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♻️ This week is European Week for Waste Reduction. And at Essendi, we know that real impact starts upstream. 🛠 With our Think Circular design approach, we’re rethinking hotel renovation from the ground up. The goal? Reduce waste, extend value, and transform the guest experience, without compromising on style, comfort, or performance. 🌍 Think Circular is not just a concept. It's a tested, scalable solution that’s already delivering results: 🗑 80% less waste 🌱 50% lower carbon footprint 🕒 70% faster renovations 💰 20% cost savings By applying circular economy principles to hotel design, we create modular, adaptable spaces that evolve with time. Not against it. 🎥 Watch the video to explore how design can drive Positive Hospitality, and why circularity isn’t a constraint, but a lever for smarter, more sustainable growth. #WeAreEssendi #ThinkCircular #PositiveHospitality #CircularDesign #WasteReduction #EWWR2025 #Sustainability

This week, we’re highlighting someone who shows how sustainability becomes real, not through grand gestures, but through daily choices.   👨🍳At Mercure Toulouse Centre Compans, Antoine Aubry, Food & Beverage Manager, brings a modern, human approach to hospitality: one that blends operational excellence with a genuine commitment to doing things right, for guests, for teams, and for the planet.   🌍 For the European Week for Waste Reduction, his story stands out. Over the past year, Antoine and his team have managed to cut food waste by nearly 40%. Not through constraints, but through collaboration, smart data, and simple actions that make sense: rethinking portions, adapting buffets, using Orbisk | Zero Food Waste to track waste.   For him, Positive Hospitality is about creating experiences that respect both people and resources, proving that meaningful change often begins with small, intentional actions.   🤝 He empowers his team to take initiative, dares to challenge long-standing habits, and nurtures a culture where doing things responsibly becomes second nature. A way of working that reflects our belief that Positive Hospitality creates lasting value within and beyond our walls.   Discover how Antoine and his team embody Positive Hospitality, where doing good and feeling good go hand in hand.   🔗 Read the full article in comments 👇    Lionel Bouchand #WeAreEssendi #PositiveHospitality #Sustainability #FoodWasteReduction #EWWR2025 #Careerjourney #CareDareEmpower

From 37 applications across 11 countries to 10 shortlisted projects, and now 3 finalists preparing for the final round of our Positive Hospitality Awards.   Yesterday, each project leader had three minutes to pitch their idea: a challenging exercise that sparked lively and insightful discussions among the jury.   The selection was made by a panel combining internal and external perspectives: Franck Bermond (SVP Construction & ESG, Essendi), Cédric Durand (Group CHRO, Essendi), Sonia Gil-Gibernau (General Manager, Novotel Barcelona City), Ufi Ibrahim (CEO, Energy & Environment Alliance), Cristina Ramos-Fernandez (CSO Europe & North Africa, Accor) and Laurent Turpault (SVP Communications & Public Affairs, Essendi).   They assessed each project against five key criteria: - Scalability - Alignment - Impact - Feasibility - Innovation … ensuring that every idea selected reflects Essendi’s purpose and its commitment to Positive Hospitality.   Under the theme “places that thrive”, the projects shared demonstrate how creativity, teamwork and ambition can turn meaningful ideas into action.   🏆 Our three finalists are: • 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘌𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘴 presented by Kënza Simon-Auriol, Novotel Paris Centre Gare Montparnasse • 𝘐𝘣𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮: 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 presented by Frank Lips, ibis Rotterdam City Centre • 𝘔𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣: 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱 presented by Claudia Susanu, ibis Cambridge Central Station   👏 Congratulations to these teams! Your dedication and inventiveness bring us one step closer to redefining what hospitality can be: inspired, caring and impactful.   ⭐ And a special congratulations to the seven project leaders who pitched with such talent, clarity and passion… You set the bar incredibly high.   Our shortlisted presenters were: Bente Christensen Waizmann – Mercure Hotel Köln West Helena Pinkowska – ibis Styles Szczecin Old Town Patrick Gaude and Léonore Wolff – Mercure Paris La Défense Milena KOZIK – Novotel Wrocław Centrum Anna Kwiatek-Skok – Novotel Warszawa Centrum Rutger Blom and Kimberly Appels - Peters – Novotel Rotterdam Brainpark Eliane Yun WANG and Catherine Reeg – Sofitel Strasbourg Grande Île   To all participants and shortlisted teams: thank you. Your ideas, your energy and your belief that hospitality is a force for good are what drive this journey. To all our Essendi teams, are you ready to pour in your support and celebrate these projects in our final round?   📍Final round: Thursday, 18 December   ✨ Two winners will be crowned: Essendi teams’ choice and jury’s choice. #WeAreEssendi #PositiveHospitalityAwards #PlacesThatThrive #Finalists #Impact

