🔎 Trend of the day: global hospitality multiplies nature destinations and wellness alliances. From Val Cenis to Ilha do Caju, via Madrid and Dubai, the sector is combining talent training, island extensions and health partnerships – proof that the hotel offering keeps reinventing itself.
🇫🇷 National
🍣 Opening Japanese restaurant Zuma will open a seasonal address in Saint-Barthélemy at the end of November, bringing its izakaya concept with sushi bar and robata grill to the island. The venue will also lean into its nightlife atmosphere, resident DJ included, running until April 2027. #SaintBarthélemy #Opening #Gastronomy
❄️ Opening Huttopia is launching a seventh Alpine destination in Val Cenis, with wooden chalets and 21 caravan pitches, bringing the group’s total number of sites across the Alps and Pyrenees to seven for winter 2026-2027. #Mountains #Huttopia #ValCenis
🌍 International
🏛️ Renovation In Dubrovnik, the Villa Argentina has reopened following a renovation covering more than 10,000 m², combining contemporary Croatian architecture with preserved heritage. Together with Villa Orsula, the property now offers 109 rooms and suites overlooking the Adriatic. #Croatia #Dubrovnik #Renovation
💶 Taxation In Switzerland, the Council of States has voted to extend the reduced 3.8% VAT rate for accommodation until 2035. The measure is still considered necessary by the committee, despite opposition from a sector now judged to be thriving. #Switzerland #VAT #Accommodation
🌴 Opening Bookings are now open for NoMad Singapore, the brand’s first hotel in Asia-Pacific, expected to open on Orchard Road by the end of 2026. The property will have 173 rooms in a building designed by WOHA with a green façade. #Singapore #NoMad #Opening
🏗️ Project In Montreal, developer Oktodev is planning a 180-room lifestyle hotel on the last remaining plot of 1 Square Phillips, formerly owned by Groupe Brivia. New Castle Hotels & Resorts has been selected to manage this multi-phase project. #Montreal #Canada #Project
🛫 Opening Clement Hôtels is strengthening its presence in Madrid’s airport district with a new property designed for business travellers and transit passengers, featuring a 150-space underground car park and breakfast service from 4am. The group already operates the Clement Hotel Barajas, the Täch Madrid Airport and the Fly Rooms Madrid there. #Madrid #Spain #AirportHotel
🏝️ Extension Brazilian resort Casana, a benchmark kitesurfing destination on Praia do Preá, has announced the June 2027 opening of Ilha do Caju, a 10,000-hectare private island in the Parnaíba delta. Eight rooms spread across three cottages will be available for exclusive rental. #Brazil #PrivateIsland #Casana
🧘 Partnership Austrian medical resort MAYRLIFE is partnering with Dubai clinic Maison Santé to offer its UAE-based clients diagnostic follow-up before and after their cure in Austria. The partnership strengthens the group’s long-term wellness tourism offering. #Austria #Dubai #Wellness
✨ Appointment Clare Barrell, World Rugby’s Director of International Relations, joins the advisory board of African Collaborations Group, a platform dedicated to integrated sport and entertainment hubs in Africa – mixed-use ecosystems that include an accommodation component. #Africa #Appointment #SportBusiness
