🇫🇷 NATIONAL
🏰 Takeover – Varetz, Corrèze
Xavier Devaud, a Corrèze-based entrepreneur specialising in public works, has been selected to take over the Château de Castel Novel, the former home of Colette, which entered court-ordered liquidation four months ago. His project: a five-star hotel-spa, a gastronomic restaurant and event spaces dedicated to weddings, for several million euros in works.
#Takeover #Corrèze #CastelNovel #Hospitality
🍇 Reopening – Meursault, Côte de Beaune
Acquired by the Fontenille Collection group, the Château de Cîteaux, operated under the name La Cueillette, reopens its doors after several months of renovation work. 18 rooms are already available, with 17 more to follow by the end of the year.
#FontenilleCollection #Burgundy #Reopening
🏗️ Conversion – Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
The Hôtel de l’Europe, on the seafront, is to be converted into housing by Groupe RJP Biens Immo, with the exception of the first floor. The project, backed by investor Raynald Hautot, comes as local housing demand intensifies alongside the EPR2 construction site.
#Dieppe #Conversion #RealEstate
🌊 Sale – Dax, Landes
After 61 years in the same family, the Thermes de l’Avenue are up for sale for €5.665 million. Owner Frédéric Puythorac, who took over the property in 1997, cites the absence of a family successor for this Dax thermal spa institution.
#Thermalism #Dax #Sale
🔊 Noise complaints – Nice
Established since 2024 in the Riquier district, the Mama Shelter Nice hotel is facing anger from local residents, frustrated by noise from its rooftop bar, located on the ground floor of an inner courtyard surrounded by homes. Management has launched works to address the issue.
#MamaShelter #Nice #Noise
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🎾 Tourism – Balearic Islands, Spain
Rafael Nadal, retired from tennis since 2024, spoke to CNBC on the occasion of the opening of the fourth Zel hotel, his chain founded with Meliá. He discussed changing attitudes towards money, with younger generations now preferring to invest in travel rather than property.
#Nadal #Zel #Meliá #Tourism
✨ Appointment – Tunis, Tunisia
Belhassen Tebourbi has been appointed General Manager of the future Hilton Garden Inn Tunis Carthage (170 rooms), expected in 2026. With fifteen years at Accor, he most recently led the Novotel Tunis Lac.
#Tunisia #Hilton #Appointment
🐫 Trade show – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The first edition of WTM Spotlight Riyadh will take place from 8 to 10 September 2026, with a focus on the growth of Chinese tourism. Flights between Greater China and Saudi Arabia jumped 91% in 2025, as part of the Vision 2030 strategy.
#Riyadh #WTM #ChineseTourism
🍽️ Opening – Soho, London
Romain Bourrillon, founder of Cocotte, will open Bistro Cocotte at Kingly Court in late 2026, a French bistro centred on Burgundy wine and generous cuisine. It is the flagship concept of Maisons Vivantes, ten years after the first Cocotte opened in Notting Hill.
#London #Cocotte #Restaurant
🇺🇸 Development – Mississippi, USA
Valor Hospitality Partners enters Mississippi through a strategic partnership with Bellamare Development, taking over management of eight hotels (685 rooms). The agreement confirms Valor as Bellamare’s preferred operator for its hospitality projects across the Americas.
#ValorHospitality #Mississippi #Development
🚫 Crisis – Havana, Cuba
More than 70% of Cuban hotels have closed as a result of US sanctions, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero announced. Seven international chains, managing 46% of the country’s rooms, have withdrawn, leaving around 25,000 employees in a vulnerable position.
#Cuba #Sanctions #Tourism
🏚️ Abandoned – Phu Quoc, Vietnam
The Sheraton Phu Quoc project, stalled since 2015 after a decade of delays, has been officially cancelled by local authorities. The site, located in Bai Truong, will be subject to a new feasibility study ahead of the 2027 APEC summit.
#PhuQuoc #Vietnam #Marriott
🏛️ Signing – Rome, Italy
ACHM Hotels by Marriott, led by Antonio Catalán, has partnered with the Bettoja family to merge the Atlantico and Mediterraneo hotels into a single complex under the Autograph Collection brand. ACHM aims to double its portfolio to around 140 hotels across Spain, Italy and Portugal.
#Rome #AutographCollection #ACHM
🏖️ Opening – San Sebastián, Spain
Eurostars Hotel Company opens a boutique hotel in San Sebastián, bringing its Basque Country portfolio to three properties. The group, a subsidiary of Hotusa, is capitalising on the region’s growing tourism and gastronomy appeal.
#Eurostars #BasqueCountry #Boutique
