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⛰ France Montagnes launched its new website, designed to inspire, inform, and help visitors plan their mountain stays in France. The site, available in French and English, offers an enhanced user experience with improved ergonomics and enriched content for planning vacations across all seasons, with a particular focus on the innovative "Montagne blanche" and "Montagne verte" content classification, moving away from traditional four-season models to better match geographic specificities and activities available at mountain resorts.

🏠 Relais & Châteaux, a nonprofit with 580 members across 65 countries, launches "Relais & Châteaux Careers" (fr.careers.relaischateaux.com) to recruit talent amidst thousands of job vacancies. With 42,000 employees globally (73% permanent, 27% seasonal), the association aids independent member establishments, often in remote locations, leverage their brand for talent retention and acquisition. The career site, available in 6 languages, hosts hundreds of job listings and showcases employee testimonials.

🏦 Groupe Baverez owns the last three 5-star French hotels in Paris: Raphael, Majestic Villa Hotel-Spa, and Regina Louvre, managed by the same family for over 125 years. The group's commitment to French excellence and family values was honored by Guillaume Gomez, Ambassador for gastronomy, and Olivier de Tilière, President of the Comité de France. Véronique Beauvais-Crefcoeur expressed gratitude to her teams, emphasizing collective strength and shared passion as keys to success. The award symbolizes an exceptional journey and a dedication to excellence that blends tradition with modernity.

🏘 KE pergolas enhance hotel and restaurant outdoor spaces globally, providing adaptability, modularity, and custom solutions to meet specific establishment needs. They elevate the visual appeal and improve the thermal and acoustic comfort of guests, making every moment an unforgettable experience, whether under the Mediterranean sun or in the Alpine snow. KE offers a sensory enhancement to hospitality, inviting travelers to fully immerse in a setting that prioritizes visual, thermal, and acoustic comfort.

🏨 Room Mate Hotels renovated three iconic properties: Room Mate Luca and Isabella Room Mate Collection in Florence, and Room Mate Leo in Granada. Interior designer Luis García Fraile worked on the Florence hotels, maintaining their essence while enhancing style and comfort. Renovations are part of the hotel chain's strategy to meet new traveler demands and maintain quality standards. By 2025, Room Mate Hotels aims to continue property improvements and renovations. Interior decoration of Room Mate Leo was by Cuarto Interior.

🍴 On March 20, Mercure hotels in France will launch "BONS&VIVANTS," a customer experience program emphasizing authenticity and local culture. The program includes a "Carte aux Bons Coins" for local spots, seasonal and committed plant-based recipes by Mercure chefs, and interactions with regional artisans and producers. It caters to travelers seeking authentic experiences and cultural immersion through six key features: a local guide map, a unique wine selection, a signature dish, French crepes for breakfast, BONS&VIVANTS encounters, and in-room gifts.

🍺 La Ville targets the theater Quintaou for a convivial exchange space between artists and audiences with food service offerings. A 3-year non-renewable concession from September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2028, is stipulated. Mandatory site visits are scheduled for March 19, 2025, at 10 AM and March 26, 2025, at 9 AM. Proposal submissions are due by April 4, 2025, at 12 PM. Details at https://www.demat-ampa.fr.

🍝 Chef Raphael Rego announces an exclusive pop-up at the Royal Mansour Marrakech from April 10 to May 11, blending Brazilian traditions with Moroccan hospitality. This culinary event offers a unique experience in one of Morocco's most prestigious hotels, featuring samba and bossa nova rhythms set in the Jardin of the Royal Mansour.

✈️ Azores Airlines connects Paris-CDG to the Azores archipelago, featuring volcanic landscapes. Located about 1,500 kilometers west of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores offer tranquility with unique crafts, gastronomy, and traditions. Activities include diving, sailing, big-game fishing, hiking, golf, horseback riding, climbing, mountain biking, paragliding, and whale watching. Year-round temperate climate with winter temperatures at 15-17°C. Flights between Paris-CDG Terminal 1 and Ponta Delgada are offered twice weekly until March 2025, then 3-4 times weekly until the following autumn, with a flight duration of approximately 4 hours. Azores Airlines' fleet includes modern A321 Neo aircraft with three seating categories.

🏨 La Badira, a 5-star hotel in Hammamet, Tunisia, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. It's the only Tunisian hotel in The Leading Hotels of the World. Opened a decade ago with 130 suites, La Badira is located opposite Yasmine Hammamet district. It features LEGEND suites with private pools honoring personalities who shaped Hammamet's history. A new suite dedicated to the late Hermès Artistic Director Leïla Menchari is set to be unveiled.