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💸 La TVA hôtelière en France pourrait augmenter de 10 à 12,5% d'ici 2025 pour réduire le déficit prévu à -6,2%, selon un rapport de Bercy adressé aux députés et sénateurs. Le gouvernement cherche à économiser ou générer 110 milliards d'euros d'ici 2027, avec 30 milliards dès 2025 et une autre tranche de 100 milliards d'euros d'ici à 2028. Des mesures incluent des hausses de taxes sur l'hôtellerie et la restauration, qui pourraient rapporter 4 milliards d'euros par an.

🎵 Mylène Farmer's concerts on September 27 and 28 at the Stade de France are expected to boost Parisian hotel activity with a 7% increase in rates and a 2% rise in occupancy rates. Doyield predicts an 8-10% revenue growth for local hotels, with those closer to the venue potentially experiencing a more significant surge. The analysis, informed by the impact of Taylor Swift's concert last May, also anticipates a 20% longer reservation lead time around the concert dates.

🏨 Radisson Blu Marseille Vieux-Port, after significant renovations by London-based architect Mike Trevillion, unveils a transformation featuring 189 contemporary, comfortable, and functional rooms with high-quality materials and new amenities. The renovation includes an art-adorned, brighter reception area incorporating local details, aiming to enhance guest experience and immersion in the heart of Marseille, as expressed by General Manager Lionel Van den Haute.

🏨 Sangha Toulouse hotel opened on September 3 in the Cartoucherie district, embodying an inclusive approach dedicated to community service. Founder Muriel Tek Roquejeoffre designed the hotel to integrate with local associations, offering a place for resident interaction and socializing. The concept emphasizes social responsibility, well-being, and active participation in the community, and plans to extend this philosophy to future Sangha Hotels establishments.

🏨 Hostellerie de Levernois increased direct bookings by 7x and revenue by 6x with Cendyn's digital strategy. Webinar featuring Axel Nérin, General Manager, and Julien Guinin, EMEA Sales Director at Cendyn, will be on Thursday, October 3, 2024. Discussion and Q&A to optimize digital impact for hoteliers.

🏢 La Loi Européenne sur l’Accessibilité (EAA) établit des exigences en matière d’accessibilité pour divers produits et services, devant être pleinement appliquée d'ici le 28 juin 2025. Environ 87 millions d'Européens bénéficieront de cette loi. Les hôteliers doivent rendre les sites web, applications mobiles, kiosques en libre-service, et terminaux de paiement conformes. Des sanctions pourraient être imposées par les autorités de l'UE pour non-conformité, bien que des exemptions existent pour les micro-entreprises de moins de 10 employés.

🏖 A World For Travel, a forum on sustainable tourism, returns to Seville for its second consecutive year during the Travel Innovation Summit (TIS) from October 23-24. Participants include the Radisson Hotel Group, AXA, Sabre, Geotourist, Compagnie des Alpes, Intrepid, and the WTTC, as well as countries like Greece, Oman, and Spain. The event focuses on ESG (Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance) with the theme "Taking action." Ticket sales and award submissions—for categories such as Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Technological Feats, Economic Progress, and Societal Development—are open.

Paris, le 3 septembre 2024 – Les concerts exceptionnels de Mylène Farmer, programmés les 27 et 28 septembre au Stade de France, devraient entraîner une augmentation significative de l’activité hôtelière…

🌍 A globe-trotter fluent in six languages has settled in various locations including Venice, Rio de Janeiro, and currently Gabon with his family. Founded in 2005, his publishing house specializes in guides to unique and secret places. As a jury member for the Hôtel & Lodge Awards 2024, he appreciates the modern design of recently opened hotels and values a hotel's location, aesthetics, charm, atmosphere, history, size, human touch, and service quality. He enjoys personalized touches like receiving a printed daily newspaper in his language, local recommendations, and the luxury of a prepared bath with flower petals, citing North Island in the Seychelles as an example.

📦 Miele, founded in July 1899 in Germany, celebrates 125 years in 2024. Launched the first drum washing machine in 1924 for laundries, hotels, hospitals, and sanatoriums, leading to today's Professional unit. The last decade saw significant investments in medical technology. In the previous year, Miele Professional achieved a record turnover, contributing €891 million to Miele's consolidated turnover, about 15% of the group's revenue. Miele remains family-owned, operates 15 production sites (8 in Germany), and employs over 3,000 staff within Miele's 22,700 global workforce.