Our news
Our latest news
Reflecting its strong dynamism in investment, the private equity company closed the year with the signing of a 300th hotel in its portfolio. The future 260-room ibis Styles will take place in Valdebebas, a district known for its Isabel Zendal hospital, Real Madrid training center, IFEMA Exhibition and Congress Center and its residential area of La Solana. In full development, the urban area should also host very soon the new courthouse, 36,000 sqm of offices, a 145,000 sqm shopping center and an extension of the IFEMA. Finally, the district enjoys vast natural areas such as the Felipe VI Park, one of the green lungs of the capital, which extends over more than 400 hectares.
AGP Hotels, partner and co-investor in the operation, will operate this new establishment. The group already has ten franchised hotels in France and Spain to its credit.
Aware of the difficulty to access to employement encountered by 2.8 million French people with disabilities of working age, Robin Sicsic founded Handineo in 2020. Handineo allows HR, managers and disability managers to assess the practices of their organization in terms of disability inclusion, to create a personalized action plan, to measure and manage progress in relation to the objectives agreed upon for the year. All of this is possible thanks to a support program consisting of a steering platform and an adviser, intended to support people in charge of disability inclusion at work!
The platform also brings together a community of engaged employers who can take part in peer-to-peer learning sessions or share ideas and resources to advance inclusion through digital collective intelligence spaces.
While the hotel investment market shows dynamism in the face of crises, EXTENDAM, European leader in private equity in the hotel industry, draws up a very positive assessment of its year 2022, with the addition of a 300th hotel to his wallet. During an interview conducted by Jean-Baptiste Favier, Jean-Marc Palhon, Chairman of EXTENDAM, delivers his strategy for 2023.