🌍 European Week for Waste Reduction starts now! At Essendi, we’re proud to spotlight one of our key sustainability initiatives: our Food Waste Reduction Program.   With around 20% of all food produced lost or wasted globally (UNEP Food Waste Index 2024), we chose to take action where we can make a real difference… in our hotels.   Launched in April 2024, our program aims to reduce food waste by 30% by 2026.   This ambitious target is backed by a structured methodology, tailored to each hotel’s food offering and operational reality. Hotels are categorized into three groups based on annual food costs, allowing for customized action plans that address specific needs and waste sources.   Our approach is built on three pillars: ✅ Empowering our teams: through training and coaching to challenge habits and inspire lasting change. ⚙️ Leveraging smart technology: with partners like Winnow and Orbisk | Zero Food Waste, helping us measure, understand and reduce waste at every step. 🤝 Creating local impact: by partnering with social impact companies or NGOs.   And the results speak for themselves: 🔺 100+ hotels involved in the program 🔺 Avoiding ~450,000g of CO₂ annually 🔺 While saving over €5 million portfolio-wide 🔺 Partnerships that turn unavoidable waste into new value: from biowaste recovery to local solidarity initiatives 🔺 ADEME sponsorship supporting scale-up and sector learning   Behind every improvement are our teams - chefs, F&B managers, culinary brigades, GMs - who rethink production, embrace new tools, and champion more responsible ways of working.   👏 This week, we want to celebrate their energy and reaffirm our ambition: to reduce food waste by 30% and roll out best practices across all Essendi hotels by 2026.   Want to know more about our approach? Read a dedicated case study developed with the Energy & Environment Alliance available here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewpjT9fS   🎥 Video la meilleure prod   #WeAreEssendi #PositiveHospitality #Sustainability #FoodWasteReduction #EWWR2025

💚 Revealing the final selection of our shortlisted candidates for the Positive Hospitality Awards 2025!   Discover projects that remind us that hospitality can be a force for good, with initiatives turning hotels into true ‘Places that Thrive’ 🌍✨   👉 Creating Inclusive Workplaces - Mercure Hotel Köln West 👉 Open Doors Project - Novotel Warszawa Centrum 👉 We thrive with Pride - Novotel Rotterdam Brainpark 👉 The Show Must Go on - Sofitel Strasbourg Grande Île   💫 Next stop: the jury round! Our hotels are now getting ready to pitch their inspiring ideas to the jury next week.   Stay tuned to find out which projects will make it to the finals!   #PositiveHospitalityAwards #PlacesThatThrive #Essendi #ESG

From supporting the CFO to managing day-to-day operations as Office Manager in Essendi’s Warsaw office, Marczuk Justyna has spent the last 20 years turning day-to-day responsibilities into something more meaningful. Whether she’s solving logistical challenges, running wellbeing initiatives, or hosting celebrated authors in the company’s book club, Justyna leads with purpose, empathy, and creativity. 🗂️ From daily problem solver to rebranding ambassador 📚 From forest walks to author talks With every detail she manages, she builds something bigger: a sense of community. Because for Justyna, it’s not just about keeping things running - it’s about making the workplace a place people genuinely enjoy being. 🔗 Read her full story in comments 👇 #Essendi #WeAreEssendi #Careerjourney #PositiveHospitality #CareDareEmpower

