Hotel industry professionals: be part of the city's touristic and economic attractiveness
A strategy to serve a balanced and dynamic city

Lyon is attracting and captivating increasing numbers of visitors, as to be now a reference destination in Europe. Being active in Lyon’s hotel trade means inventing the city of tomorrow and getting involved in a sustainable development of the economy. Greater Lyon can provide you with all the information you need to support you in this process.
A development strategy serving an innovative, balanced and sustainable city
With over twenty years of thinking on tourist attractiveness and accommodation, the SDHT (Tourist Accommodation Development Plan) anticipates, orients and supports developments in the accommodation stock to propose an offer in accordance with Lyon’s economic and tourism dynamics.
Professionals in tourist accommodation, this tool designed in partnership with institutions and professionals presents the guidelines for the metropolitan area by 2020:
- the emphasis is to be on innovation and the differentiation of offerings (new brands, new products, etc.);
- a balanced development in terms of quantity is to be promoted, with the most appropriate projects being selected;
- the renovation and modernisation of existing accommodation is to be encouraged.
To follow the history and the trends of the local hotel trade, the Métropole de Lyon can provide you with a monthly hotel observatory, a twice-yearly bulletin about the economy and other reviews.
Overall Greater | 957 | 969 | 3 354 | 4 669 | 4 337 | 343 | 14 623 |
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Unclassified | 1 star | 2 star | 3 star | 4 star | 5 star | Overall | |
Lyon | 305 | 120 | 1 474 | 2 398 | 2 831 | 327 | 7 455 |
Villeurbanne | 12 | 0 | 166 | 315 | 98 | 0 | 591 |
Greater Lyon East | 190 | 325 | 839 | 790 | 961 | 0 | 3 105 |
Greater Lyon North | 187 | 0 | 164 | 130 | 44 | 0 | 525 |
Greater Lyon West | 136 | 235 | 348 | 412 | 403 | 16 | 1 550 |
Greater Lyon South | 127 | 289 | 363 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 1 397 |
Overall Greater Lyon | 907 | 0 | 455 | 1 403 | 692 | 0 | 3 457 |
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Unclassified | 1 star | 2 star | 3 star | 4 star | 5 star | Overall | |
Lyon | 729 | 0 | 455 | 924 | 692 | 0 | 2 800 |
Villeurbanne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
Greater Lyon East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Greater Lyon North | 100 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
Greater Lyon West | 78 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
Greater Lyon South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knowing more about the development of the environment of your business or your project means being able to highlight its assets, anticipate potential opportunities and adapt to new contexts and new demands.
The Métropole de Lyon and its partners present structural urban projects which illustrate the area’s dynamic and help you identify accommodation in the city and the main places of interest for your customer.
Contact us
- You want to know more about the local hotel trade: economic trends, history, latest launches, projects planned?
- You have a project and are looking for a set up opportunity?
- You are looking for partners (brand, investor, developer, marketer)?
- You want an initial expert opinion about your project?