A Frame × Ritz Paris suede tuxedo jacket at €1,995, a €7 madeleine from Le Comptoir, a £125 Claridge's candle, a €254 Aman fragrance: what palace hotel boutiques sell, where to buy it and why they do it.
New hotel openings
On the island of Dugi Otok, near Zadar, Villa Nai 3.3 is the only hotel in Croatia with Three MICHELIN Keys: eight rooms and suites for sixteen guests, a 500-year-old olive grove and an award-winning oil.
The Radisson Blu Golf du Verger resort will open near Lyon in 2029, with 148 rooms and an 800 m² spa
Radisson has signed the Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Lyon Golf du Verger: opening is planned for 2029 in Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, with 148 rooms, an 800 m² spa and two golf courses, 30 minutes from Lyon.
The Hôtel d’Aubusson has reopened in Saint-Germain-des-Prés with 44 rooms and a redesigned 20 m pool
The Hôtel d'Aubusson reopened on rue Dauphine in September 2026: 44 rooms and suites redesigned by Bruno Borrione, a 400 m² spa with a 20 m pool and jazz evenings at the Café Laurent.
ITC Hotels has signed a management contract for Mementos by ITC Hotels Karjat, a future 227-key resort with 44 suites between Mumbai and Pune, with 5,600 m² of event space. Opening date not announced.
Tivoli LA VIE Muscat has opened in Muscat, the capital of Oman: the first Tivoli in the country, with a 72-metre pool and the SEEN by Olivier restaurant on the roof, an 18-hole golf course and rooms from 49 OMR a night.
Opened in 1927, the Lodge Park in Megève is celebrating 100 years and will open the Chalet du Lodge in December 2026: 450 m², five bedrooms and a private indoor pool, after three years of renovation.
The former Windermere Hotel, opened in 1847 in the Lake District, will reopen in early 2027 as Elysium Windermere: 74 rooms, a rooftop spa and Breton chef Stéphane Delourme.
Featured on Alerte à l'hôtel on M6 on 15 October 2026, the À la Vieille Halle hotel in Souppes-sur-Loing is open and bookable: 17 rooms from €80 a night, a Vietnamese restaurant, 1 hr 15 min from Paris.
The Plaza hotel in New York will close from January 2027 for at least four years to restore its listed façade. No reopening date has been set: there is until the end of 2026 to stay there.
The Loews Nashville Hotel at Vanderbilt Plaza unveils its renovation: a lobby with a 16-metre chandelier, 341 rooms and the Masons at West End supper club. Ballroom and lawn in January 2027.
In 2025, foreign tourists spent more than a billion nights in hotels across the European Union. Spain accounts for one in four, while France ranks only fourth: the full Eurostat ranking.
