Grupo Habita
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Lodging |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Moisés Micha and Carlos Couturier |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Mexico and the United States |
| Services | Lodging |
| Website | http://www.grupohabita.mx/ |
Grupo Habita is a boutique hotel developer-operator based in Mexico City that owns hotels across Mexico and several in the United States.
History[edit]
Grupo Habita was founded in 1994 by Moisés Micha and Carlos Couturier,[1] and opened its first hotel in 2000, called Habita Hotel and located in Mexico City.[2]
Hotels[edit]
Afterward, Grupo Habita expanded its base and established 13 hotels across Mexico, with its most notable and praised property, Downtown, in Mexico City.[2][3] The company later started branching into the United States.
One of its hotels, Deseo, has been described as playing a crucial part in making the Playa del Carmen region of Mexico a hot spot for tourism.[2]
In 2011, the firm opened its first U.S. property, a hotel called Hôtel Americano in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.[2] This hotel is Grupo Habita's largest, with 56 rooms.[4]
Grupo Habita's hotels have been described by observers as being excellent for younger travelers.[2][3]
The group will operate a hotel in Chicago's Wicker Park, due to open in spring 2016.[5]
In 2016 it also expressed an interest in opening a hotel in the Stockade District of Kingston, New York,[6] a historic Hudson Valley city north of New York City that is fast becoming a cultural hot spot, with a large local hipster culture, a strong arts community and a vibrant nightlife.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Carlos Couturier: Designer Fruits", Nowness. August 26, 2012. Accessed August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Oates, Greg (December 13, 2013). "How Grupo Habita is Redefining the Small Hotel Business". Skift. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b Drillinger, Meagan (October 1, 2013). "Millennials in Mexico - Meet Grupo Habita". Travel Agent Central. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Grupo Habita Tapped to Run Boutique Hotel in Wicker Park's Northwest Tower". DNAinfo. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Alisa Hauser. "New Wicker Park Boutique Hotel Will Include Second Restaurant Next to Pool Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine". DNAinfo. August 26, 2015. Retrieved on December 30, 2015.
- ^ "A visit to Grupo Habita's Hôtel Americano in Chelsea". Kingston Times. 22 September 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ^ "Kingston's Moment: Celebrities and Creative Types Rediscover Historic Town". Women’s Wear Daily. 29 August 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ^ "NYC Weekend Trip: A Guide to Kingston in NY's Hudson Valley". Untapped Cities. 12 September 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
