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Louis de Vilmorin, Managing Director WellWays SA : Dans le luxe le Spa doit être justifié

📝 Louis de Vilmorin, former International Director of Guerlain Institutes and Spas, led the opening of around fifteen luxury hotel spas, enhancing Guerlain's wellness sector presence. Post-Guerlain, he co-founded Wellways, a consultancy advising hotels on optimizing guest well-being. He contends not all luxury hotels must offer wellness, noting profitability challenges unless there's high occupancy and strong management, and emphasizes market research to determine if a spa adds value, particularly for resorts.

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Emmanuel Sauvage, Président de la commission Prestige, Tourisme et Promotion du GHR

🏡 Emmanuel Sauvage, 42, with a BTS in hospitality management, began his career as head receptionist and became a director at 23 within Les Hôtels de Paris group. In 2010, he managed the opening of the 5-star Burgundy in Paris. By 2014, he co-founded Evok Hôtels Collection with Romain Yzerman and investor Pierre Bastid, now comprising five lifestyle destinations. Sauvage leads the Prestige commission for the GHR union. Despite the luxury sector's resilience, it's experiencing a slowdown, partly due to the past year's economic issues, affecting not only the ultra-wealthy but a broader clientele.

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Christophe Laure, IHG Luxury & Lifestyle, Président de la Section Prestige de l’UMIH

🏦 Christophe Laure, leader of InterContinental Paris Le Grand and seven other establishments in Southern Europe, with education from École Hôtelière de Lausanne and Cornell University, presides over the Prestige section of a major hotel professional union. Despite a luxury sector "a bit out of time," a slowdown is evident, especially post-Olympics in Paris, with luxury hospitality showing modesty and decline. Geopolitical instability affects the market, with Chinese and Middle Eastern demand not recovering to previous levels.

7 min

Maud Bailly, membre du Comité exécutif de la division Luxe & Lifestyle du Groupe Accor

🏦 Maud Bailly, an ENA and ENS graduate, began her career in public service, alternating between major corporations and ministerial offices. She joined Accor Group in 2017 as Chief Digital Officer and executive committee member. By 2020, she led Group activities in France and Southern Europe, and as of January 2023, oversees brand development for Sofitel, MGallery & Emblems. The luxury market experienced annual growth of approximately 2% in hotel inventory versus 5% in economic growth. Despite the COVID crisis affecting the sector into 2022, under Bailly's charge, the Southern Europe division, with 1,900 hotels, continued to open a new hotel every four days.

2 min

La bataille de la réservation via l’IA s’intensifie entre géants de la tech

🛫 Booking.com, Google, and OpenAI are competing in travel bookings using AI tools such as Trip Planner, chatbot Gemini, and Operator. OpenAI's Operator, in Beta for pro subscribers, connects with platforms like TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Priceline, and more, offering complete reservation capabilities. Travelers face a choice between sticking with familiar platforms or switching to AI assistants from Google or OpenAI. Operator allows for setting preferences and direct booking through partner platforms. Tripadvisor has also partnered with Perplexity, showcasing the intensifying rivalry.

3 min

Huttopia monte au capital du groupe Elégancia pour sceller un nouveau partenariat

🏕 Céline and Philippe Bossanne's nature camping group acquires a 34% stake in Philippe Vaurs and Christophe Sauvage's Elégancia hotel group. Elégancia manages Hoscar café-hotels, with its flagship in Versailles since last year. Elégancia founders witnessed Hoscar de Versailles' opening in May. Huttopia, known for French glamping, expanded to Canada, the USA, the Netherlands, and China, and introduced café-hôtels post-lockdown for village revitalization.

1 min

Décembre 2024, la fin d’année réussit bien à l’hôtellerie européenne

🏨 December 2024: European hotel sector sees performance indicators rise with average occupancy rates up by 1.6 points, driven by high-end hospitality, countering weaker lower segments. This reflects Europe's attractiveness to international visitors during year-end.

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Décembre 2024, une fin d’année à nouveau atypique pour l’hôtellerie française

🌈 In December, the French hotel industry's Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) increased by 6.4%, surpassing €66. This boost is attributed to the high-end Parisian leisure clientele, who sought to re-experience the Olympic spirit, countering the underperformance of budget hotels.

2 min

Le groupe Les Étincelles se détache de la tourmente qui affecte DeSavoie

🏖️ Guerlain Chicherit's personal holding group, DeSavoie, involved in financial uncertainties while operating well. Chicherit, a former ski freerider and car racer, invests in mountain real estate through DeSavoie Real Estate, noted for the ambitious WOM (World of Mountain) project in Tignes. Whitegold Hospitality, part of his corporate network, operates Les Étincelles brand hotels, having amassed about 30 upscale assets in less than a decade, including hotels Carlina, Chamois d'Or, Taj-i-Mah, residences Montana, Koh-i Nor, and chalets Thovex and Tribute Bansky, via a variety of club-deals.

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Hospitality-ON Le Mag – Chap. 4 : Nouvelles approches concept de l’hôtellerie de luxe

🏨 No factual data such as dates, locations, numbers, statistical information, or specific individuals involved were provided in the excerpt given. The text discusses the luxury hotel sector's search for new and original offerings to meet high-end clients’ desires for novelty and exclusivity, driven by innovators, investors, and marketers. The aim is to achieve a "Wow!" effect, provided clients are willing to pay the price for unique experiences.

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