m.welsch - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 39

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Room Mate Hotels expands in Italy with new opening in Rome

🏠 Room Mate Hotels expands in Europe with Room Mate Collection Mia in Rome, rebranded from Capo d'Africa hotel. The 65-room boutique hotel, designed by Luis García Fraile, emphasizes comfort and modern aesthetics. Kike Sarasola, the brand's founder, highlights the aim for memorable guest experiences. Besides Rome, Room Mate operates in Florence, Milan, Venice, and beyond Italy with recent acquisitions like the Staying Valencia group with ten new properties and the renovation of Room Mate Aitana in Amsterdam by Tomás Alía. The expansion reflects Room Mate’s commitment to innovation and local economies.

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Kempinski Hotels appoints Hoda Tahoun as Chief Talent Officer

🏦 Kempinski Hotels appoints Hoda Tahoun as Chief Talent Officer, starting April 14, 2025. Her role includes overseeing global talent strategy to support the company's growth under CEO Barbara Muckermann. Tahoun reports to Chief Human Resources Officer Karin Raguin and is responsible for recruitment, development, and organizational design. She brings over 27 years of HR experience and previously worked with Russell Reynolds Associates. Kempinski has won the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award four times consecutively.

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Lindner Hotel Group strengthens its management team

🏦 Gabriele Seidel appointed as Vice President Operations & Commercial for Lindner Hotel Group, starting 1 April 2025. She will oversee Lindner Hotels & Resorts, Me and All Hotels, L-Collection, and 7Pines Hotels & Resorts. Seidel has a rich background with leadership positions at H-Hotels Group as Executive Director Sales & Revenue Management and Vice President Operations D-A-CH, and as Corporate Director Operations at Novum Hospitality, managing 126 hotels. Her role aims to enhance operations, customer experience, and market positioning amid the company's restructuring post-bankruptcy.

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MIPIM 2025, hospitality has the wind in its sails – Session 7: Office sector’s evolution

🏢 WOJO, an Accor Hotels and Boogie Mobile subsidiary founded in 2015, operates 18 sites in France with additional locations in Africa and South America. The company blends office environments with hospitality services, generating 20-25% of turnover through services in the office sector. Traditional fixed leases are shifting towards variable rents, influenced by tenant performance, accounting for up to 20% of forecasted rent. Hybrid leasing models introduced by WOJO during the pandemic combine co-working flexibility with traditional office leases, with fees around 15-25% of turnover. This shift is considered a "win-win" for landlords and operators, optimizing costs and attractiveness of properties.

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Is Lush ready to enter the UK hospitality market?

🏠 Lush, the ethical cosmetics retailer, is set to enter the UK hospitality sector by opening a hotel, leveraging its success in retail and spa operations in the UK, Canada, the US, and the Middle East. The company, which operates nearly 900 stores globally, plans to integrate its retail and spa experiences into this new hospitality venture, targeting wellness-oriented travelers. Despite previous financial challenges, Lush aims to diversify and grow, aligning with trends in experiential travel and integrated customer experiences.

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Sofitel expands its presence in Portugal

🏦 Accor and Propreal Capital Partners team up to launch the Sofitel Porto, slated for 2028. The partnership marks a strategic expansion in Europe, with the 132-room hotel being the first Sofitel in Porto and second in Portugal, joining the Sofitel Lisbon Avenida Liberdade. Located between Avenida dos Aliados and Rua de Santa Catarina, the hotel unites French elegance with Portuguese culture, designed by Lázaro Rosa-Violán. It's part of Accor's growth strategy in the EMEA region, complementing recent openings in the UAE and Egypt.

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Do carnivals boost European hotel performance?

🎭 Venice Carnival sees an 18% RevPAR increase in February, driven by a 16.8% rise in average daily rate and a slight 0.5 point occupancy rate increase. The theme for the year was ‘In the time of Casanova,’ supported by an international campaign. Despite overtourism, Venice didn't impose the entry tax during the carnival. Santa Cruz de Tenerife's Carnival, the second largest globally, drew one million participants in 2024, but current year figures may not reach this record due to falling hotel occupancy rates.

Winter holidays 2025: hotel performance far from peak

🏔 Visitor numbers at French mountains stable year-on-year; international clientele up slightly (+0.3%), with Scandinavians (+7.2%), Germans (+2.8%), Dutch (+4.2%), but fewer British (-0.3%) and Belgians (-3.9%). Occupancy rates fell in Midi-Pyrénées (-3.6 points), Rhône-Alpes (-1.5 points), and Languedoc-Roussillon (-2.5 points). Average daily rate increased in Languedoc-Roussillon (+7%) and Rhône-Alpes (+5.9%), but decreased in Midi-Pyrénées (-6%).

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Compagnie des Alpes acquires a new leisure park in Germany

🎭 Compagnie des Alpes acquired Belantis theme park from Parques Reunidos group, taking over Event Park GmbH's capital for €22 million. Belantis, founded in 2003, is located in the Leipzig region, eastern Germany, and features 27 attractions over nine themed zones. The park, attracting 300,000 visitors annually, generated €11 million in sales in 2024. Compagnie des Alpes, with this new acquisition, operates eight European sites and aims to increase Belantis' visitor numbers to 900,000 annually.

MIPIM 2025, hospitality has the wind in its sails – Session 6: shifting sands

🏨 Hannah Yulo Luccini of Hotel 101 operates a standardized hospitality model with 500-room developments and units sold to individuals for €200,000, aimed at European expansion. Sami Mendil from B&B HOTELS with 900 hotels globally, focuses on asset-light investments, having secured 124 deals last year. Adagio plans to grow from 130 to over 200 hotels by 2025, with extended stay models showing over 50% GOP margins. EasyHotel targets doubling its portfolio in five years, focusing on ESG with room carbon emissions 66% lower than midscale hotels. Honotel has 50 hotels in France, prioritizing Paris with a focus on investment quality. Europe's hotel investment climate faces permitting delays, with a strong market in Paris yielding €2.7 billion in transactions in 2024. Despite geopolitical concerns, Europe is considered an attractive destination for hotel investment.

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