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📱 In Nantes, a roundtable titled "Artificial Intelligence and Tourism: Between Fantasies and Reality" addressed AI's role in tourism, highlighting the upcoming ICIA by Charentes Tourism developed with GENIAL, offering specific activity and event suggestions. AI redefines interactions, with conversational agents providing rapid, personalized responses from various data sources. GENIAL's interactive Advent calendar for VVF generated over 2,000 opt-in emails, surpassing traditional campaigns. Challenges include AI's environmental impact, digital inclusion, and preserving authenticity, as demonstrated by Henn Na Hotel in Tokyo, which reduced its 243 robots due to practical limitations.

🏠 Inno'Tourism, France's leading show on hospitality innovation, features an interview with Patrick d’Altelis, a pioneer in AI for the hotel industry. The episode showcases livie, an advanced chatbot enhancing customer service and personalization, potentially increasing direct bookings. Exclusive insights into livie's roadmap, with new features set to impact the industry, are shared. Hoteliers are encouraged to embrace AI to stay competitive and improve customer retention. ????06 08 33 16 93 ✉️[email protected]

🏠 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, in partnership with HR Group, to open 25 new urban hotels in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands under Trademark Collection and Vienna House Easy brands. Targeting the growing European tourist market, which expects over 747 million arrivals by 2024, these hotels cater to business and leisure travelers, offering proximity to cultural sites, business districts, and entertainment areas. This expansion marks a significant milestone for Wyndham's presence in key European cities.

📱 WhatsApp, with 2 billion active users as of 2020 (Statista), now allows travel professionals to display their WhatsApp contact channel directly on their Google My Business listings. This integration enables travelers to access WhatsApp channels from the Google listings of hotels, travel agencies, restaurants, or museums. To add WhatsApp to a Google business listing, one must edit the listing's information, select "Chat," then "WhatsApp," and provide a phone number or WhatsApp URL. Google is gradually rolling out this feature in Europe and will offer performance metrics to professionals.

🏨 Marseille will welcome a new hotel this summer, RockyPop Marseille, located at the heart of the lively Castellane district, near the refurbished Place Castellane, the Prado market, and two metro stops from Vieux-Port. The hotel embodies a hybrid concept blending accommodation with convivial living spaces, emphasizing Pop Culture, entertainment, and friendship, catering to both locals and visitors seeking memorable experiences. It features a rooftop with city views and a bar with arcade games, ping-pong, and foosball.

🏦 Maybourne announced the planned 2027 opening of the Maybourne Saint-Germain in Paris, featuring a luxury-style palace with 101 rooms and suites, and 23 branded private residences. Located in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, it aims to redefine "haute couture hospitality" in the French capital. The 23 residences will be designed by French interior designers Pierre-Yves Rochon and Laura Gonzalez, situated along rue Saint-Dominique and rue de l’Université, respectively, marking the introduction of the first branded private residences in Paris.

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🏠 Barrière Group in France is recruiting approximately 1,300 seasonal workers for summer 2025 to support their establishments in Cannes, Deauville, Trouville, La Baule, Le Touquet, Dinard, Biarritz, and Southeast casinos. Offering fixed-term seasonal contracts from 1 to 8 months, the recruitment spans from April to October 2025, targeting motivated individuals for hospitality, catering, casino, leisure, and wellness roles. Campus Barrière provides dedicated integration and training programs.

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