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🏨 Hospitality ON presents a list and map of new hotel openings and announcements globally within the last 10 days. The list includes hotel group chains and voluntary networks, showcasing locations, photos, and vital information. Newly opened hotels marked in yellow, announced openings in blue, rebranded hotels in green, and signed hotel project deals in orange.

🏖️ La Confédération des Acteurs du Tourisme (CAT) warns of new fiscal measures harming France's tourism sector competitiveness, affecting leisure and vacation spending. Measures include air travel tax, increased tourist tax, and new taxes on water consumption, civil security, and cruise ships. Domestic tourism, 70% of France's tourism GDP (1.6 billion tourist nights), faces detrimental impacts. CAT urges the government to halt tourist tax hikes and consult the industry. Tourist tax revenue soared from €238 million in 2012 to €845 million in 2022 without direct reinvestment in tourism.

🏖️ Sandaya's expansion includes acquiring Le Village Flottant de Pressac in Vienne and Ondres-Plage in Landes, reaching eight new sites by 2024. Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2025, the group will invest over 8 million euros in these locations. In 2024, France will see Sandaya's first Aveyron location (Les Rivages at Millau) and third in Ardèche (La Roubine at Vallon-Pont d’Arc). Italy will gain four sites in Veneto and Tuscany. Ondres-Plage's 8 million euro revamp includes 150 new rentals for 2025. Le Village Flottant de Pressac will double its capacity with a new 900 m² lagoon, a 2,500 m² white sand beach, and 30 extra cottages, emphasizing eco-tourism in a 6.5-hectare NATURA 2000 zone.