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🏨 Billy Skelli-Cohen named CEO of rapidly growing European boutique hotel group Beaumier, effective January 1, 2025. Skelli-Cohen, with background in luxury hospitality and international development, previously led Zien Group and founded Lore Group. Beaumier, transformed in 2021, emphasizes authenticity and sustainability, operates 11 hotels in France, Spain, and Switzerland, and is expanding with a new opening in Wengen, Switzerland.

🏖️ Four Seasons, in partnership with Hinitsa Bay Holdings, is set to transform a seaside property into the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Porto Heli in Hinitsa Bay, Porto Heli, featuring 80 rooms and suites, 30 bungalows and villas on 75 hectares with 3.25 kilometers of coastline. Facilities include a multisport center, modern gym, meeting spaces, and pools, enhancing the region as a top Mediterranean destination.

🏠 Edgar Suites expands Paris presence with a custom-made rehabilitation project, transforming a former youth hostel into a high-end aparthotel. Named Edgar Suites – Jules Ferry, the project is located at 8 Boulevard Jules Ferry, 75011 Paris, and spans 780 m². The residence will feature 12 spacious apartments, equivalent to 30 hotel rooms, across 6 floors, ranging from T2 to T4. Completion is slated for Q2 2026, reinforcing Edgar Suites' portfolio of 1,300 rooms in Grand Paris, Cannes, Lille, and Bordeaux.

🏦 Léa de Chambure, a hospitality industry professional with a notable academic background from EH Glion (2015), contributed to the opening of the Atelier de Joël Robuchon in New York. Currently, she is the Founder & Project Manager of 75K Hospitality, a Paris-based project management studio operating internationally since April 2024, focusing on supporting entrepreneurs and organizations within the hospitality sector.

🚀 SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, is in talks to sell insider shares to reach a potential valuation of $350 billion, surpassing Bytedance's $300 billion and OpenAI's $157 billion, aiming to become the highest-valued startup globally. SpaceX plans to carry the Artemis III crew to the Moon with its Starship rocket in 2025 and has already made history with the first private space outing on September 10, with four passengers aboard the Dragon capsule over 1,400km altitude.

🏗️ Amadeus, a leading travel tech provider, partnered with Globetrender in London to analyze 2025 travel trends. Five key themes identified: nostalgia, personalization, destination hotels, Asia's tourism boom, and connection seeking. Nostalgia drives the return of '90s culture and adult summer camps in the U.S. Tech advancements like AI, 5G, and VR aim to personalize in-flight experiences with algorithm-driven entertainment and hyper-personalized systems.

📊 ANI's value sharing law passed on November 29, 2023, leading to the creation of the Enterprise Value Sharing Plan (PPVE). The implementing decree was published in the Journal officiel on June 30 and has been in effect since July 1, 2024. A webinar for a detailed understanding and a reminder of the fiscal and social framework, led by Ghislain DE SAINT MARCQ of Malakoff Humanis EPSENS, is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10, at 10 a.m.

📱 Hootsuite predicts 2025 social media trends: creativity boundaries pushed, social listening for performance measurement, AI transforming content production and marketing strategy. By 2024, nearly half of social content aimed to inform, educate, or entertain without directly promoting products. Brands increasingly engage in creators' comment sections for visibility and genuine connections, especially with Gen Z. 62% of social media professionals use social listening tools, demonstrating direct sales and leads impact. 82% of marketers can track trends, using social listening for strategic exploitation. 69% see AI as a revolutionary technology, with 83% stating it boosts content production. Over 75% of strategic leaders use AI, surpassing execution roles, with nearly half of marketing leaders investing in AI tools for their teams. AI standard practice for content creation by 2025, impacting strategic capabilities and marketing efficiency.

🌎 Uber celebrates the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris with an immersive experience available from December 6 to 22, operating daily from 10am to 6pm. The free ride, approximately 20 minutes long, departs from Place du Louvre and tours Île de la Cité, featuring a podcast on Notre-Dame's history by Lorànt Deutsch. The special event, Uber Notre-Dame, is accessible to customers within a 10-minute walk of the vehicle.

🏡 Renovated from the 17th-century Palazzo Fonseca, the Orient Express La Minerva, located in Piazza della Minerva near the Pantheon in Rome, now offers 93 rooms and suites. The luxury hotel features a Mediterranean restaurant, Rivamour, the La Minerva bar, a spa inspired by traditional Ottoman baths, and meeting spaces like the Olimpo room. The renovation preserved historical elements while adding contemporary design. It represents Orient Express's expansion into luxury hotels. Gilda Perez-Alvarado, CEO of Orient Express, highlights the significance of their first hotel in Rome, considering it a prime destination and a convergence point for cultures.