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easyHotel explore des options stratégiques pour soutenir sa croissance future

🏨 Founded in 2004, easyHotel, a European budget hotel operator, is exploring sale options amid expansion across 11 countries. Operating 49 hotels, including 17 franchised with 1,250 rooms and 32 owned or leased with over 3,500 rooms, easyHotel could value at approximately £400 million ($529 million). Advisors N M Rothschild & Sons are guiding the sale, with TPG and Proprium Capital Partners among potential buyers. Majority shareholders ICAMAP and Ivanhoé Cambridge's pre-pandemic investment valued the company at around $170 million.
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Hyatt étend son portefeuille lifestyle avec l’acquisition de Standard International

🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation to acquire Standard International, adding 21 hotels and over 2,000 rooms to its global portfolio. The deal, set to close later this year, will see a new lifestyle group created in New York, led by Amar Lalvani, Standard International's executive chairman. The acquired portfolio will be "asset-light," including management, franchise, and license agreements of establishments like The Standard in London and New York, and boutique hotels such as Hotel Saint Cecilia in Austin, Texas.
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Hommage à Michel Guérard : Le chef visionnaire de ‘Les Prés d’Eugénie’ s’est éteint

🍴 Michel Guérard, iconic "nouvelle cuisine" chef, died at 91 on the night of August 18-19, 2024. His restaurant-hotel, Les Prés d’Eugénie in Eugénie-les-Bains, holds three MICHELIN stars. Guérard, born in 1933 in Vétheuil, Val-d'Oise, started as a pastry chef in 1957 at Crillon, opened his restaurant, Pot-au-Feu, in 1965, earning two MICHELIN stars. In 1974, he established at Eugénie-les-Bains, influencing many chefs over 47 years. Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the MICHELIN Guides, acknowledges his culinary impact.
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LWS Hospitality et IHG convertissent un ancien bâtiment de la Poste en hôtel voco à Angers

🏢 LWS Hospitality partners with IHG Hotels & Resorts to convert the former Post Office in Angers, France, into a voco hotels branded premium hotel. Renovation begins Q4 2024, opening set for Q1 2027. This follows Marriott's recent opening of the 4-star, 94-room Aloft Dijon in a former post office on May 28, 2024. Hotel conversions are increasingly strategic in value creation amidst ecological regulations and land scarcity, despite financing challenges.
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Le fondateur du groupe Cible s’est éteint à l’âge de 84 ans

🏠 Jean-Pierre Bansard, businessman and senator for French citizens abroad, passed away at 84 on August 16. He led the Consistoire central israélite de France (1992-1994) and founded ASFE in 2009. Bansard established Groupe Cible in 1962, owning the 5-star InterContinental Champs-Élysées, 4-star Hôtel Camille Paris Gare de Lyon, 4-star Hôtel Le Marcel, 3-star La Tour de Nesle, and Hôtel Le Relais de Poste in Arles.
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Starhotels renforce son expansion commerciale au Royaume-Uni avec un bureau de ventes

🏨 Starhotels, an Italian private high-end and luxury hotel company, opens a new global sales office in the UK as part of its international expansion strategy. This UK office will support business development in the UK and Northern Europe, enhancing coordination for Starhotels' growing portfolios and strengthening international market influence. The expansion includes recent representative appointments in the Middle East and India, adding to the US, Latin America, Russia, and CIS presence. Romano Campione leads the new UK and Northern Europe sales office, leveraging his extensive hospitality experience to drive growth and client base expansion.
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Tourisme : quand la religion fait des miracles 2 – Europe : Italie, Espagne & France

🗿 Vatican in Italy, Santiago de Compostela in Spain, and Lourdes in France are key religious tourism sites in Europe, serving not only as spiritual hubs but also as major economic and cultural activity centers. Religious tourism is deeply rooted in history and culture, influencing economic, cultural, and social dynamics of these historic locations.
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Zleep Hotels et Core Hospitality fusionnent pour renforcer leur présence au Danemark

🏨 In Denmark, Zleep Hotels A/S and Core Hospitality A/S merged, making Core Hospitality one of the country's largest hotel operators and the fourth largest overall. Post-split from Germany's Deutsche Hospitality, the latter now owns 100% of Zleep Hotels, while Core Hospitality retains all Danish Zleep operations, totaling 14 hotels. The merged Core Hospitality now manages 19 hotels across five brands, including two Moxy in Norway, a Fairfield by Marriott, a Residence Inn by Marriott in Copenhagen, and Kirk Suites in Vejle. The merger enhances Core Hospitality's scale, negotiation leverage, commercial reach, talent pool, and provides real estate investors with better opportunities to optimize returns.
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