Innovation

Blog Post Excerpt 🧹 ADA Cosmetics révolutionne le secteur hôtelier avec Refillution, un système de recharge automatisé pour cosmétiques. Compatible avec SmartCare, SHAPE, et flacons-pompes mono-matériau, il remplace 34 doseurs à usage unique par une unité de 10 litres, réduisant stockage et logistique. Refillution optimise temps, coûts, et impact environnemental, améliorant l'efficacité et réduisant les besoins de formation.

💻 Mirai, in 2025, introduced the world's first native 3D hotel booking engine, enhancing the user experience beyond 2D. The 3D feature allows guests to virtually explore hotels and surroundings, providing transparency and context for room pricing. Integrated with Google Maps' 3D API, it offers a seamless, immersive booking process. This technology aids in decisions like room views and proximity to amenities. Mirai's innovation positions it advantageously against competitors and OTAs, promising further 3D advancements.

🏖️ Juillet 2025, en France, près de 50% des actifs ressentent un stress élevé quotidiennement. Pour répondre à ce besoin de déconnexion, le Groupe Valdys propose une plateforme digitale pour les Comités Sociaux et Économiques (CSE) et associations. Avec 660 entreprises partenaires, la plateforme permet d'acheter des pass pour 4 destinations thalasso : Douarnenez, Roscoff, Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Pornichet-Baie de La Baule. Les pass sont personnalisables, facilitant l'accès au bien-être au travail.

🚀 Joby Aviation, an American company, delivered an electric air taxi to Dubai, UAE, marking the first of its fleet. The commercial service is set to launch in early 2026, connecting key locations like Palm Jumeirah and Downtown. The aircraft can carry a pilot and four passengers at 320 km/h, reducing the 45-minute car journey from DXB to Palm Jumeirah to just 12 minutes. Joby received flight authorization in Dubai in 2024, committing to a six-year service.

🗺️ New Murabba, the Saudi PIF's real estate arm, signed a three-year technological agreement with South Korea's NAVER Cloud during the Investment & Partnership Forum in Seoul. The 14 km² Riyadh-based urban project intends to integrate cutting-edge technologies like autonomous vehicles, robots, smart city platforms, and digital construction tracking. CEO Michael Dyke highlights its alignment with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. NAVER Cloud's CEO Kim Yu-won emphasizes the project's role in shaping future cities.

💻 LoungeUp was renamed "D-EDGE CRM" following its acquisition by D-EDGE in March 2024. The integration aims to enhance the CRM capabilities for hoteliers through D-EDGE’s global presence. This platform combines data management, personalized interactions, and AI, improving customer experiences without affecting existing user operations. The goal is to boost hotel revenue, customer satisfaction, and loyalty. D-EDGE’s CEO, Pierre-Charles Grob, and LoungeUp co-founder, Mathieu Pollet, emphasize the strategic benefits.

📈 D-EDGE integrates its CRM seamlessly with its tech platform, including a Booking Engine, Channel Manager, GDS solutions, payment tools, and a Central Reservation Office module. This integration centralizes distribution, client relations, and marketing, providing hoteliers a unified view of the customer journey from reservation to loyalty. D-EDGE claims to offer the most comprehensive 360° solution suite in the market.

💰 In June 2025, the travel sector saw €342.5 million in funding for startups. Key investments include Chatlyn's €8 million to enhance hotel communication via AI, Ramp's €173 million for expense automation, and Expliseat's €36 million for international growth. Canary Technologies raised €69 million for hotel AI solutions, Kolet secured €8.8 million for mobile connectivity, Holidu obtained €46 million for AI and European expansion, while Truely raised €1.7 million for eSIM travel connectivity.

📱 Zhejiang, China, June 28, 2025: The Zhejiang province launched "Zhejiang Travel," an AI-powered digital platform for personalized travel experiences. Announced at the World Tourism Alliance headquarters in Hangzhou, it aggregates hotel bookings, digital payments, transport access, and personalized itineraries. Unlike Shanghai's "Easy Go" app, Zhejiang Travel integrates with WeChat and AliPay. With a 32.7% rise in foreign visitors in 2024, driven by relaxed visa policies for 55 countries, Zhejiang Travel aims to disperse tourists to lesser-known sites.

📱 Seattle, June 2025: Launching Emerald, an AI-powered personalized travel assistant available online and on WhatsApp by Visit Seattle. It provides instant, tailored recommendations, leveraging over 1,000 GuideGeek integrations. Accessible in dozens of languages, it adapts to user preferences, group size, age, and real-time constraints. Launched ahead of the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup and 2026 Nations World Cup, Seattle aims to enhance visitor experiences and showcase itself as an innovative, welcoming city.