Business Traveller (Middle East)
COMING SOON
CHEVAL BLANC PARIS
Cheval Blanc will debut in Paris next month in the 1920s art deco La Samaritaine building in the regal first arrondissement – the former department store has undergone a $836 million renovation project by LVMH. It will have 72 rooms and suites, plus a single private apartment. Dining options include a restaurant by three Michelinstarred chef Arnaud Donckele, and a contemporary brasserie with a terrace overlooking the city. There will also be a spa in partnership with House of Dior. chevalblanc.com
CHOUCHOU
This 63-room hotel, named after a French term of endearment, opens next month in Opéra. It has a “Bar Guingette” (a bar-cum-dance venue), and three pools in the basement that can be rented by the hour. Room interiors embrace the Parisian style, with mouldings, herringbone parquet flooring and striped sailor-style duvet covers. chouchouhotel.com
CANOPY BY HILTON
A 123-room hotel will open in Trocadéro in the 16th arrondissement in the middle of this year, close to Palais Galliera and Palais de Tokyo museums. This will be followed by a 150room Canopy in summer 2022 in the Latin Quarter, in a renovated historical mansion featuring a living wall façade, a garden, a restaurant, bar, tearoom and gym. hilton.com
BULGARI HOTEL PARIS
Bulgari Hotels and Resorts’ seventh hotel will open later this year in a Haussmann building at the crossroads of the Champs-Elysées and Avenue Montaigne – the “Triangle d’Or”. It will have 76 rooms, a spa, pool, a restaurant and a bar with courtyard garden. bulgarihotels.com
KIMPTON PARIS
The IHG brand’s first hotel in France is expected to open in the Opéra district at the end of this year. The property will have 149 rooms and 24 suites, with facilities including a rooftop terrace cafe, a gym, pool, sauna and five meeting rooms. kimptonhotels.com
MGALLERY
Architect Jean Nouvel’s mixed-use Duo skyscraper complex, composed of two asymmetrical towers, is set to open in the 13th arrondissement in 2021. The second tower will house a 139-room hotel from Accor’s upmarket MGallery brand on the top ten floors. The complex will also have a restaurant and panoramic sky bar. mgallery.accor.com
RADISSON COLLECTION HOTEL AND SUITES, PARIS LA DEFENSE
Radisson Collection will make its French debut in 2023 in the mixeduse Sisters Towers development in the city’s business and commercial centre. Radisson Collection Hotel and Suites, Paris La Défense will have 309 rooms and apartments, as well as a bar and restaurant on the 26th floor, a gym and spa, plus an indoor infinity pool on the top floor. radissonhotels.com