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Thanks to Les Grandes Idées, Jean-Marc Palhon, Chairman of EXTENDAM, was interviewed by Christophe Palierse for Les Echos.
🗣️ “The farther you move from the centre, the fiercer the competition. Hotels try to fill rooms by lowering prices. This leads to segment competition: 4-star hotels chase 3-star clients, who in turn chase 2-star customers. The gap with Paris is also huge, as the capital is currently outperforming,” he notes.
Based on MKG data covering the first 24 days of October, the average occupancy rate in the capital reached nearly 90%, increasing compared with 2023 and 2024. This comes with higher ADR (almost €271, up more than 4%) and RevPAR.
“With supply so scarce and expensive, Paris is now the most expensive city in Europe. The price per key reaches €600,000. London follows at €400,000 per room. Other capitals lag far behind, ranging from €150,000 to €300,000 for Rome, Madrid or Brussels,” says Jean-Marc Palhon.
In Andilly (Charente-Maritime), a locally driven wind farm demonstrates the power of the citizen model. Alongside the town hall and 440 residents, businesses and local authorities, Énergie Partagée Investissement supports a project where the territory remains in charge of its energy.
With 31% of the capital, the local cooperative holds the majority on the steering committee—a meaningful governance choice. The success of the project is matched by residents’ enthusiasm, and a new citizen-led solar project is already underway.
➡️ A concrete example of how citizen energy enables territories to produce, decide… and transform themselves.
Every year in France, 9 million tons of still-usable items are thrown away by households, and the value of unsold non-food goods reaches 4 billion euros.
While observing this huge waste, Hakim Baka and Florian Blanc launched Geev, the leading platform for donating items and food between individuals—turning it into a simple, local, and accessible gesture.
📱 In just a few years, Geev has enabled millions of donations and created a true community of “Geevers” who give, collect, and share within a framework that is trusting, safe, and local.
“The culture of giving already exists in everyone’s heart… Our role is to bring this desire to give closer to everyday life,” — Hakim Baka.
🌍 Thanks to Geev, circular economy becomes a natural reflex, and every action counts—whether to declutter our homes, reduce waste, or help someone nearby.