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🏆 Eventiz announced two major tourism industry events for early 2025 during the IFTM: Net Managers Collection Winter in Méribel from January 15-18 and the Travel d’Or awards on April 3, 2025, at Palais Brongniart. Net Managers, after 8 editions in La Plagne, moves to Hôtel Mont Vallon. The Travel d’Or gala, gathering 500 tourism decision-makers annually, opens registrations, continuing to honor France's favorite travel brands.

🏖 A World For Travel, a forum on sustainable tourism, returns to Seville for its second consecutive year during the Travel Innovation Summit (TIS) from October 23-24. Participants include the Radisson Hotel Group, AXA, Sabre, Geotourist, Compagnie des Alpes, Intrepid, and the WTTC, as well as countries like Greece, Oman, and Spain. The event focuses on ESG (Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance) with the theme "Taking action." Ticket sales and award submissions—for categories such as Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Technological Feats, Economic Progress, and Societal Development—are open.

📱 Between January and March 2024, international tourism saw a 20% increase, with over 285 million travelers compared to the previous year. The airline industry expects a record-breaking year in 2024. On Awin's platform, between January and February 2024, hotel commissions and fixed fees rose by 19%, attractions by 24%, and travel agencies by 35%. Influencer-related sales for accommodations stayed relatively stable, rising from 1% to 2% between January 2023 and 2024, while experience-related sales jumped from 1% to over 6% in the same period. TikTok's #travel hashtag boasts over 47 million posts. 75% of marketers now dedicate budgets to influencer marketing, with 90% considering it very effective.

🎭 Cultural and tourist sites are increasingly offering immersive experiences to improve visitor engagement and create new mediation opportunities. The National Museum of Natural History hosts a VR immersive expedition from October 14, 2023, to June 16, 2024. Charlotte-Amélie Veaux, after a 2019 global immersive tour, selects her top 3 immersive experiences. AURA Invalides, a multi-million euro project, enhances visitor experiences at the Army Museum. At Museum Connections, a report on immersive technology's environmental impact is due February 28. The 77th Cannes Film Festival introduces an Immersive Competition, with 8 immersive works selected, aiming to establish Cannes as a global immersive creation hub through its Cannes Immersive program.

🏕 Rémy Knafou highlights a shift toward self-regulation in tourism, with an emphasis on "soft mobility." The concept of "regenerative tourism" is gaining traction as tourists become more aware of their travel impacts. Pas-de-Calais Tourism explores biomimicry in tourism at an event. In March 2023, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) released a report on the tourism industry's GHG emissions tracking and challenges.

💸 Recent European legislation mandates digital enterprises to alter their practices, impacting the Tourism sector. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) changes Google's search results display, disadvantaging independent hoteliers who relied on Google for visibility and independence from Online Travel Agencies (OTAs). Accor's CEO, Sébastien Bazin, criticizes the DMA just days before its enforcement, while Booking faces a reprimand from Spanish authorities. eDreams ODIGEO urges the European Commission to enforce DMA against Google. The Digital Services Act came into effect on August 25 in the EU, post-GDPR, to regulate digital platforms. The adoption of the AI Act by EU member states sets the stage for uniform AI regulation.

🏠 FullSoon, créée en 2022, utilise l'IA pour réduire le gaspillage alimentaire, avec Accor au capital depuis l'année dernière. Around Us, fondée par Jean-François Pillou, est une application mobile qui offre une expérience de visite personnalisée via l'IA. Trainscanner, lancée en septembre 2023, ambitionne d'optimiser les réservations ferroviaires transfrontalières en Europe. SlotR développe sur la blockchain une solution de pair à pair pour la location de vacances, défiant Airbnb. PimpMyTrip offre des carnets d'adresses par des locaux pour un séjour authentique. Fanswaves, une startup lilloise, facilite la planification de voyages pour les événements sportifs et musicaux.

🏖️ SlotR, a French startup, is developing a peer-to-peer system for vacation rentals aiming at fairer remuneration, gaining traction among French communities. CEO Clément Vergnolle discusses the blockchain-based solution as an equitable alternative to Airbnb. Dtravel, entering the vacation rental market, utilizes blockchain to turn bookings into non-fungible tokens (NFTs), promoting direct reservations as an industry standard. Kayak for Business, after two years of collaboration with Blockskye and PwC US, unveils two blockchain-based services for SME travel management, including an API for booking business trips and an automated expense management solution. These initiatives demonstrate the convergence of emerging blockchain and AI technologies, enhancing travel personalization and security.