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🗺️ Côte d’Azur France Tourisme unveiled its 2026 Action Plan on Friday at Club Med Opio, with over 350 tourism professionals present. Supported by the Alpes-Maritimes Department, the plan aims to boost the region's appeal and promote year-round responsible tourism. In 2025, hotel occupancy rates soared, peaking at 89% in August. Key events, like Cannes Lions and the Monaco Grand Prix, attracted international visitors, with 55% in July and 58% in August from abroad.

🗺 Les Français adaptent leurs voyages face à l'inflation et aux enjeux climatiques. En 2050, 84% prévoient des changements dans leurs habitudes de voyage. 67% adoptent le "coolcation" pour fuir les canicules, 46% optent pour le "staycation", et 36% pour le "workation". Marriott répond à cette tendance avec Marriott Bonvoy Outdoors et des hébergements immersifs. Les jeunes recherchent des expériences immersives et engagées, tandis que l'écologie reste un critère secondaire.

🏨 Situé à Marne-la-Vallée, près de Disneyland Paris, le Ki Space Hotel & Spa couvre 12,000 m² et propose 274 chambres. Il offre un spa géré par Éden des Sens, intégrant la marque Panpuri, ainsi que des installations modernes comme un restaurant et un espace de séminaire modulable. L'hôtel met l'accent sur la durabilité avec une architecture bioclimatique, panneaux solaires, ressources en eau autonomes et bornes de recharge électrique.

💸 Publié le 3 octobre 2025, Relais de la Poste digitalise ses coffrets cadeaux avec Console SecretBox, améliorant les ventes, surtout à Noël. Situé dans les Landes, cet hôtel 4 étoiles avec restaurant 2 étoiles Michelin, dirigé par Chef Jean Coussau, utilise une interface intuitive pour simplifier les transactions et le suivi comptable. Console SecretBox, opérant toute l'année, facilite l'achat de cadeaux en ligne, augmentant chiffre d'affaires et performance.

📶 Medialog, a French PMS, announced a partnership with TriggerFlow by Utelys. This collaboration enhances communication automations for hoteliers, enabling SMS arrivals, WhatsApp messages, marketing email scheduling, and personalized sequences based on guest stays. Medialog is a 100% French PMS designed to simplify operations and strengthen customer relations. #Hospitalité #Automatisation #PMS #ExpérienceClient #HotelTech

🗺️ Turin, 5-7 October 2025, hosts the 3rd World Summit on Accessible Tourism at Lingotto Congress Center. Previous summits were in Montreal (2014) and Brussels (2018). This event unites global tourism professionals to promote best practices in accessibility, including for those with specific access needs. It's a significant international event fostering a network of inclusive destinations. The program includes plenary sessions, oral presentations, debates, workshops, and thematic sessions, solidifying Turin's role in social innovation.

📈 In March, hotel budgets often show a significant gap from projections. A common approach is adding 5% to last year's revenue, but this often fails due to early or late bookings, changing customer mix, and unexpected cancellation rates. This results in an ineffective budget, leading to poor decision-making, like refusing groups or mispricing. A reliable budget should be based on historical data, current pickup, and adjusted continuously. Learn more in this video: [link](https://lnkd.in/eHVy7zrK).

🏊 Philippe Bette, finaliste du concours Orchestra Startup, a présenté Locksun, une solution innovante pour Tiahi. En octobre 2025, ce système élimine les disputes autour des piscines grâce à l’automatisation de la rotation des transats, annulant ainsi l'ancienne pratique de réserver avec une serviette. Ce concept a été dévoilé lors du concours, visant à améliorer les comportements et l'expérience des usagers des piscines.

🛍 Fixacouette, co-founded by Arielle Colleville, offers a patented mechanical solution to reduce musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) for hotel chambermaids. This tool, made in France, cuts bed-making time by 40%, aids in RSI prevention, and costs hotels 30-40 cents per day per bed. Since inception a decade ago, over 800 hotels have adopted it. Fixacouette is expanding internationally, with challenges in markets like the US due to its simplicity. A 7% discount is available until November 2025.

📈 In the 1970s, American airlines pioneered yield management to optimize fixed costs by filling seats, similar to hotels using flexible pricing to maximize profits. Yield is calculated as: Yield = 70% with 7 rooms sold at €150 each from 10 rooms available. Yield management adjusts pricing based on demand factors like seasonality, events, and customer types, differing from revenue management, which includes broader metrics and extras. Zak by WuBook offers flexible pricing rules and real-time updates for hotels.