Innovation

🎨 LiliPopArt, French interior design leader since 2005, announces partnership with German brand Lillus Sport on 24 July 2024. Lillus Sport, established in 2006, specializes in handcrafted Ball Chairs that add elegance to professional spaces. The partnership coincides with Paris 2024 Olympics, showcasing customizable, high-quality chairs that reflect 60s-70s charm. LiliPopArt, exclusive Lillus representative in France, will feature the chairs at design and sports events. Contact: Romain C., [email protected], https://www.lilipopart.fr/brands/lillus-ball-chair-foot-golf-tennis/.

📊 En France, les secteurs "Thalasso" et "Thermal" visent la "santé préventive" pour attirer les "hauts revenus" et rajeunir leur clientèle. Clara Schisler, dans les Echos du 23 juillet 2024, mentionne que les grandes fortunes investissent dans la santé préventive. En Suisse, l'hôtel "Beau Rivage" de Genève collabore avec "Health & Prevention Medical Center" sur un programme de médecine préventive. Les GAFAM, dont Google avec son IA AMIE, investissent également dans ce domaine.

💻 Wifirst has invested over €1.5 million in its new web & mobile platform AUDIN for auditing and integrating network infrastructures, leading to time savings and unprecedented quality levels. AUDIN allows experts to conduct WiFi coverage studies on-site, with advanced modeling of active and passive network equipment. A collaborative platform, AUDIN enables shared access for clients and integrators and detailed installation information, raising Wifirst's performance and quality standards.

🚲 Micro-mobility hailed as the future of urban transport, with electric vehicles simplifying city travel. Published by StyQR on July 23, 2024, the article emphasizes the growing trend of electric vehicles in urban commuting. 🌐 Link to the article in multiple languages including French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish, ensuring accessibility to a wider audience. Images provided have dimensions of 2560x1471 pixels, in JPEG format. StyQR's commitment to providing up-to-date information on urban transportation trends is evident from their social media presence and publication timestamps: article updated on July 22, 2024, at 14:34:01 UTC, and originally published on July 23, 2024, at 07:00:26 UTC.

🍕 Matthias Leuliette, chef-owner of Après-Demain in Biarritz, launched the avant-garde restaurant Demain in late 2021. Demain closed in 2023, and Après-Demain opened in summer 2023 with 40 seats. The restaurant offers personalized menus based on weekly local produce and caters to all dietary needs including vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free, and vegetarian. Leuliette's signature dish is a duck-shaped foie gras, seasoned with Timut pepper and mandarin lacquer.

📦 Choice Hotels International partners with Entegra, the world's largest food purchasing group. Hotel owners under Choice brands gain access to over 3,000 suppliers globally through Entegra's digital referencing platform. The partnership aims to strengthen procurement decisions, optimize business performance, and potentially save costs. Entegra CEO Damien Calderini and Choice Hotels VP of Procurement Anya Kroupnik highlight the added value and operational support for franchisees, alongside Entegra SVP Customer Services Jeff Porterfield, who emphasizes improved operational efficiency and business expertise.

📨 Google tests a new AI-organized feature for local search results, displaying multiple local options horizontally with fewer non-local results when terms like "restaurants Olean" are searched. This follows Google's announcement at the Google I/O conference about deploying AI-organized search results for various categories. The AI sorts results based on relevant information from business listings, such as cuisine type—Italian, French, burgers, etc.—making searches more personalized and reducing the need to scroll through irrelevant results. Local businesses could gain increased exposure and clientele, necessitating a potential strategy shift to attract Google's attention with positive customer reviews and updated information. Source: seroundtable

📩 Une lettre de bienvenue dans les établissements hôteliers améliore l'expérience client et peut être papier ou numérique, incluant des informations utiles et personnalisées. Ces lettres renforcent la relation client, préparent à d'éventuelles imperfections, et augmentent les opportunités de vente. Des logiciels comme Zak de Wubook, intégrant l'intelligence artificielle de ChatGPT, facilitent la création et la gestion de ces communications.

📝 Google Knowledge Panels now showcase Google reviews in the form of stars, enabling users to see a store's overall ratings and read detailed reviews with a single click. This update significantly improves transparency and boosts consumer trust by making reviews easily accessible. For local businesses, maintaining a strong Google My Business profile and responding to reviews is critical, as visible ratings can attract customers and poor review management can damage reputation and visibility.

🏩 The Hôtel, Café, Restaurant (HCR) sector introduced a digitalized professional interview tool linked to the new Classification Grid (amendment 30) effective from 01/12/2022. The tool simplifies interview processes, ensuring they are personalized, environmentally friendly, and align with HCR Branch criteria. It facilitates on-site interviews with digital note-taking and continuous, customized employee progress tracking. Further details are available on Métiers Hôtel Resto (metiers-hotel-resto.fr).