At the crossroads of history and hospitality, Sofitel Strasbourg Grande Île is more than a five-star address. It’s a part of who we are, where heritage, excellence, and human connection come together.   🏛️ Opened in 1964 as the world’s very first Sofitel, it continues to reflect the elegance and spirit of Strasbourg itself. Under the leadership of Eliane Yun WANG, the hotel keeps redefining what luxury means today, not through marble or gold, but through sincerity, creativity, and the art of making people feel seen, valued, and at home.   🧘♀️ From weekly 'Me Time' yoga sessions to 'The Show Must GO on', a theater project celebrating teams life, every initiative is a reminder that true hospitality starts with those who bring it to life every day.   On its journey toward Green Key certification, the hotel continues to balance prestige with purpose, reducing food waste through smart technology, partnering with local composting networks, and improving daily life for its teams through ergonomic innovation.    Discover the full story in comments 👇 🔗Link in comment   #Essendi #PlacesThatThrive #PositiveHospitality #Strasbourg #GreenKey

What does it mean to create a place that truly thrives? 💭 Let’s have a closer look at some of the incredible shortlisted projects for the Positive Hospitality Awards that paint a great picture of what real impact and a place that thrives look like: Congratulations to these projects and all the hotel teams that brought these ideas together! 💚 The projects we are highlighting today are: 👉 Hotel & Health: A partnership for Well-being by Mercure Paris La Défense 👉 Wind Panel - Vertical Wind Fence Energy System by Novotel Wrocław Centrum 👉 Living Room Against Loneliness by ibis Rotterdam City Centre The journey continues! 🚀 For the 2025 edition, 10 exceptional projects have made it to the next round.   Stay tuned to discover our full list of shortlisted candidates soon!   #PositiveHospitalityAwards #PlacesThatThrive #Essendi #ESG

🏛️𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸. 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲. On Tuesday, November 25, we will take part as sponsor and participant of the Hospitality Asset Forum 2025, held at the 📍InterContinental Paris. A key event shaping the future of hotel investment.   For its 15th edition, the Forum will explore how investors are adapting to a fast-changing landscape, balancing performance with purpose, agility with long-term vision.   For Essendi, this Forum is an opportunity to challenge conventions and share a vision of hospitality investment driven by impact, where financial performance and human value reinforce one another to make places truly thrive.   💬 During the session “The Investment Shift”, our CEO, Gilles CLAVIE and Tugdual Millet, CEO Covivio Hotels, will share their perspectives on how value creation in hospitality is being redefined — from Essendi’s dual model combining hotel operations and asset management, to Covivio’s repositioning strategy.   Two perspectives, one conversation about how investment models continue to evolve and shape the future of our industry.   Hospitality-ON.com #Essendi #HospitalityAssetForum #PositiveHospitality #HotelInvestment #AssetManagement #HospitalityLeadership #InvestInHospitality #HospitalityOn

🌟 The wait is over... We are proud to reveal the shortlisted candidates for the 2025 Positive Hospitality Awards!   Our journey to creating Places That Thrive continues, inspired by these projects that are making a real impact on people, places, and the planet.   Congratulations to all our shortlisted candidates! 💚   This year, for the 2025 edition, 10 outstanding projects have been selected for the next round. Each team will now pitch their idea to our jury to qualify for the final round!   Let’s have a look at a few of these initiatives in the running: 👉 Essendi Erasmus by Novotel Paris Centre Gare Montparnasse 👉 Green Energy Passport by ibis Styles Szczecin Old Town 👉 Men's Cook Club: Chaps who Chop by ibis Cambridge Central Station Stay tuned to discover our full list of shortlisted candidates soon!   #PositiveHospitalityAwards #PlacesThatThrive #Essendi #ESG