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🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation launches Hyatt Select, a new upper-midscale brand targeting transient travelers, offering a "convenient and economical" experience. Part of Hyatt's Essentials portfolio, Hyatt Select focuses on secondary and tertiary markets, featuring free breakfast, 24/7 market access, and modern rooms with workspaces and high-speed internet. The lean operating model aims to cut labor costs while maintaining quality service. This expansion includes the first Hyatt Studios in Mobile, Alabama, broadening Hyatt's market reach and providing more options to owners and guests.

🌽 Côte d'Azur France Tourisme participated in the Salon International de l'Agriculture in Paris from February 22 to March 2, 2025, alongside the Alpes-Maritimes Department. The event, with over 600,000 visitors in 2024, served as a platform to showcase the region's tourism and agricultural expertise. Focused on sustainable tourism, Côte d'Azur France aims to highlight its agritourism potential, leveraging local producers and their products under the Côte d'Azur France license.

🍎 During Ramadan 2025, which will run from March 1st to March 30th, Dubai invites travelers to experience local cultural traditions alongside iconic city attractions. Visitors can engage with special Ramadan experiences like iftars and cultural events, enriching their stay with unique insights into the Dubai lifestyle.

🏖️ Sandaya, a luxury outdoor hotel chain, announces over 1000 job openings for the 2025 season across its 60 camping sites in France, Belgium, Spain, and Italy. Founded in 2010, the company seeks various seasonal staff including reception, restaurant, maintenance, and entertainment, with specific roles for lifeguards and housekeepers. To attract new talent, Sandaya adopts a digital approach in 2025, launching an employer page on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

🛩 Spark e-Fuels, a startup based in Berlin and founded in 2021, raised €2.3 million during a pre-seed funding round led by Nucleus Capital. The round also included business angels from former executives of Shell, Lufthansa, BP, Siemens Energy, and McKinsey. The investment will help build their first pilot plant aiming to make biofuels a viable alternative to kerosene by reducing production costs of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), considering daily intermittent and seasonal variations of electricity and hydrogen supply.

🍕 Le Grand Feu aims for 100 restaurants by 2025, leveraging a new logistics platform in Sorbiers (42) to support growth of PizzaCosy, Piou!Piou!, and Greekia. Florent Mercier, PizzaCosy co-founder, awarded Best Brand and Franchise of the Year 2025, offers expertise in authentic cuisine with quality ingredients. Recently joined by Jérémy Cerceau's FOOD MOOD, the group strengthens its position in food franchise sector.

🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation reported a 5.0% increase in systemwide comparable hotel RevPAR for Q4 2024, and a 4.6% increase for the full year, compared to 2023. All-inclusive resorts saw a 2.9% RevPAR increase in Q4 and 4.4% for the year. Room growth was 7.8% in 2024. Net income (loss) was ($56 million) in Q4 and $1.296 billion for the year, with adjusted net income at $40 million in Q4 and $375 million for 2024. Diluted EPS was ($0.58) for Q4 and $12.65 for the year, with adjusted diluted EPS at $0.42 for Q4 and $3.66 for 2024. Adjusted EBITDA reached $255 million in Q4 and $1.096 billion for the year, with a portfolio of approximately 138,000 signed management or franchise rooms. Hyatt repurchased about 8 million shares for a total purchase price of $1.19 billion in 2024, returning $1.25 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.

🏠 OMNIYAT launched OMNIYAT Bespoke, an ultra-luxury real estate line for UHNWI (Ultra High Net Worth Individuals) in Dubai. Introducing the Bespoke – Luna Sky Palace by ORLA, Dorchester Collection, Dubai, which spans 5,432 square meters, making it one of the world's largest and rarest residences. This concept allows owners to deeply personalize their living spaces to reflect their lifestyle aspirations.

🍴 From March 13 to April 3, 2025, Paris' Lutetia Hotel hosts a unique event: a residency by two Michelin-starred Chef Kazuyuki Tanaka from Racine in Reims, marking the first time a starred chef has taken residency at this iconic Left Bank hotel. Offering a vibrant, bold menu Monday to Friday, including three starters, three main courses, and a discovery menu, the experience features signature dishes at 145 euros each.

🏠 Monumental Porto, established as a luxury hotel for travelers since the 1920s, boasts 63 rooms and 13 suites with various color themes and unique features like mezzanine levels in some suites. The design includes highly structured spaces with bold carpets and white moldings, reflecting a contemporary interpretation of Porto's history. Founders Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec emphasize the project's "monumental" nature, blending neo-classical style with modern usage and aesthetics.