Ronan Daniel

🏨 Isabelle Viale, Directrice du Marketing pour Septeo Hospitality, et Vanguelis Panayotis, CEO de MKG Consulting, ont abordé l'adoption impérative de l'IA dans les structures hôtelières lors de l'édition 2025 de l'IFTM. Ils ont discuté des défis actuels et de la manière de limiter les frictions dans cette transition technologique essentielle pour le secteur de l'hospitalité.

🚉 SNCF Voyageurs and Trip.com Group announced a strategic partnership at the IFTM fair in Paris, enabling international booking of SNCF train tickets. Available services include TGV INOUI, TER, Intercités, international trains, and OUIGO by autumn 2025. The collaboration ensures multilingual support, multi-currency payments, and 24/7 customer service, promoting seamless multimodal and sustainable travel across France and Europe. Dennis Li and Stéphane Rapebach highlight the initiative's role in meeting growing demand for flexible mobility.

💸 SiteMinder’s August 2025 study reveals 65% of French hoteliers predict a revenue boost of at least 6% annually from integrated systems. The potential gain is significant in a sector earning over €60 billion from international travelers. Speed is critical, with 93% highlighting its importance, 58% label it "critical," and 45% missing weekly revenue opportunities. AI adoption is rising to replace manual processes, as 79% spend over 11 hours on automatable tasks weekly.

🌐 La start-up Le Walk, fondée par Aaron Sekhri, Stephen Boyle, et Anthony Privitelli, a levé 4,1 millions de dollars pour sa plateforme d'audioguides géolocalisés. L'application, qui a dépassé 110 000 téléchargements en version bêta, est active à Paris, Versailles, Florence, et Rome, avec des plans pour Londres et Barcelone, visant 25 destinations d'ici l'été 2026. Le financement provient de Adverb Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Origins Fund, et Point72 Ventures, pour renforcer ses partenariats et son expansion européenne.

🎮 Louis de Carolis, President of Cryptor Studio, introduced "Cryptors in the City" to integrate video games into French cultural sites. The initiative started 10 months ago and has expanded across France, with 40 characters and 30 artworks, aiming for 200 by next summer. Collaborating with locations like Deauville, Angers, and Cheverny, the app offers users interactive street art experiences. Supported by the French Tech grant, it plans international expansions, including a project with the American embassy in Paris.

🌎 Greentripper, a Belgian startup founded in late 2018, addresses carbon footprints in tourism. At the IFTM event in 2025, they introduced Act4Travel, an AI tool for analyzing travel elements to track CO2 impacts. Tourism contributes 8-10% of global CO2 emissions. Greentripper offers a 360-degree service focusing on measuring, reducing, contributing, and inspiring. Their carbon calculator, initially focused on flights, now covers all transport types and accommodations. They work with 40 travel companies and plan to expand their team of five.