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🏕 BNP Paribas REIM France expanded its Plein Air Property Fund 1 (PAPF1) portfolio by acquiring three new campgrounds in France, targeting the growing outdoor hospitality market. The newly acquired campgrounds are located in popular tourist areas in southern Finistère and Loire-Atlantique, featuring amenities like water parks, wellness areas, fitness and spa rooms, playgrounds, and multi-sports fields. The sites total 3.5 to 6 hectares with 545 pitches, including mobile homes, tent sites, and residential units. The European outdoor hospitality market has seen a 25% increase in overnight stays over the past decade.

💾 Gaiarooms, a Spanish startup specializing in hotel digitalization, completed a €10 million funding round led by Bonsai Venture Capital with business angel Javier Llorente participating. Founded in 2018 and based in Salamanca, Gaiarooms provides connected solutions for 900 accommodations across 8 Spanish cities. The funds will support network expansion, with plans for 4,000 properties by 2028 and eventual international growth. Services include automated check-in, online marketing, and 24/7 customer support.

🍝 Over 900 entrepreneurs and professionals, more than 40 speakers, and nearly 30 exhibiting partners gathered at the FOODORAMA event held on March 16 and 17 at the Bastille Design Center in Paris. The second edition focused on recruitment, profitability, eco-responsibility, financing, and tech solutions for the food industry. Attendees experienced roundtables, pitch contests, expert advice, and exclusive interviews, with Service Compris confirming its role as a key accelerator for today's and tomorrow's food industry.

🏠 Grand Hôtel de Courtoisville in Saint-Malo, part of Beautiful Life Hotels, set to redefine luxury with a December 2025 opening, after renovations. Originally founded in 1906 near Sillon beach, the hotel will blend modernity with historical heritage. It offers 63 rooms, including suites with private terraces, designed in Art Déco style, providing a warm, sophisticated atmosphere with sea views. The hotel also features the exceptional Spa du Courtoisville, offering a unique wellness experience in a serene setting.

🎬 Brainsonic initiated a focus on artificial intelligence and the creation of virtual avatars for clients in 2023. The avatars, resembling digital twins, are trained from videos and can read scripts, eliminating the need for video shoots. This innovation simplifies content production processes and humanizes content by replicating the original subject's appearance and voice. In a collaboration with Michel-Edouard Leclerc, the technology translated a speech into multiple languages, and with Guy Hoquet Immobilier, it transformed training content into videos. The virtual avatars produced hundreds of training videos in just two days, significantly reducing production time. The demand for such AI solutions surged at the beginning of 2025, especially in the travel industry, where they could manage traveler requests in hotels. Brainsonic believes avatars can add flexibility and reduce costs in content creation without replacing human experience.

🏨 Federico Gonzales Tejera, CEO of Louvre Hotel Group, will speak at the 30th Hospitality Operator Forum on June 12 at InterContinental Paris le Grand, discussing his strategy for driving change across hotel teams and channels. Key elements for success include a clear vision, structured plan, right people, proper partnerships, and customer focus, emphasizing the importance of leadership in empowering teams and enacting transformation.

🎭 La Folie Barbizon, set to reopen in May 2025, is a 4-star hotel featuring 21 rooms and an artists' residence near the historic Fontainebleau forest. The project, a collaboration between Chapitre Six and Lionel Bensemoun, has interior spaces redesigned by Marion Collard and involves an 18-artist team. Supported by the Greenline Foundation under Sarah Valente's presidency, it aims to blend art, nature, and history. Located less than 60 minutes from Paris, La Folie Barbizon offers immersive art experiences, bike rides, sauna relaxation, and homemade herbal tea.

🍴 In France, hotel restaurants are seen as an opportunity amid commercial restaurant hardships. Investing in telework-friendly venues can offer quality dining and productive workspaces, turning hotels into hybrid spaces for both professional and gastronomic needs. Traditionally focused on rooms and breakfasts, hotel restaurants are often viewed as cost centers. Yet, with a 10% increase in restaurant bankruptcies in a year due to COVID-19 and remote work, hotel dining presents an alternative for consumers seeking accessible options like bakeries.

🏡 The Kyriad Prestige Centre del Mon is located at 35 Boulevard Saint-Assicle, near the train station and 10 minutes from the city center of Perpignan. Ranked 5th out of 80 hotels in the region, it has a rating of 8.2/10 on Booking. The hotel is part of an urban complex with six buildings, commercial spaces, and a 700-space underground parking, enhancing the area's economic energy. It is well-connected, with TER and TGV train services linking to major cities, and is 10 minutes by car from Perpignan Rivesaltes Méditerranée Airport and 3 kilometers from A9 highway access. Thomas Krynen of Christie & Co Aix-en-Provence facilitated a significant transaction for a local growing stakeholder.

🏖 La 3ᵉ édition de la Semaine des Métiers du Tourisme se déroule du 17 au 23 mars 2025, visant à promouvoir les carrières dans le secteur qui représente plus de 8% du PIB français et emploie environ 2 millions de personnes. RESO, acteur majeur dans le domaine HCR, organise des événements tels que des ateliers, job-datings, et forums de l'emploi à travers la France, notamment avec RESO 29/22 le 19 mars, RESO Val de Loire le 20 mars, RESO 44 le 21 mars, et RESO 35 le 24 mars. Ces initiatives offrent opportunités de rencontre avec des professionnels et exploration de carrières dans un secteur dynamique et en constante évolution.