Memphis, Tennessee
voco Hotel Napoleon
IHG's first voco in Memphis revives the 1902 Scimitar Building downtown.
Open · November 2025
voco Hotel Napoleon reopened in downtown Memphis on 14 November 2025, IHG's first voco in Tennessee and its first hotel in the Memphis market. The 58-room property occupies the 1902 Scimitar Building, retaining its stone façade while adding The Archives Bar & Bistro and sustainability-minded operations under KingsLane Group management.
The essentials
- Group
- IHG (voco)
- Opening
- November 2025
- Rooms & suites
- 58 rooms and suites
- Segment
- Premium
- Designer
- NC
- Entry rate
- NC
The place
At 179 Madison Avenue in downtown Memphis, next to AutoZone Park and within walking distance of Beale Street, FedExForum and the Mississippi riverfront.
The concept
voco's first hotel in Memphis and in Tennessee restores the 1902 Scimitar Building — built for local businessman Napoleon Hill and later home to a bank and a printing works — into a sustainability-minded boutique stay, managed by KingsLane Group with the original stone façade retained.
Dining & wellness
The Archives Bar & Bistro serves Southern-inspired breakfast and lunch and doubles as an evening bar, alongside a 24-hour fitness center.
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