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The Group’s
development

In 1979, Bernard Cayman, a pharmacist by training, purchased the business and real estate of his first pharmacy. A passionate entrepreneur, after acquiring around fifteen pharmacies, he decided to shift his focus towards commercial real estate.


In 1998, he ventured into the hotel industry following the purchase of a building in Charleroi and sold all his pharmacies to the Lloyd group in 2001. Since then, Mr. Cayman’s three sons have joined the adventure and are contributing to the group’s development. Fifteen hotels in operation and two residential projects later, these entrepreneurs continue to embrace challenges with the same passion.


By 2025, fifteen multi-brand hotels will have opened in Belgium, France, and Spain.

Development of a network of

pharmacies in Belgium

Founding of the real-estate holding

company Immo Sambre SA


Diversification into commercial premises

(Aldi, Brico, Lidl, Carrefour, Pearle, McDonald’s)

First acquisitions

  • ibis Charleroi Centre Gare
  • ibis Charleroi Airport Brussels South
  • Construction ibis Dinant Centre

Diversification into the hotel business

  • Opening of ibis Aalst
  • Acquisition of ibis Liège Seraing

Development in the hotel business,

and retail

Construction and opening of hotels

  • ibis Brussels Waterloo
  • ibis Kortrijk Centrum
  • ibis budget Charleroi Airport
  • ibis budget Aachen Raeren Grenze
  • ibis Sint Niklaas Centrum

Development in the hotel business

and residential development

  • Residential developments: Gent Kouter and Brugge Langerei
  • Opening of ibis Brussels Erasmus

Openings, diversification of brands

  • Novotel Wavre Brussels East
  • Holiday Inn Express Rouen Centre - Rive Gauche
  • ibis Brussels Centre Chatelain

5 projects

  • Moxy Gent Kouter Center
  • Moxy Antwerpen
  • Moxy Brussels Airport Diegem
  • Holiday Inn Express Annecy
  • Holiday Inn Express Bilbao Oeste