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🏠 Artemisia, a 4-star boutique hotel, revives the Art Deco style of an early 20th-century cabaret in the heart of Pigalle, Paris. It features original brass elevators, stained glass windows, and a glass dome. The hotel has 46 rooms; suite 603 offers views of the Sacré-Cœur, a 35m2 space, and one hour exclusive access to the spa suite. Yon-Ka, a French aromatherapy pioneer, provides signature treatments. A new, larger spa is set to open in 2025.

📱 Club Med launched G.M Copilot, an AI-based virtual assistant, on WhatsApp, offering instant and personalized responses for customer interaction management. This AI tool utilizes Microsoft Azure OpenAI's language model and RAG technology to access Club Med's data. G.M Copilot enables real-time queries, fare estimates, and booking through messaging platforms 24/7. Launched in Brazil in early 2024, it has since expanded to Singapore, Malaysia, the UK, Belgium, and Switzerland, handling over 30,000 conversations. In Brazil, 40% of conversations are answered by AI, with 60% fully automated. Two-thirds of requests are for price quotes, and one-third for product information.

Le domaine hôtelier “Les Hauts de Sancerre”, situé à moins de deux heures de Paris, ouvrira ses portes au printemps 2025. Une porte fermée depuis 150 ans s’est ouverte à…

🌌 Millennials and Baby-boomers are the focus of Booking.com's Travel Predictions study, highlighting global travel aspirations for 2025. Despite varying motivations, a shared desire for breaking from recent past habits, influenced by the pandemic and a chaotic life, is evident. Travel, especially air travel, is not predicted to decrease but to shift towards "nature" over "urban" destinations. In France, 58% of respondents show a preference for nocturnal tourism to avoid crowds and climate change impacts, with 43% planning more nighttime activities.

🏠 February 2025: Locke unveils "Le Jardin de Verre by Locke", its first property in France located in Paris' Latin Quarter. The 17th property of the group, situated on rue de Lacépède near the Panthéon and Sorbonne University, features 145 rooms across 11 categories, including two prestigious suites – the Suite Bégonia and Penthouse Suite. Amenities include a gym, yoga studio, cafe, courtyard dining, and a triple-height restaurant with a bar, terrace, and cocktail bar. The design integrates historical elements from its two 16th-century private mansions and a 19th-century industrial factory, with an entrance through an 18th-century Parisian residence. Designed by Fettle, the interior boasts abundant vegetation and maximized natural light.

🏨 New hotel near the Vaires-Torcy olympic leisure base, a key site for the 2024 Paris Olympics, covers 2,669 m², offers 95 rooms, and 38 parking spots. Developed by Invest Hôtels & Development and Alliance Beymik, with financial partnership from Crédit Agricole Brie Picardie and EpaMarne's urban development. The project underscores IDF Tourisme & Territoires' commitment to decarbonization, sustainable land resource management, and regional development, having completed 11 projects in two years.

💰 Booking plans to save up to $450 million annually through organizational changes, including layoffs and modernizing processes. Last quarter of 2024, they sold over 13 million flight tickets, a 39% increase from the previous year. Booking aims to invest in R&D and explore growth in flights, carpooling, and fintech, considering generative AI crucial for travel innovation.

🛡️ Amadeus and Accenture study reveals IT solutions can cut aviation's carbon footprint by 0.6%. The aviation sector, contributing 2-3% of global CO2 emissions, could save 493,000 tons of CO2 annually with global implementation of Amadeus' departure optimization solution. Additionally, airline fuel consumption optimization could prevent 5.2 million tons of CO2 emissions per year. In 2023, IT solutions saved an equivalent of 50,000 tons of CO2, comparable to 10,000 London-New York flights.

🏠 Appart’City, through a study by Ifop, explores the current and future expectations of urban customers. The study, delivered in spring and involving 1,500 accommodation market users, examines the familiarity and appreciation of the apart-hotel concept, heavily favored for leisure stays. While affordability is key, a home-like feeling is crucial, akin to Airbnb's success. Vincent Compagnon, Appart’City's president, aims to combine apartment rental comforts with hotel security. Anticipated 2024 figures show a +7% growth, outperforming a +0.4% market, with a projected revenue of €216 million and a +170% business increase during sports events.

🎉 Nearly 90% of French people enjoy hosting guests, and for 42%, it's a vital balance between sociability and personal time. A study by HomeExchange and Appinio, involving a nationally representative sample of 1,000 French individuals, challenges stereotypes about French hospitality. The survey reveals that, while hospitality is deeply ingrained in French culture, there is a desire for simplicity and balance in social life.