🔎 Today’s trend: international hospitality in full reshuffle. From the departure of Langdon Hall’s general manager in Canada, to James Guindon’s arrival at Marriott in Hawaii, the conversion of an office building into a hotel in Madrid, and the financing of an aparthotel in London, the sector is seeing strategic moves multiply well beyond France’s borders.
🇫🇷 National
🚨 Security The 5-star Hôtel Miramar La Cigale in Arzon (Morbihan) has filed a complaint after four young people broke into its aquatic area at night, caught on CCTV. Management’s 48-hour ultimatum went unanswered. #Arzon #Security #Hospitality
🥂 Appointment After 14 years as managing director of Champagne Ayala, Hadrien Mouflard is joining Pol Roger to succeed Laurent d’Harcourt, who has retired. At Ayala, succession will be handled internally by Cédric Roblet from 14 September, alongside a confirmed wine tourism development project. #Champagne #Appointment #WineTourism
🥂 Restructuring Vranken Pommery and Henkell Freixenet have ended their exclusive negotiations without reaching an agreement. The champagne house’s asset disposal target has now risen from €50 million to €100 million, with bank financing set to expire in June 2027. #Champagne #Restructuring #Investment
⛳ Legal Following the bankruptcy of developer Fiducim, the redevelopment project for the Deauville-Saint-Gatien golf course (Calvados) — which envisaged a 130-room 5-star hotel, a hotel residence and villas — has stalled. An appeal concerning the amendment to the local urban plan (PLUi) is due to be examined shortly by the administrative courts. #Deauville #Golf #HotelProject
🎓 Appointment Patrick Le Stunff has been appointed interim director general of Agence Campus France, under a joint order from the Ministries of Europe and Higher Education. He previously served as the agency’s secretary general. #CampusFrance #Appointment #Tourism
🌍 International
✈️ Tourism Incheon Airport has overtaken Dubai as the world’s leading international hub by passenger numbers, with 38.4 million travellers in the first half of the year, driven by traffic shifting away from the Gulf since the conflict in Iran. Dubai saw its passenger numbers fall from 7.4 million to 2.5 million between February and March. #Korea #Tourism #AirTraffic
🍹 Regulation Since 12 August, Spain has been charging a €0.10 deposit on certain beverage packaging sold in bars and restaurants, under the new SDDR deposit-return system. The amount is refunded when the packaging is returned — a measure that directly affects food service establishments. #Spain #Regulation #FoodService
✨ Appointment Andres Londono is stepping down as general manager of Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa in Cambridge, Ontario, after three years in the role, to be closer to his family in Edmonton. #Canada #Appointment #Luxury
🏨 Expansion OTH Hotels Resorts is expanding its portfolio with the management of the Heritage Hotel & Conference Center in Southbury and the DoubleTree by Hilton Binghamton, both located in Connecticut and New York State. #UnitedStates #Expansion #HotelManagement
✨ Appointment James Guindon is returning to Marriott International as Market Vice President for Hawaii and French Polynesia, alongside Kyo-ya Management, the longstanding owner-operator of several Hawaiian properties. #Hawaii #Marriott #Appointment
💷 Financing CapitalRise has secured an £8 million development facility to convert a site in Hammersmith, London, into a 40-key aparthotel operated by Numa — a first for the lender in this segment. #London #Aparthotel #Financing
🏢 Conversion In Madrid, Silicius Real Estate has sold an office building in the Obenque district to a Spanish family-owned hotel operator once its conversion was completed, enabling it to write off €8.2 million in debt. #Madrid #Spain #Conversion
