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🏕️ Sandaya, a premium outdoor hotel operator, will add two new destinations by 2025: the 5* Le P’tit Bois in Saint-Malo and Domaine La Franqui in Leucate, reaching 60 campsites. In 2024, Sandaya's growth continues, now with 64 sites across France, Spain, Belgium, and Italy, including four exceptional acquisitions in Veneto and Tuscany. Le P’tit Bois, the 9th site in Brittany, is set on 7 hectares, offering 198 accommodations and 37 pitches, with a €770,000 investment planned.

🏨 Covivio finalized the property restructuring process with AccorInvest by the end of 2023, now owning all 43 hotels in France, Belgium, and Germany and transferring 16 hotels to AccorInvest within the same regions. Before the transaction, mid-2024, Covivio Hotels owned the walls of 54 hotels under variable lease agreements with AccorInvest. Additionally, Covivio Hotels was indirectly an asset manager for 60 other hotels through 2 joint ventures, established between 2010 and 2014, one 80% owned by Crédit Agricole Assurances and 20% by Covivio Hotels, and the other by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Société Générale Assurances, and Covivio Hotels.

🏨 W Hotels, part of Marriott Bonvoy's portfolio with over 30 iconic brands, announced the opening of W Prague in the Czech Republic, reviving the historical Grand Hotel Evropa in Art Nouveau style and marking the brand's debut in the country. Blending old-world opulence with contemporary and bold concepts, W Prague adds to Europe's luxury hospitality alongside recent openings like W Rome and W Budapest. Located in Wenceslas Square, the hotel combines Prague's rich history with modern design, diverse gastronomy, and refined service.

🏠 Bâoli Dubai, combining luxury dining and nightlife, launches at J1 Beach on November 21. This new 2000 sqm venue features multiple themed spaces including a Pool & Beach area, petal-shaped Sun Deck, Sunset Lounge, indoor/outdoor restaurant, and the Moon Room speakeasy. It offers Mediterranean flavors with East Asian influences, led by Executive Chef Omar Basiony and Sunset Hospitality Group's Daylife Executive Chef Sylvain Noel.

🏨 IHG Hotels & Resorts to open Crowne Plaza Danang City Centre by the end of the year, featuring 283 rooms targeting the MICE demand in Danang, Vietnam. This expansion joins other Vietnamese properties like Crowne Plaza Phu Quoc Starbay and Crowne Plaza Vinh Yen City Centre, as part of IHG's growing portfolio in Southeast Asia. The agreement is with Regis Bay Vietnam Investment Joint-Stock Company, converting the current Bay Capital Danang Hotel. Chris Anklin is the Principal Development Director for IHG in Southeast Asia and Korea.