Eurostar has just launched Eurostar For Business in the UK, a new booking platform for its cross-Channel trains aimed at business customers, with all booking files now grouped together in a single area. Above all, to encourage business travellers to use this portal, Eurostar is granting benefits every 15 return journeys between London and European destinations. An upgrade to Standard Premier will be granted after the 15th return trip in Standard class. Upgrades will be made to Business Premier after 15 round trips in Standard Premier. And a free trip will be offered in Business Premier after 15 return journeys in the same class. Discover Eurostar For Business on www.eurostar.com/uk-en/eurostar-for-business.
Eurostar For Business is designed to be easy to use, both when registering and when using it. travel management or those of other employees, so that a company can control its travel budget with the rail company. The portal also provides access to the carrier's promotional offers. At the same time, Eurostar is encouraging business travellers to sign up to its loyalty programme. Eurostar Club whose accumulated points can also be used to benefit from upgrades, discounts on Eurostar fares and reward tickets.
After the UK, Eurostar For Business is due to be launched in other European markets, in France from 21 September. Eurostar hopes to revive its business traffic, which has been severely impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, particularly by the quarantine measures reintroduced in August for passengers from France, Belgium and the Netherlands. This measure has reduced the number of return trips between Paris and London to between 2 and 4 per day, and between Brussels and Amsterdam to between 1 and 2, compared with an average of 15 and 10 trains per day respectively before the pandemic.
Nevertheless, Eurostar has reopened its Business lounges and resumed its on-board catering in Standard Premier and Business Premier, always overseen by chef Raymond Blanc. From health measures have been introduced, with a new queuing system and increased cleaning of trains.
In addition to the creation of this Enterprise portal, the Eurostar business traffic could also benefit in the coming months from the opening of the direct services between Amsterdam and London from 26 October. Better able to compete with air travel, journeys will take 4 hours 09 minutes between the two cities, and 3 hours 29 minutes from Rotterdam to London.
