At the 2023 International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, EQ were the winning submission for the hotel asset manager of the year award (HAMA) for their work on the Hilton London Metropole and Hilton Birmingham Metropole.

We’re first in to see what all the fuss is about at the French capital’s newest Left Bank stay

Master couturier Gaurav Gupta made his debut at Paris Haute Couture Week with a dazzling show on India’s Republic Day, making his mark at one of the most iconic events on the fashion calendar. The designer presented his collection, Shunya (zero in Sanskrit), with 35 sculptural looks that are signature to his eponymous label.

The coming year is looking to be a promising one for travel, with restrictions disappearing in many countries, new flight routes launching, and the hotel industry bringing its A game after two years of uncertainty.

Left Bank St Germain has long been one of Paris’s most creative neighbourhoods and this newcomer takes its motivation from the film sets of the influential French New Wave movement, pioneered by François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. Fifties Gallic glamour provides the set design for the 109 rooms, which are decorated in muted colours, sensuous textures and floor-to-ceiling windows, framing cityscapes that will leave you as breathless as Truffaut’s masterpiece.

Hôtel Dame des Arts - Paris featured as one of the most exciting openings

EQ Group, a strategic European hospitality investment and management platform, and Eternam, a leading institutional French asset management company, have acquired the Courtyard by Marriott Paris Arcueil Hotel.

Affiliates of Angelo Gordon and EQ Group announced the completion of the acquisition of five hotels in Paris, from French listed company Gecina, for €181 million (€222,000 per room, on average). These hotels, all operated under Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Marriott International brands, are located across the French capital.

The hotels comprising 814 rooms are Holiday Inn Paris Notre Dame, Holiday Inn Paris St. Germain des Près, Holiday Inn Paris Versailles Bougival, Courtyard by Marriott Boulogne and Courtyard by Marriott Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle. EQ Hotels Ltd. will manage four of the assets directly under franchise, while the Courtyard by Marriott Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle will be managed by Marriott and asset managed by EQ Hotels Ltd.