Initiative eco-responsable et RSE

🌊 AKWA, succeeding Marin d’Eau Douce, wins the bid from the Mairie de Paris to create and operate a nautical base for license-free boat rentals at Bassin de la Villette. Offering an eco-friendly fleet comprised entirely of silent electric boats, including innovative "plancha boats" for onboard cooking. Additionally, AKWA features a quayside lifestyle space with responsible dining, a non-alcoholic bar, and a cultural agenda promoting local collaboration for economic support and environmental awareness, aiming to redefine urban slow tourism in Paris.

🏠 Les Domaines de Fontenille become Fontenille Collection, reflecting a new era and identity. Co-created with Digitasty, the rebranding emphasizes a timeless, poetic soul with a vintage aesthetic, balancing heritage, authenticity, and creativity. Fontenille Collection aims to offer exclusive experiences with an eco-responsible approach that values hospitality, gastronomy, well-being, heritage preservation, and a positive social and environmental impact.

🍴 Foodles celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025, marking a decade since its inception in 2014. The company, known for innovating connected fridges for enterprise dining and offering custom corporate restaurants, acquired Le Val d’Evre in 2024. This move enhanced Foodles' value chain control from end-to-end, increasing production flexibility, maintaining high-quality standards, and managing production costs while benefiting its culinary lab and partner caterers. The 2024 growth set the stage for ambitious plans in 2025 focusing on development, innovation, and celebration.

📖 Seventy female chefs and restaurant workers in the UK signed an open letter in response to Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton's claim of not witnessing sexism in British kitchens. Signatories include Sally Abé of The Pem, Dara Klein of Tiella, and Helen Graham of Bubala. They criticize the "pitiful representation of women" in the latest Michelin Guide UK awards, highlighting inappropriate comments, behaviors, and unequal advancement opportunities, noting that only two women received Michelin stars in the past four years. The Michelin Guide acknowledged gender stereotypes but condemned all acts of violence and harassment.

🏕 Flower Campings, France's leading network of independent, small-scale campgrounds, partners with Tictactrip to promote sustainable travel. Together, they aim to encourage eco-friendly transportation alternatives for holidaymakers. Flower Campings boasts 134 nature campsites across France, integrating environmentally responsible practices for years. Their innovative booking tool allows travelers to compare and book routes based on carbon footprint, favoring trains, buses, carpooling over individual cars. Olivier Kiehl, Flower Campings' CEO, and Anthony MOUNIER, partnership manager at Tictactrip, highlight the commitment to responsible vacation experiences.

🏨 Mathieu Sauvestre, with 16+ years in hotel project development, is appointed as the Development Director at Eklo Hotels. An HEC graduate (2009), he began at Club Med, restructured their portfolio in Africa and the Middle East, and led North American development from 2015, focusing on US/Canada mountain markets and Caribbean beach destinations. Returning to Europe in 2019, he enhanced Club Med's offerings in France and Switzerland. Eklo's values and dynamic entrepreneurial structure allow for a flexible, partnership-based growth strategy, complementing Sauvestre's expertise.

🏡 Grupo Brisas expands its hospitality portfolio with the addition of Las Brisas Mérida, an exclusive boutique hotel in the heart of Yucatán, Mexico. The group now operates 13 properties under the Las Brisas, Galería Plaza, and NIZUC Resort & Spa brands. Las Brisas Mérida features 50 spacious suites and is the first hotel in the city to earn LEED certification for sustainability. CEO Antonio Cosío Pando emphasizes the investment strengthens the group's high-end lodging offerings in southeast Mexico and positions the chain as a fast-growing, 100% Mexican hotelier. Located on Avenida Colón, near the International Convention Center, Paseo de Montejo, and the international airport, the hotel caters to both business and leisure travelers.

🏠 The Originals Hotels launched The Originals Résidence Paris Sud Villejuif ***, designed for long-stay needs, with a strategic partnership with Serge, a property management specialist. This collaboration extends to seven other residences within the cooperative, ensuring expert management and flexible services, including a gym and laundry. Located near Institut Gustave Roussy and Paris-Saclay scientific hub, it targets professionals, researchers, and their companions, offering fully-equipped apartments with kitchenettes. The residence emphasizes eco-responsibility with intelligent energy management and low-consumption equipment to minimize environmental impact. The Originals, Human Hotels & Resorts, is France's first cooperative hotel group and the fourth-largest hotel brand in the country, with over 300 independent hotels.

💰 Since its inception in January 2019, the METRO endowment fund has supported over 80 projects and launched its 6th external call for projects. The initiative targets project holders focused on meals as a social link, spanning three categories: solidarity and social bonding, professional integration and upskilling, and education on balanced nutrition. Candidates have until April 6, 2025, to apply at https://www.fonds-metro.org/appel-a-projets/#candidater. A jury of professionals will select the projects.

📑 On December 11, Hyatt celebrated the graduation of students from its RiseHY program, aimed at helping school dropouts and those distant from traditional career paths, mainly in the hospitality sector. The program, launched in France in 2019, successfully helped over 8,700 global youths and aims to support 10,000 by the end of 2025. RiseHY, in partnership with Les Déterminés and supported by France Travail and the Région Île-de-France, aligns with upcoming employment-focused events.