Initiative eco-responsable et RSE

🍽 After a notable inauguration in 2023, the pop-up restaurant Ducasse in AlUla, led by acclaimed French chef Alain Ducasse, returns for a new season. The reopening is part of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and the French Agency for AlUla Development (AFALULA)'s ambitious development strategy, enhancing the local culinary offerings. Executive Chef Théophile Bourgeois and Dining Room Director Michel Lang, in collaboration with Ducasse, showcase local products through French culinary techniques, reflecting a blend of local flavors and French culinary art, and contributing to AlUla's sustainable development and natural heritage preservation.

🏦 CCI Dordogne and CCI Corse partner to create a School of Tourism, Events, and Hospitality in Ajaccio. The École de Savignac, known for managerial training in hospitality, tourism, and events, announces a strategic partnership for this school, located at the Palais des Congrès d’Ajaccio. This marks Savignac's brand expansion, following a recent modernization including a new website and logo. The school's opening is scheduled for September 2025.

🏖️ DéfisMed organizes an event "Vers un écotourisme nouvelle génération" in Cannes on December 13, 2024, partnering with Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The seminar takes place at Eden**** hotel, with a gala evening at Martinez***** hotel. The event features the upcoming Mois de l’Écotourisme Euroméditerranéen Territorial (MEET) in October 2025, highlighting 100 ecotourism initiatives by young videographers and launches Breen TV, a youth-designed participatory streaming platform dedicated to ecotourism. Discussions include mobilizing local stakeholders for greener tourism and the role of civil society and participatory digital tools like Breen TV.

🏡 From November 28 to December 2, 2024, Mauritius-based hotel group Attitude hosted the 7th edition of 'Like a Local' with over 50 tourism professionals from 19 countries. The event showcased Attitude's B Corp-certified commitment to positive-impact tourism. Launched in 2016, 'Like a Local' aims to strengthen partnerships by immersing participants in Attitude's world and sustainable, authentic approach to tourism, as highlighted by CEO Vincent Desvaux de Marigny.

🏨 Elisabetta Fabri, President & CEO of Starhotels Group, elected president of Confindustria Alberghi on December 4, 2024. Priorities include sustainable tourism management, ESG models adoption, and leveraging new technologies like AI. Vice-Presidents Antonio Zacchera, Massimo Caputi, Giancarlo Carriero, Nicola Vladimiro Ciccarelli, Maria Carmela Colaiacovo, Marco Gilardi, and Sofia Gioia Vedani appointed, along with eight Executive Committee members for 2024/2026.

🌡 Maintaining an ideal temperature of 19°C in living spaces and 17°C in bedrooms can save energy, with each extra degree increasing consumption by 7%. Utilizing heating programmators, wearing wool sweaters, purging radiators, cleaning heating devices, and conducting annual boiler maintenance contribute to efficient heating. Harnessing free solar heat during the day, utilizing appliance heat, and employing thermostats and heat reflector panels can further reduce bills. Adopting simple daily habits like closing doors, dressing warmly, and using draft stoppers can lead to savings and environmental benefits.

🏠 La Villa Pétrusse, an iconic hotel in Luxembourg, will open in spring 2025 after five years of restoration. The hotel celebrates the city's architectural heritage with 22 rooms including 2 suites and a private penthouse, a gourmet restaurant, and enchanting city gardens. It continues a legacy shaped by visionaries like Edouard André, Pierre Kemp, and Sosthène Weis, who transformed Luxembourg in the late 19th century.

🍳 École Ducasse and the Macao University of Tourism signed a partnership allowing students exemption from internship requirements to join École Ducasse's culinary and pastry arts programs. This collaboration enhances access to globally renowned culinary education with specific tuition benefits. Dr. Fanny Vong, Dr. Connie Loi, Dr. Clara Lei, and Karine Hyon-Vintrou contributed to the agreement, aiming to build a robust international academic network and provide top-tier training for aspiring chefs worldwide.

💻 Virginie Corraze, Associate Director at Amadeus, leads a Green IT initiative since late 2021, integrating it as a core aspect of the company's ESG strategy. She directs a cross-functional team supporting 10,000 engineers with tools and standards to enhance work quality and reduce carbon footprint. Amadeus has conducted 12 interviews to tailor solutions for diverse engineering roles. Since 2021, 5,000 engineers have participated in the Climate Fresco workshop. Amadeus contributes to the Green Software Foundation, developing a software carbon intensity standard, set to be fully integrated by 2025.

💸 Black Friday sales on 29 November and Cyber Monday on 2 December, followed by Travel Tuesday on 3 December, feature up to 80% discounts from companies like Expedia and Booking. These events are a response to disappointing Summer 2024 for tourism, particularly for accommodation providers. Hopper invented Travel Tuesday in 2017, noting increased travel sales post-Black Friday. Google searches for "Travel Tuesday" quintupled in two years, mainly in the USA and Canada. The Travel Tuesday trend is less significant in Europe, but bookings in the USA increased notably in 2023. Marketing trends suggest Travel Tuesday might eclipse Black Friday, promoting sustainable travel offers.