Divers

🏖 Nicolas Beaurain, CEO of maeva, reflects on the company's evolution over 12 years. Initially small, maeva is now a major player in tourism, focusing on supporting independent hosts. They operate in vacation rentals, camping franchises (Camping maeva, Camping Paradis, Ushuaïa Villages), and alternative formats like tiny houses. Each brand maintains its identity: Camping Paradis for conviviality, Ushuaïa Villages for nature, and maeva Camping for local expertise. Teams and guidelines ensure brand distinction.

📚 Chaque semaine, Hospitality ON fournit une expertise sur l'hospitalité. Devenez membre pour accéder à un écosystème complet proposant du contenu exclusif et des opportunités d'emploi.

🚄Trainline Partner Solutions renewed its partnership with Swile Travel on January 2026, expanding its inventory to include Renfe, Iryo, and Italo for business travel bookings in Spain and Italy. Previously offering SNCF, Eurostar, Ouigo, Trenitalia, Benerail, and SBB, the addition aims to provide a comprehensive rail inventory in Europe. This move enhances centralized booking for companies, promoting rail as a competitive, eco-friendly alternative to air travel.

📦 Extendam and Experimental, partners since 2024, aim to create value by acquiring hotels and resorts in the upscale lifestyle segment. Extendam, managing billions in hotel assets, focuses on upgrading and optimizing operations. Experimental offers expertise in hotel and restaurant concepts, enhancing customer experience. Their latest project is Quinta da Comporta, positioned in Portugal's luxury tourism market, near Lisbon, known for its natural beauty and international appeal.

🍴 Guillaume Goupil and Yohan Grégory, distinguished chefs from Restaurant Episodes, participated in MÉDÉRIC's "Diners Signatures" on January 15th in Paris. Upcoming events include Bernard Leprince on February 11, Thibault Spiwack on February 19 in Paris 17th, and Jean-Baptiste Lavergne-Morazzani on March 19 in Versailles. MÉDÉRIC, established 90 years ago near Parc Monceau, is renowned for nurturing culinary talent. Reservations for "Le 20" can be made at mederic-le20.fr.

🍵 Société des Hôtels Littéraires introduces Tea Time Signature in January 2026 across six literary-themed hotels. From 14:00 daily, enjoy a book from a 500+ multilingual library, paired with tea and pastries for €8. Locations include Le Swann (Paris 8), Marcel Aymé (Paris 18), Arthur Rimbaud (Paris 10), Gustave Flaubert (Rouen), Alexandre Vialatte (Clermont-Ferrand), and Stendhal (Nancy). Each hotel offers a unique literary and sensory experience.

🎿 Compagnie des Alpes reported a 20% sales increase, reaching €95.8 million due to an extra Christmas holiday. Favorable weather led to an early 2025/26 ski season start, boosting winter sports interest. The Distribution & Hospitality division, including MMV residences, saw sales rise by 15.2% to €20.1 million. MMV opened a new 1,020-bed club in Serre Chevalier, increasing its sites to 22. Travelfactory launched a night train service between Paris and Bourg-Saint-Maurice.

🏨 ATLAND Voisin acquires a portfolio of five B&B hotels for its SCPI Épargne Pierre for €32.7 million. The hotels, totaling 536 rooms, are located in major cities like Marseille, Bordeaux, and Perpignan. This strategic acquisition aims to diversify sectors and secure income. The hotels benefit from prime urban locations in markets with high entry barriers. ATLAND now manages over €500 million in hotel assets across Europe, marking a new partnership with the B&B hotel group.

🏠 Le groupe Barrière recrute près de 1,200 saisonniers pour l'été 2026 à travers la France. De avril à octobre, les postes de 1 à 8 mois couvrent hôtellerie, restauration, casinos, loisirs, et bien-être. Cannes embauche 450, Normandie 370, La Baule 205. Candidats recherchés pour leur engagement et sens du service.

🗺 Serge Papin launched the 4th Semaine des métiers du tourisme on February 2-8, 2024, in France. Over 1,300 events aim to showcase tourism professions to the public, extending until April 26 in Corsica and Overseas. Despite expecting 100 million tourists in 2024, and contributing 7% to the GDP, the sector struggles with recruitment, leaving 60,000 hospitality jobs vacant by Q3 2025. With the Olympics, this highlights the need for skilled workers.