Juridique et Administratif

🧨 Pierre Bellerose, consultant and President of the "IA et Tourisme" workgroup in Quebec, has mobilized 150 local players to anticipate AI transformations in the tourism sector. The group's missions include mobilization, awareness, and entrepreneurial culture change, focusing on marketing, customer relations, and HR. They seek proactive AI adoption by tourism enterprises to maintain competitiveness, especially as the U.S. and France advance faster. The group doesn't create tools but demonstrates AI's potential to enhance productivity for numerous small and medium-sized enterprises across Quebec's vast territories.

📅 The GHR Department of Social Affairs is holding a webinar on November 21, from 10 am to 11 am, focusing on employee working hours within the HCR sector. The event addresses the risks of non-compliance including salary back payments, URSSAF adjustments, and labor court disputes. In partnership with Klésia and Malakoff Humanis, the webinar aims to review regulations, optimize and secure time-tracking practices to minimize risks. Registration is available through a provided link.

💸 Nearly 50% of employees consider a career change in 2025. In the past 5 years, 2 million workers have changed professions. On November 14, the 10th National Day of Professional Reconversion was held. The French Franchise Federation's study, in collaboration with Opinion Way, found that 66% of employees are considering a professional shift, with 37% thinking of starting their own business. Among those under 35, 60% are interested in career changes, with 19% already in the process and 25% having a concrete project.

🛒 Two fraudulent online booking platforms recently emerged, deceiving customers into paying reservation fees for non-existent services by using real business listings and details from sites like Booking.com and Google. Businesses face risks including disrupted reservation schedules, potential conflicts, loss of clientele, and damage to reputation. Recommended solutions include promoting an official site, improving its SEO, warning customers, and reporting the platforms to authorities. Victims are advised to report the scam to the police and signal the DGCCRF at https://signal.conso.gouv.fr/fr. For further assistance, contact is available at 01.42.96.88.74.

🏠 French deputies and senators agreed on a new regulation law on October 28, which is the fifth in ten years, targeting tourism furnished rentals. The UNPLV criticizes the law for not addressing the housing crisis and for infringing on property rights and the purchasing power of French renters and vacationers. The legislation fails to target the minority of multi-property owners, instead affecting individuals who rent their primary residence or part-time homes, potentially reducing the rental days from 120 to 90, creating legal uncertainty.

🏡 Assemblée nationale française adopts legislation on November 7 to regulate furnished tourist accommodations. Key measures include registration requirement, reduced tax deductions from 50% to 30% for non-classified rentals with a €15,000 ceiling, and from 71% to 50% with a €77,000 ceiling for classified rentals and guesthouses. Residence rentals capped at 90 days, down from 120. Energy performance diagnostics ranked D by 2034 for non-primary residences. The number of furnished tourist accommodations surged from 300,000 to 1.2 million over eight years. Guest & Strategy, founded in 2010, confirms regulation necessity. Only 21,500 guesthouses exist in early 2023. The reform may increase tax burdens, potentially leading to closures, impacting state revenue.

🏨 On November 4, 2024, the New York City Council approved the 'Safe Hotels Act,' exempting hotels with under 100 rooms from certain regulations. Mayor Adams emphasized the safety of hotel workers and tourists, aiming for secure, healthy, and clean hotels that support the tourism and hospitality industry. The Act mandates hotel operators to have a license, costing $350, with a two-year compliance timeframe. Hotels over 100 rooms must hire staff directly, ensure continuous reception coverage, and have a permanent security agent if any room is occupied. All main hotel employees must have panic buttons.

🛫 Lilium GmbH and Lilium eAircraft GmbH, eVTOL construction companies in Germany, launch judicial restructuring to avoid liquidation and continue operations. After a partnership with ADP in July 2024 and raising €200 million in 2023, Lilium faced financial difficulties due to a denied loan guarantee by KfW bank, a prerequisite for private fundraising and a €100 million loan aligned with the Bavarian government. Competing internationally, Lilium sought a French government guarantee for a €219 million loan to fund a battery factory and assembly line in Southwest France. The restructuring, subject to court approval, aims to preserve the business with management control under a custodian's supervision. CEO Klaus Roewe believes in the potential for a fresh start post-insolvency proceedings and in electric aviation for decarbonization. ???? Key dates: partnership in July 2024, €200 million raised in 2023, first Lilium Jet flight planned for early 2025, and financing through 2026 anticipated.

📌 New rental law in France to be voted on November 7, reshaping interactions between homeowners, municipalities, platforms, and courts. Mandatory registration for tourist furnished rentals is required before listing, regardless of residence status. Mayors gain the ability to set temporary change-of-use quotas and, from January 1, 2025, may reduce the max rental days of primary residences to 90 days per year from the current 120. Penalties include fines up to €10,000 for unregistered rentals and €20,000 for false declarations or fake registration numbers; platforms must remove listings with invalid numbers by early 2026. Additionally, condo owners and renters must notify the syndic of usage changes for short-term rentals.