The Originals

The Originals, Human Hotels & Resorts is a French-rooted hotel brand built around independent hoteliers; its official site describes the network as having more than 300 hotels. Its history goes back to Inter-Hotel, founded in Toulouse in 1967, and Relais du Silence, created the following year in the Rhône-Alpes region. Inter-Hotel later added P'tit Dej-Hotel and Qualys-Hotel in 2009, merged with Relais du Silence in 2010, renamed itself SEH United Hoteliers in 2011, and added Hôtels-Chalets de Tradition in 2017. In November 2018, SEH United Hoteliers and its five brands became The Originals, Human Hotels & Resorts. The portfolio is organized into six categories: The Originals Collection, The Originals Relais, The Originals Residence, The Originals Boutique, The Originals City and The Originals Access. Positioning spans luxury to economy: Collection is presented as premium/luxury, Residence combines hotel services with apartment-style freedom, City targets city breaks, and Access is the budget category. The group runs The Originals Club, a loyalty program where members collect points and redeem them for online payment, on-property benefits or virtual gift vouchers.