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🏡 If you rent your accommodation on Airbnb as a furnished tourist rental, you are exempt from residence tax if it is your main residence, lived in for at least eight months per year. However, for secondary residences, even if not used, the tax persists, and cities like Paris, Lyon, and Marseille may apply a surcharge. Classification as a furnished tourist rental could result in exemption from the residence tax but might incur the Business Property Contribution (CFE). Consulting with tax authorities is recommended to clarify tax status and avoid fiscal pitfalls.

🎉 On April 13-14, 2025, the second edition of GHR's "new summits" took place at La Folie Douce in Val d'Isère, Savoie, with over 120 hospitality professionals, executives, and politicians. Opened by Nathalie Delattre, Minister Delegate for Tourism, and co-organized by Catherine Quérard (GHR President), Arnaud Gobled (GHR Auvergne Rhône-Alpes President), and Luc Reversade (owner of La Folie Douce), the event focused on AI, ecology, employment, and training. Thomas Yung of Artiref provided a practical view on AI utilization in business management and optimization.

🍴 Sirha Omnivore x Paris Coffee Show is slated for September 13-15, 2025, in Paris, marking the 20th edition of the event. The festival features an immersive experience across six capsules: Seed Pod (artisan village), Sugar Pod (sweets professionals' playground), Tech & Style Pod (equipment and table arts), Chefs Pod (Young Cuisine revolution), Kult' Pod (Omnivore Food Forum), and Liquid Pod (Specialty Coffee, wines, and spirits), co-organized with the Paris Coffee Show. The event brings together chefs, artisans, exhibitors, baristas, competitors, emerging talents, and professionals to innovate in the restaurant and hospitality industry.

🎰 Elaine Wynn, known as the grande dame of Las Vegas, passed away on April 15, 2025, at age 82. She introduced luxury into Las Vegas through the Golden Nugget and co-designed iconic hotels such as The Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, and Encore. A major shareholder of Wynn Resorts, her legacy extends to a human-centric hospitality culture and contributions to education, the arts, and philanthropy, including her position on the LACMA council.

📊 Cornell University researchers analyzed the profitability of multi-channel distribution in the hospitality industry, studying 644 U.S. hotels. The study, applicable to the 110,000 hotels across the U.S., suggests that using Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) can be beneficial for hoteliers, particularly larger ones, with a 99% reliability rate for the sample. However, the impact differs by hotel category; luxury and mid-range hotels see positive effects, while economy hotels may suffer due to commission costs. The U.S. hotel market, dominated by chains (90% of the sample), contrasts with Europe's landscape of independent hotels. Relevant regulatory changes in Europe, like the ban on rate parity clauses, could impact the online distribution profitability differently. Direct booking costs for hoteliers are approximately 4-4.5%, significantly lower than the average 25% OTA commissions.

🚀 "Check-In, l'émission #2" airs on Thursday, 24.04.2025, at 10:00, focusing on the convergence of business aviation and luxury hotels. Featured by LA TRIBUNE DE L‘HOTELLERIE, the program addresses the intersection of these upscale industries.

🏨 AX Partners, an Iberian-Luxembourgish fund, completed its third acquisition in four months with the Hotel Eetu in Begur, Spain. Aiming for a complete renovation, it plans to increase the hotel's capacity from 42 to 65 rooms by the 2026 season, introducing a pool, spa, restaurant, meeting rooms, and a fitness center. The fund will invest €15 million alongside Summum Hotel Group, which will operate the hotel under the Affiliated by Meliá brand. So far, AX Partners has invested €80 million in hospitality and aims for €200 million in hotel assets by the end of 2026. The company, also active in upscale residential investments, has accumulated over €300 million across both sectors, targeting 10-15% profitability per operation.

🏨 In the hotel industry, fixed costs, often 60-80% of turnover, include salaries, rents, and software subscriptions, and vary in profitability depending on occupancy. Variable costs, stable per unit, cover cleaning, linen, guest products, and energy consumption. For example, a 100-room hotel at €100/night with 75% occupancy has fixed costs of €4,500/day and variable costs of €20-25/room. Surpassing the break-even point increases profitability, allowing for competitive pricing while covering fixed costs. HotelPartner emphasizes the importance of understanding the break-even threshold for effective revenue management strategies.

🍴 In France, Hôtels, Cafés, Restaurants (HCR sector) are allowed to open and employ staff on May 1st, respecting conventional rules. May 1st is typically a mandatory non-working holiday with pay (Code du travail, L3133-4 & L3133-5), but the HCR sector is an exception due to the nature of their services. Since 1997, the national collective agreement for the HCR explicitly permits working on May 1st. Salary implications for HCR employees depend on whether May 1st is a usual business day, closure day, or rest day. Minors generally cannot work on holidays, but there's an exemption for minor apprentices in the HCR sector as per R.3164-2 and L.3164-8 of the Code du travail.

💼 The agreement on gender equality in the HCR (Hotels, Cafés, Restaurants) sector from December 13, 2023, was officially extended by a ministerial decree on March 21, 2025, and published in the Official Journal on April 9, 2025. It emphasizes non-discrimination, equal pay, salary evolution after parental leave, work-life balance, equal treatment regardless of work hours, and combating sexual harassment and sexism. Two government labels, the Diversity Label and Gender Equality Label, support attractiveness, with a branch report using relevant indicators to track progress and a CPPNI meeting scheduled before the end of 2025 to further discuss professional equality.