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🏠 Down Hall Hotel, Spa & Estate, 45 minutes from London, offers family-friendly stays this February Half Term (15th – 23rd February). Estate Family Rooms start at £212 per night, including breakfast, for two adults and two kids under 12, who stay free. Activity Retreat on 17th February, features a magic session and creative workshops for £355, plus £40 for an additional child. The hotel sits on 110 acres with leisure activities and renovated rooms with bunk beds, games, and a Nintendo Switch.

🍕 Travis Street Hospitality, after 12 years of French dining with Le Bilboquet, Knox Bistro, and Georgie in Dallas's Knox District, launched two new eateries, Le PasSage and Rose Cafe, in late October at The Terminal at Katy Trail. Le PasSage, a 4,800-square-foot space designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, merges Asian flavors with French technique, offering dishes like Shaking Beef and Peking duck. Rose Cafe provides a casual ambiance with small plates like pork bao buns and shrimp toast. Founders Stephan Courseau and Daniele Garcia bring experience from NYC eateries and French-Thai dining to these concepts, with culinary director Bruno Davaillon and chefs Dicky Fung and Sotear Tep. Additionally, the group plans to open Frenchie in Dallas next year.

🏨 Sonesta International Hotels to franchise 114 U.S. hotels after sale by Service Properties Trust (SVC). The portfolio includes 31 Sonesta Select, 44 Sonesta ES Suites, and 39 Sonesta Simply Suites, totaling 14,925 keys across 28 states with a net value of $85 million. Sale expected in 2025 will repay SVC debt, saving an estimated $725 million in capital expenditures over six years. The deal aligns with SVC reducing leverage and improving liquidity, preserving $127 million annually. Post-sale, SVC to own 34% of Sonesta, focusing on full-service and high-performing focused service hotels. Sonesta to manage 66 hotels in the U.S. and Canada, maintaining its rank as the eighth largest hotel company in the U.S., with 1,100 properties and 100,000 rooms across eight countries.

📍 Obvlo revolutionizes the hospitality industry by creating the fastest dynamic hotel destination guides, operational in 60 minutes. Their AI tools have reduced content production time from two weeks to an hour over the past 12 months. The platform ensures up-to-date, personalized local guides, fostering increased revenue and loyalty. Obvlo’s AI scours the web, aggregates data, and refreshes content continually, supporting over 100 guest archetypes and promoting local businesses. The guides integrate with Google Analytics for targeted marketing and can be incorporated into hotel apps or platforms. CEO Callum McPherson emphasizes the commitment to quality and currency in guest experience.

Martin Burkitt a reçu 16 courriels de LightInTheBox en trois jours pour compléter sa commande, représentatif d'un problème croissant pour les détaillants en ligne face à l'augmentation de 9 % d'abandon de panier (environ 3 milliards de livres sterling de ventes perdues). En 2023, 34,4 milliards de livres sterling de ventes ont été perdus à cause de frais de livraison élevés et d'options d'expédition limitées, avec une augmentation marquée de l'abandon de panier chez les millennials aisés. [[[POST_SCORE: 2]]]