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🏨 Increasing numbers of hotels are adopting thematic approaches, integrating animations to enrich the customer experience beyond just decor. This strategy, when aligned with the hotel's concept and history, has led to significant revenue growth and enhanced customer satisfaction. For an in-depth understanding, see the complete file in "Industrie Hôtelière" magazine's December issue (No. 766).

📅 Fin d'année 2024: vérification du dispositif des jours fériés garantis par les entreprises. Établissements permanents exigent 1 an, saisonniers 9 mois d’ancienneté. 6 jours fériés garantis, 4 non garantis, plus le 1er mai obligatoire pour tous. Salariés à temps partiel ont des droits prorata temporis. Les jours non pris doivent être compensés ou payés dans les 6 mois suivants, sinon rémunération obligatoire après cette période, avec une prescription de 3 ans pour les demandes de rappel de salaire.

🏕 "16th Travel d’Or™ awards open for applications, set for April 3, 2025, at Palais Brongniart, Paris. Eventiz organizes the event, celebrating tourism sector influencers with 12 categories, acknowledging reputation, creativity, innovation, and sustainable tourism commitments. Application deadline: January 15. Pre-selected 350 companies compete, with new evaluation methodologies including specialized institute surveys. Non-participants and new applicants have different instructions for participation.

🏛 Notre-Dame de Paris reopens on December 8 after a five-year restoration, featuring a ceremony with heads of state and an inaugural concert. Pope Francis visits Ajaccio on December 15, both events expected to boost local tourism and hotel industry, with trends in reservation to be analyzed for these significant weekends.

🏛 Notre-Dame de Paris reopens on December 8, 2024, after five years of extensive renovations. An online reservation system is established for visits starting from December 9, with the "Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris" app available in French, English, and Spanish. It allows booking slots, offers guided tours in audio and text format, and provides cathedral updates. Visitors can book from 30-minute to one-hour slots, and up to 3,000 people can be accommodated simultaneously. Initially, opening hours are from 3:30 PM to 10 PM (Dec 9-13) and 3:30 PM to 8 PM (Dec 14-15), and then normal hours resume from 7:45 AM to 7 PM starting December 16.

🏨 Billy Skelli-Cohen named CEO of rapidly growing European boutique hotel group Beaumier, effective January 1, 2025. Skelli-Cohen, with background in luxury hospitality and international development, previously led Zien Group and founded Lore Group. Beaumier, transformed in 2021, emphasizes authenticity and sustainability, operates 11 hotels in France, Spain, and Switzerland, and is expanding with a new opening in Wengen, Switzerland.

🏖️ Four Seasons, in partnership with Hinitsa Bay Holdings, is set to transform a seaside property into the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Porto Heli in Hinitsa Bay, Porto Heli, featuring 80 rooms and suites, 30 bungalows and villas on 75 hectares with 3.25 kilometers of coastline. Facilities include a multisport center, modern gym, meeting spaces, and pools, enhancing the region as a top Mediterranean destination.

🏠 Edgar Suites expands Paris presence with a custom-made rehabilitation project, transforming a former youth hostel into a high-end aparthotel. Named Edgar Suites – Jules Ferry, the project is located at 8 Boulevard Jules Ferry, 75011 Paris, and spans 780 m². The residence will feature 12 spacious apartments, equivalent to 30 hotel rooms, across 6 floors, ranging from T2 to T4. Completion is slated for Q2 2026, reinforcing Edgar Suites' portfolio of 1,300 rooms in Grand Paris, Cannes, Lille, and Bordeaux.

🏦 Léa de Chambure, a hospitality industry professional with a notable academic background from EH Glion (2015), contributed to the opening of the Atelier de Joël Robuchon in New York. Currently, she is the Founder & Project Manager of 75K Hospitality, a Paris-based project management studio operating internationally since April 2024, focusing on supporting entrepreneurs and organizations within the hospitality sector.

🚀 SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, is in talks to sell insider shares to reach a potential valuation of $350 billion, surpassing Bytedance's $300 billion and OpenAI's $157 billion, aiming to become the highest-valued startup globally. SpaceX plans to carry the Artemis III crew to the Moon with its Starship rocket in 2025 and has already made history with the first private space outing on September 10, with four passengers aboard the Dragon capsule over 1,400km altitude.