I attended the 2017 edition of the ILTM Conference in Cannes. Over the course of the program, I sought out numerous hoteliers and hospitality experts to discover the latest themes and challenges facing the luxury hotel industry today. One challenge that emerged from...

I attended the 2017 edition of the ILTM Conference in Cannes. Over the course of the program, I sought out numerous hoteliers and hospitality experts to discover the latest emerging themes and challenges in the luxury hotel industry. One theme that has fascinated me...

Every so often, I get the chance to discover amazing hotel brands that draw me into their unique brand vision. Capella Hotels is one of these. With brands including Solis Hotels and the destination spa brand Auriga in addition to Capella Hotels and Resorts, Capella is...

I attended the 2017 edition of the ILTM Conference in Cannes, where I had the occasion to discover exciting developments in the luxury hotel world. Luxury hotel brands often play a fine gamble between maintaining a core brand identity through a historically iconic...

Traveling and Selecting a Hotel Interview with Margaux Pellegrino, Area Director of the Indian Ocean and Head of Jet Tours’ ‘Signature Collection Exception’ I recently had the pleasure of taking part in a press trip organized by Jet Tours in Scotland. I was thus able...

Please find here bellow my interview with Kapil Chopra, the CEO of OBEROI hotel. Please note that he quits the company to become full time entrepreneur. How do you envision the hotel of the future, in 5 or 10 years? How are you preparing the new generation of hotels?...

Discovering the Oetker Collection I had the pleasure of visiting the marvelous and mythical city of Baden-Baden in Germany. This is a city rich in history, tradition, and nature. It is a holiday resort and a thermal station in the middle of the Black Forest. The...

The Art of Sublimating Luxury Hotels I’ve been lucky to discover numerous One&Only Hotels, especially two in Dubai and one in Mauritius. The One&Only Dubai Palm is a sumptuous establishment, an oasis of calm between the Palm and Dubai Harbor. This interview...

Creating spas in luxury hotels… There have been several development phases in the world of luxury hotels. After putting the spotlight on gastronomy by recruiting well-known chefs in their establishments, luxury hotels began re-centering their...

Interview with Philippe Vaurs, founder of Elegancia Hotels Philippe is an alchemist of the hotel industry. A well-respected influencer at the EQUIPHOTEL Salon, his modus operandi is to invest in hotels which he then transforms and even metamorphoses thanks to...