Eléna Amoussou
Hospitality thought through at 360°.
“Seeing the stay through the eyes of the guest, the owner and the team.”
2014-2020
European Bachelor in Hotel and Tourism Management, then MBA in International Hospitality and Luxury Brand Management, CMH Paris, with honours
2015-2019
Front desk, concierge and service in high-end Paris hotels, including Le Bristol and The Peninsula
2020 à aujourd’hui
Front desk, then head of reception at the Maison Rouge, a 4-star hotel in Cotonou
2023
First furnished homes entrusted for management in Cotonou
2024
Léna Escapes is founded: homes, management and interior design
2026
Trainer and course designer at a hotel school
The through-line
A hotel's standard, applied elsewhere.
“At the crossroads of service, creation and teaching, every experience is designed as a balance of rigour, aesthetics and attention to people.”
Eléna's path links formal training, hotel floors and brand-building. Receptionist and then head of reception at the Maison Rouge, a 4-star hotel in Cotonou, her role reached far beyond the front desk. Alongside general management she took part in running the property: supervising front and back office, leading and training the teams, writing the procedures, following invoicing and the cash book, keeping costs in check, coordinating seminars, events and partners.
From that daily work comes a conviction. A place does not hold up on its beauty alone, but on the rigour of what happens behind it: the room ready, the arrival smooth, the complaint handled before it becomes a memory.
Léna Escapes was born in 2024 of that standard, applied to private homes and fed by several years in high-end Paris hotels. Today, Eléna also trains the sector's future professionals at a hotel school in Cotonou.
The guest stays first: an attentive welcome, accommodation properly kept and a team that answers. An owner's trust is built on that real experience.