and travel passionate, says a wider adoption of hotel marketing technology could be pivotal in avoiding overtourism from arising in popular hot spots and driving tourists to rural areas where they are needed most.
Hyatt Place Rouen to open in France
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a franchise agreement with a subsidiary of Matmut S.A.M. to develop the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Rouen, the capital of Normandy, France. @Hyatt
Holiday Inn Express¨ opens at Charles de Gaulle airport
The largest Holiday Inn Express¨ opens in France at one of EuropeÕs busiest airports. @HIExpress
Tripadvisor reveals best US and Global Hotels with 2017 Traveller Choice Awards
The USA featured the most unique hotel winners with 171 in total
Edmond de Rothschild Heritage and Four Seasons to open first European Four Seasons ski destination
Four Seasons Hotel, Megève and the Chalet Du Mont d’Arbois, Megève, A Four Seasons Hotel, to open late 2017.
Staycity opening two more properties in France
Staycity has confirmed the opening of two new sites in France in 2017 – in Marseille and Lyon.
New YOTELAIR opens at Charles De Gaulle airport
Opening on 8th November in Terminal 2E of Charles de Gaulle Airport, the bookable by the hour Paris hotel will be the airport’s first airside hotel.
Radisson Blu to reopen flagships in Cologne and Lyon
The group signs a 10-year lease extension with Invesco in Cologne and reopens Lyon after a 3-year long full refurbishment.
pentahotels celebrates its Paris grand opening
The launch of pentahotel Paris also revealed the new Global Design of the lifestyle hotel brand, shown in a mock-up-room and in parts of the hotel’s public areas.
Radisson Blu opens in Lyon, France
Upon entering the lobby, guests are welcomed by a striking, 18 meter high light installation, showcasing a stunning atrium under the building’s glass roof.











