Innovation

💻 HOLOGAME, a six-year-old French company, transforms vacant spaces into profitable VR arenas with minimal investment. It optimizes 30 to 1,000 m² rapidly, requiring no heavy construction. The autonomous tech reduces operating costs, needing no dedicated staff. The VR arenas maintain high occupancy with diverse experiences appealing to families, gamers, and corporate seminars. This solution enables operations 7 days a week, boosting revenue streams for leisure centers efficiently.

📹 Acacia Dynamic, a digital services company near La Rochelle, launched Product Video Generator with AI for PrestaShop and WooCommerce, automating video creation to boost e-commerce conversion rates. This tool allows merchants to create professional videos from as little as €0.83 each, with subscription plans starting at €74/month for 30 videos. Founded in 1998 by Emmanuel Brulavoine, Acacia Dynamic focuses on innovative IT solutions to enhance business performance.

💻 Google intensifie ses efforts pour développer des agents conversationnels capables de réserver hôtels et vols via l'IA. Tests en cours aux États-Unis, avec partenaires comme Booking.com et Marriott. Expansion planifiée à travers l'Europe, fonctionnalités IA activées en Allemagne, Suisse, et Autriche, bientôt en France. Service Flight Deals disponible dans 200+ pays. Objectif : simplifier la planification de voyages en utilisant des données en temps réel et suggestions IA, tout en restant hors du rôle de marchand.

✈ Google is expanding AI functionalities in Search to assist travelers worldwide. Since November 17, 2025, Flight Deals, initially in the US, Canada, and India, now serves over 200 countries, offering flexible flight options. Canvas, available in the US, uses natural language to create personalized itineraries. Future bookings will involve partners like Booking.com and Expedia. Google's AI aims to simplify travel planning by integrating real-time data and user interaction, enhancing the travel experience.

🍷 Novembre 2025, OH MY BAIE, une collection française 0.0% alcool, est lancée. Produite en France, elle offre un rosé d'Aix-en-Provence et un blanc de l'Étang de Thau, à 2g et 1.5g sucre/100ml respectivement. Fondée par Charlotte Burckhard, la marque utilise une désalcoolisation à basse température. Les bouteilles coûtent 17 euros. En France, 22.84 millions de personnes choisissent des boissons sans alcool, représentant 2.3% des ventes totales.

🗺 Le ministère du Tourisme des Bahamas annonce en novembre 2025 un partenariat avec Mindtrip pour offrir des itinéraires personnalisés sur Bahamas.com. L'outil, basé sur l'IA, fournit des recommandations et cartes interactives selon les préférences des visiteurs, et inclut des informations pratiques comme la météo et l'accès via 20 aéroports. Ce projet vise à valoriser les 16 îles de l'archipel, renforçant l'attractivité de la destination. Mindtrip, fondée en 2023, a déjà collaboré avec d'autres destinations.

💻 The Originals Human Hotels & Resorts partners with Experience, a French CRM expert, to enhance digital transformation. Established over a decade ago, Experience excels in hotel industry CRM with its agile, modular, and open API system. This partnership unifies data from 26 different Property Management Systems (PMS) used by the cooperative's hotels, enhancing service personalization for customers and hoteliers.

📈 Booking Holdings reported Q3 2025 results exceeding expectations with $49.7 billion in gross bookings (+14% YoY) and $9.01 billion in revenue (+13%). Adjusted EPS was $99.50, and adjusted EBITDA rose 15% to $4.2 billion, with a 47% margin. Growth was driven by AI integration and geographical expansion. Expedia Group also showed strong performance with $30.7 billion in gross bookings (+12%) and $4.41 billion in revenue (+9%), with net income up 40% to $959 million.

📈 Trip.com Group might appoint Xiaoru Dai as the new CTO, replacing Chao Ma. 🛫 On November 12, SITA and Amadeus announced a partnership in Rabat for calculating flight carbon emissions. 🌍 Mindtrip, based in San Francisco, launched a feature on November 6 integrating local events, boasting over 11 million points of interest. 🚢 Riviera Travel released RIVA AI on November 12 in the UK. 🏨 Shangri-La opened Traders Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai, emphasizing tech innovations. 🤝 Alibaba and Marriott announced a strategic AI partnership on November 10.

💻 Mews, in November 2025, published the report "Agentic AI for Hotels" outlining its vision to transform hospitality operations using agentic AI. Mews aims to move from assistant tools to autonomous systems in key areas like revenue and operations. Recent acquisitions include DataChat for orchestration and Flexkeeping for daily planning. The report highlights challenges like semantic errors but envisions a learning network for hotel chains. Mews strives for AI-driven seamless hotel operations.