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🏨 The 15th SIPRHO, a major French trade show for beach, restaurant, and hotel professionals, will take place in Montpellier from February 10-12, 2025. Featuring over 300 exhibitors and 450 brands, the 2024 edition attracted around 11,500 qualified visitors and showcased products across 14,000 m². The event is conveniently located near the A9 motorway, airport, Sud de France train station, a tram stop, and the beach, with 3,000 parking spots divided equally for visitors and exhibitors.

🍫 Salon du Chocolat de Paris will take place from October 30 to November 3, 2024, for five days, uniting chocolate and cacao sector professionals. Chocolatiers, pastry chefs, confectioners, cacao producers, big brands, and food bloggers will share their passions, presenting new creations that balance tradition, innovation, and ethical responsibility, without compromising taste and visual pleasure. The event has been inspiring the sweet gastronomy industry for nearly three decades.

🏨 Le Grand Mazarin in Paris, opened on October 12, 2023, appointed Mathilde Béziau as its head since June 2021. Previously, she directed the Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal and worked for two years at another Paristory group hotel, the Grand Powers, owned by sisters Alexandra and Julie Marang. Paristory, a family-owned group with 4 boutique hotels, was founded by Gilles Marang and is managed by his daughters.

🎬 Parc Astérix unveiled 'Toutatis' in 2023 and plans a 4-star hotel themed on Asterix's travels for 2026. O Gliss Park in Vendée and Le Pal in Auvergne launched new water attractions in 2024. Walibi announced a new roller coaster 'Mahuka'. Puy du Fou excels with historical shows; its latest, 'le Mime et l’Étoile,' highlights continuous innovation, while Futuroscope will introduce 'Aquascope' in 2024, an immersive underwater world. Park World Excellence Awards 2023 saw Parc Astérix awarded Best European Amusement Park, with Puy du Fou's show also winning that year.

🚗 Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, plans to replace buses with robotaxis designed to transport multiple people, with costs equivalent to a bus ticket. However, Tesla's autonomous driving technology lacks maturity, requiring driver supervision, and regulatory approval for public transport use is stringent. Skepticism remains as the real cost of such transport has not been verified, indicating buses will still be on roads for years to come.

✈️ By 2040, global air travel demand is expected to hit 8 billion passengers, growing at 3.4% per year. As of 2023, 90% of travelers use technology for trip planning via mobile. 67% of passengers in 2024 are comfortable with biometrics for airport processes, while over 50% still worry about data privacy. Adoption of Digital Travel Certificates (DTCs) is high at 85%, with 60% willing to pay for them. Eco-consciousness is rising, with 64% of passengers willing to pay extra to offset carbon emissions in 2024, up from 53% in 2023, capped at 10.8% of the ticket price. 81% would travel with less luggage to reduce carbon footprint. Technology leads the way in greening the industry, with passengers willing to partner halfway for zero-emission aviation.

🏨 L'Hôtel Touriste has seen an 82% increase in reservation volume across various hotel websites due to an innovative marketing strategy. This strategy involved adopting modern technologies and enhancing the customer experience, attracting new international clientele and retaining regular visitors. The case study highlights the key steps of the hotel's transformation, challenges faced, and effective solutions implemented.

🍸 Chloë Laigre, a 27-year-old mixologist and founder of Infuse Me, has launched a unique concept in France offering a range of cold-infusion cocktails in corn fiber sachet cocoons. Infuse Me caters to all tastes, with or without alcohol, focusing on bringing people together for a shared sensory experience. The cocktails feature a medley of carefully chosen plants, flowers, and spices, with vibrant colors from 100% natural dye plants.

📊 Nancy will host the 2nd edition of ENVIROPRO Grand Est on November 20 and 21, 2024, focusing on environmental technologies with more than 200 exhibitors. The event aims at addressing environmental concerns for industries, municipalities, agriculture, health, construction, transport, tourism, and service sectors. ENVIROPRO offers proximity-based, high-quality exchanges and is part of a series of France-wide, human-scale events designed to maximize exhibitor contacts.

🌱 The 3rd edition of ENVIROPRO Grand Ouest will take place in Angers on the 26th and 27th of March 2025, focusing on environmental and energy solutions and technologies. This event serves as a crucial meeting point for professionals seeking sustainable solutions, reflecting a shift towards more responsible production and consumption practices.