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mars 4, 2025

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Ouverture • Espagne | À Madrid, The Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel

🏠 The Palace Madrid, previously The Westin Palace, joins The Luxury Collection Marriott post a two-year ambitious restoration. Located in Madrid's Quartier des Lettres, the UNESCO-listed hotel showcases a meticulous revival executed by Ruiz Larrea Arquitectura, preserving the original 'Palace color' and floral ornaments. The iconic 1912 stained-glass dome by Ferrés i Puig and Maumejean was restored with over 100 artisans' assistance. Helen Leighton, VP at Marriott International, emphasizes the hotel's century-plus cultural significance. The Palace boasts 470 naturally-lit rooms and suites reflecting Madrid's classic elegance and dynamic spirit.
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Avec l’AI Phone, Deutsche Telekom veut en finir avec les applications

📱 Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity unveiled the AI Phone at Mobile World Congress 2025, aiming to replace the traditional app model with a conversational AI interface. CEO Tim Höttges of Deutsche Telekom, which also heads T-Mobile, anticipates a summer 2025 release with partners including Google Cloud AI, Eleven Labs, and Picsart. The AI Phone seeks to eliminate the need for mobile apps, passwords, and the use of personal data, proposing to streamline the online service booking experience. Despite potential skepticism, Deutsche Telekom plans to integrate new services throughout 2025.
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Du changement dans la direction de B&B HOTELS

🏨 The Breton hotel group B&B HOTELS is expanding in Europe and internationally. Céline Vercollier is appointed as the new CEO, with Damien Martin as CFO and Jan Grossmann as COO for Central and Northern Europe. The group separates the roles of President and CEO, with Fabrice Collet remaining President. These changes support growth as B&B HOTELS celebrates its 35th anniversary. Vercollier, previously CFO since 2017, played a key role in the group's development.
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Hennessy, le cognac côté coulisses

📖 At Hennessy's Cognac facility, the "Destination Tonnellerie" experience welcomes visitors with Jeremy Demester's artwork, installed in 2022. The atelier, housing 12 coopers and 2 apprentices, produces 500-1,000 barrels and repairs over 5,000 annually. The eighth master blender from the Fillioux de Gironde family upholds the tradition of using exclusively French oak for barrel-making.
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Kempinski Hotels nomme Karin Raguin au poste de directrice des ressources humaines

🏢 Kempinski Hotels appointed Karin Raguin as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to focus on talent development and organizational growth. Raguin brings over 20 years of human resources experience in the luxury and fashion industry, having served as LVMH's Senior Vice President of Human Resources in China since 2022. She led a team of over 35 department heads and was integral to LVMH's Global Tech Board. Kempinski has a dedicated workforce of over 19,000 employees globally.
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Nomination, Espagne | Ana Morillo Arroyo rejoint Palladium Hotel Group pour dynamiser la croissance des marques High Energy et All Inclusive

🏨 Ana Morillo Arroyo oversees brands like The Unexpected Hotels, Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts, and TRS Hotels at Palladium Hotel Group. Business volume increased 60% from 2019 to 2024, reaching €1.2 billion in 2024, a 12% rise from 2023. The company is expanding with six new openings and investing over €650 million in the next two years. Palladium Hotel Group restructured for optimal management across nine brands in eight countries, dividing into two units: Lifestyle Brands led by Juan Serra and High Energy & All Inclusive Brands under Ana Morillo Arroyo.
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Île de la Réunion, Social | Aide d’urgence aux salariés des HCR touchés par le Cyclone

💸 Workers affected by a cyclone and forced into part-time unemployment or relocation can receive a solidarity aid of €1,000 per employee plus €500 per dependent child. This emergency financial aid, initiated by employer and trade union organizations (GHR, CGT, CFDT, FO, CFE-CGC) in 2023, is made possible through Klesia–Malakoff Humanis. Past events such as the 2015 and 2016 Paris and Nice attacks, 2015 Var floods, recent Herminia and Ivo storms, and the 2020 Covid pandemic have activated similar solidarity measures, including assistance for 2023 Nanterre riot victims, southwestern fires, Corsica storms, and autumn 2024 storms, as well as financial support against soaring inflation for employees with disability pensions. This is part of the HCR Bien-Être program, which also includes health prevention efforts.
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