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In France, only 5% of people with cardiac arrest survive, compared to 40% in Norway. In France, only 20% of the population is trained in first aid, while this figure reaches 90% in the Nordic countries. Facing this facts, Emmanuel Bourcet founded D’un Seul Geste with Ludovic Fagot, computer engineer, Nicolas Guerchet, firefighter and first aid trainer for 20 years, and Bernard Périco, former commander of Paris Fire Brigade.

The company thus wishes to facilitate and accelerate training thanks to a virtual reality solution allowing one-hour training sessions in first aid and life-saving gestures’ development.

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As part of Ifpeb’s CUBE.S competition, a contest challenging middle schools and high schools across France engaging them in energy saving, Rochefort-du-Gard’s Claudie-Haigneré middle school was awarded for its performance. The institution achieved a 19,6% decrease on its consumption. To reach that goal, the middle school put in place concrete measures such as reducing the temperature in rooms by one degree, turning off gas boilers 45 minutes before the end of classes or setting up presence sensors to avoid empty lit rooms.

Thank you, France Bleu, for relaying the information!

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EXTENDAM has signed the walls and business assets of Park 6, a 4-star hotel located in Amsterdam, in partnership with Black Label Hospitality, who will manage its operations.

After some refurbishment work, the establishment will host the first ELLE House in the Netherlands: a hotel based on the ELLE Hospitality concept, positioned within the lifestyle and boutique hotel segment. This new ELLE House will enjoy a prime location in the museum district, just minutes away from the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.

This venture takes place in a city experiencing growing demand for hotels, while its accommodation offerings remain limited. “By investing in this upcoming ELLE House Amsterdam, we are addressing an identified need that will cater to the upscale tourism trend,” notes Jean-Marc Palhon, Chairman of EXTENDAM.

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Two Reunion schools were rewarded on March 30^th at l’Académie du Climat in Paris during the award ceremony of energy saving contest CUBE.S.

Among the award recipients, Thérésien Cadet de Sainte-Rose middle school won a bronze Cube for its 19.5% in energy savings. Through two projects serving as guideline all year, La Salle Saint-Charles high school earned on their part a prize for best pedagogical integration. “Tomorrow’s Home in La Réunion” demonstrates how energy saving has its place in building tomorrow’s homes and “Energy Challenges” involve students competing within classrooms.

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EXTENDAM, Schroders Capital and Cèdre sold the Eiffel Blomet, a 4-star boutique hotel with 87 rooms to La Financière M.P. Landowski.

Since the acquisition of the hotel in June 2018, the team has worked hard to position this hotel on the Parisian market. The implementation of an effective revenue management policy, coupled with fine cost management, made it possible to significantly increase the performance of this hotel during the holding period.

“We are proud of the work carried out since 2018 by all the teams. This work has enabled the establishment to achieve remarkable performance, including during the health crisis, where, thanks to its strengths, the hotel has maintained a more than satisfactory level of activity and profitability”, adds Jean-Marc Palhon, EXTENDAM president.

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The Journal du Grand Paris is organizing the first edition of the Assises du Grand Paris on November 14th, 2023, in partnership with Greater Paris Metropolis. Housing, energy transition, mobility and logistics, Olympic Games and heritage… the unifying event will address the key themes of Greater Paris. Greater Paris operators white paper drawn up during a cycle of debates and preliminary meetings will also be presented!

To prepare for this day of recommendations and commitments, Grand Paris mornings will take place on April 18th, May 11th and June 1st, 2023.

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Among the most beautiful hotel openings announced in France for this year 2023 by the American group Hilton, Marty Hotel promises to be in Bordeaux as an elegant place, where life is good with regular artistic events organized within the hotel grounds. The creation of a remarkable identity, its complete refurbishment and even the effective management of the establishment are the result of a franchise agreement between Hilton and the Vicartem / EXTENDAM duo.

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To support its development and contribute to the beautiful missions entrusted to us in the field of urban, environmental, social, cultural, financial and/or technological innovation, Les Grandes Idées is recruiting a communication officer.

At Les Grandes Idées, we offer tailor-made advice and an approach based on the creation of a dialogue or bridges between disciplines, universes, actors and sectors that usually do not speak to each other. The objective: to support innovation, creativity in all its forms, to promote and bring to life beautiful projects!

Graduated with a BAC + 5, you justify one or more significant experiences in consulting, communication and / or a good knowledge of the actors of innovation, hospitality, the city or territorial development.

To join the adventure, send us your application !

The Hilton group continues its expansion in France with the opening of seven hotels this year: its largest annual increase in the country. Among them, Marty Hotel Bordeaux, asset of EXTENDAM and VICARTEM portfolios, will open in the spring.

New address under the Tapestry Collection by Hilton brand, the hotel is located 10 minutes from Bordeaux city center and has 61 rooms with sober and warm elegance. Managed by Younight Hospitality since its acquisition, Marty Hotel will also offer unique immersive experiences to discover art: workshops, pop-up stores of young designers, expositions, the hotel aspires to be a place of life and lively creation.

Learn more about Marty Hotel on Hospitality On

Pantin is full of places thought and designed by women. Whether they are architects, urban planners, or landscape designers, each of them has been entrusted with the rehabilitation or design of emblematic places in the city.

Among them, Maud Caubet wanted to get Pantin inhabitants to meet each other with the rehabilitation of Sheds, a former Cartier-Bresson spinning factory in the Quatre Chemins district. The building now dialogues with the Parc Diderot in which it is located, to offer an opening onto its environment. The place now houses the municipal gallery of contemporary art as well as a space dedicated to early childhood.

Read full article in the Canal de Pantin in March