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Juan Mestre

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Selina se declara insolvente

🏨 Selina Hospitality, valued at $1.2 billion during its December 2021 IPO, lost nearly all its value and declared insolvency early 2024. The company had about 30,000 beds worldwide and aimed to operate over 400 hotels, serving more than 10 million guests by 2025. Joint administrators have been appointed following a declaration to the Securities and Exchange Commission about the company's inability to avoid insolvency.
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Cierre parcial del hotel Arts de Barcelona para acometer una gran reforma

🏨 Hotel Arts in Barcelona's Villa Olímpica will progressively close rooms for refurbishment, as reported by El Periódico. Electrical outages accelerated the near-total closure, with only suites operational currently. The 44-story, 483-room hotel, managed by Marriott, will undergo a 17-month renovation costing €60 million. Other hotel rooms' guests have been relocated.
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Muere Wolfgang Beeser, histórico ejecutivo y persona de alta estima

🏖️ Wolfgang Beeser, former president of Thomas Cook and former CEO of Neckermann, has passed away. His career was pivotal in European tourism, marked by a significant role at Neckermann during its prime competition with TUI and later at Thomas Cook. Fluent in Spanish and with a home in Puerto de Cruz, Tenerife, Beeser also served on the board of Grupo Iberostar and left a positive impression in the Balearic and Canary Islands.
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El juez cita a una conexión de Hidalgo con Begoña Gómez y Barrabés

✈ Judge Peinado summoned Leticia Lauffer, former director of Globalia's subsidiary Wakalua, as a witness in a case involving Air Europa and Begoña Gómez. Lauffer linked the Hidalgos, Gómez, and Juan Carlos Barrabés. Barrabés, now indicted, testified on Friday after Gómez declined. Wakalua, under Lauffer, sponsored Gómez's Africa Center with €40,000 in January 2020. Lauffer's company also had ties to Barrabés, whom Gómez recommended for state contracts worth €10 million.
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