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Abusive Tod's subcontractor also supplied Stéphane Courbit's luxury hotel

By Léo Durin

Published on 21.10.2025 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

The Tod's subcontractors whom Milanese prosecutors accuse of exploiting migrant workers include Italian uniform maker Maurel, which supplies several high-end hotels, including one in the Airelles chain, owned by Stéphane Courbit, as well as the Rome Orient Express, co-owned by LVMH and Accor.

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Abusive Tod's subcontractor also supplied Stéphane Courbit's luxury hotel

The Tod's subcontractors whom Milanese prosecutors accuse of exploiting migrant workers include Italian uniform maker Maurel, which supplies several high-end hotels, including one in the Airelles chain, owned by Stéphane Courbit, as well as the Rome Orient Express, co-owned by LVMH and Accor.

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Italy Abusive Tod's subcontractor also supplied Stéphane Courbit's luxury hotel

The Tod's subcontractors whom Milanese prosecutors accuse of exploiting migrant workers include Italian uniform maker Maurel, which supplies several high-end hotels, including one in the Airelles chain, owned by Stéphane Courbit, as well as the Rome Orient Express, co-owned by LVMH and Accor.

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Abusive Tod's subcontractor also supplied Stéphane Courbit's luxury hotel

Lov Group
Stéphane Courbit still hoping to make Ladurée a sweet success

In Focus
Fashion brands' profits boosted by worker exploitation in Italy

Spotlight
Luxury crisis complicates Stéphane Courbit's planned acquisition of The Independents

Spotlight
Italian workshop probe points finger at ex-Jacquemus subcontractor

Front Row
Nicolas Sarkozy, Accor's contested viceroy