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A Timeless Riviera Icon Returns: Como Le Beauvallon

Le Beauvallon — built in 1914, closed in 2008 for a meticulous restoration, and reopened in 2015 as an exclusive-use private estate — is returning to its roots as an iconic hotel on the French Riviera. On April 24 2026, this Belle Époque grand dame, which has hosted everyone from Winston Churchill to Audrey Hepburn, will reopen as COMO Le Beauvallon. The revival brings COMO Hotels and Resorts’ award-winning hospitality to the storied shores of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez for the first time.
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HSMAI Foundation Releases 2025 State of Talent Report

McLean, VA - The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Foundation has released its fourth annual State of Talent Report, outlining the top trends impacting talent across hospitality’s commercial disciplines — sales, marketing, and revenue optimization. The report’s analysis of key talent trends reveals a dramatically transformed workplace landscape in 2025, driven primarily by artificial intelligence adoption, demographic shifts, and post-pandemic workplace evolution.
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How the USALI 12th Revised Edition Enhances Hotel Benchmarking and Drives Hotel Performance

Questions are commonplace in any hotel business. Who hasn’t been in a budget meeting or financial review when someone has asked if the food and beverage margins are competitive, or if the spa department should be generating more revenue, or how labor efficiencies compare to other properties of the same size? Transforming these questions into actionable insights is what hotel benchmarking can do—creating concrete, data-backed comparisons.
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Trip.com Group Shapes Global Travel Trends through AI Innovation, Sustainability and New Consumer Insights at WTM London 2025

As World Travel Market (WTM) 2025 draws to a close at Excel London, Trip.com Group showcased its global leadership by sharing insights and innovations shaping the future of travel. Across key sessions, the company led conversations from global and European perspectives, focusing on the strategic evolution of travel, from digital transformation and personalisation to sustainability.
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UN Tourism and Università della Svizzera Italiana Strengthen Links Between Tourism and Fashion

Following on from the joint report "Fashion and Cultural Tourism – Connecting Creators, Businesses, and Destinations" USI, in cooperation with UN Tourism, hosted a hybrid workshop (24 October) to strengthen ties between the fashion and tourism sectors. The insights delivered in Lugano targeted policymakers and researchers, as well as professionals in product development, marketing and communication working within national tourism administrations, destination management organizations and fashion companies.
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