Grupo Habita

Grupo Habita is a boutique hotel developer-operator based in Mexico City that owns hotels across Mexico and several in the United States.

Grupo Habita
TypePrivate
IndustryLodging
Founded2000 (2000)
FounderMoisés Micha and Carlos Couturier
Headquarters
Mexico City
,
Mexico
Area served
Mexico and the United States
ServicesLodging
Websitehttp://www.grupohabita.mx/

History

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

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
  1. "Carlos Couturier: Designer Fruits", Nowness. August 26, 2012. Accessed August 6, 2015.
  2. Oates, Greg (December 13, 2013). "How Grupo Habita is Redefining the Small Hotel Business". Skift. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  3. Drillinger, Meagan (October 1, 2013). "Millennials in Mexico - Meet Grupo Habita". Travel Agent Central. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.
  6. "A visit to Grupo Habita's Hôtel Americano in Chelsea". Kingston Times. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  7. "Kingston's Moment: Celebrities and Creative Types Rediscover Historic Town". Women’s Wear Daily. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  8. "NYC Weekend Trip: A Guide to Kingston in NY's Hudson Valley". Untapped Cities. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
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