Business destinations

An overview of business destinations in France and internationally, to help business travellers get to know the key business hubs - and in particular their business districts - but also emerging destinations who are making their mark on the business travel atlas (see more)

Reports, interviews, address books: get to the heart of your next destination to help you prepare for your business trip. Economy, hotels, bleisure, great addresses and little finds: an international business traveller's guide to making business trips more efficient, and more enjoyable...

Dakar: address book

Business or boutique hotels, trendy addresses and restaurants serving local and international cuisine: the essentials for preparing a trip to Dakar.

MADRID - AZCA: the Castellana's North Star

Madrid has long worked in the shadows, humbly assuming its status as the country's administrative and financial capital, while leaving other destinations...

Bleisure in Madrid

Report and photos by Florian Guillemin. If you have an hour... You might as well know that Madrid's business district is not renowned for its cultural offerings. It's...

Madrid: address book

Business hotels or boutique hotels, seafood restaurants or Peruvian restaurants: here are a few tips on how to make the most of a business trip to Madrid.

"AZCA is not just a business district": D. Noack, Madrid...

David Noack, Director of the Madrid Convention Bureau, explains how Madrid has risen to the forefront as a leading destination for business tourism.

Moscow, a city undergoing a complete metamorphosis

Moscow is changing at breakneck speed, under the influence of an iron-fisted mayor and a youth increasingly focused on new technologies. And the rest of the world too.

Three professional success stories in Moscow

Benoît Lardy, President of Tsar Voyages, Alexander Khanin, Director of VisionLabs, and Hervé Mercier, of Alhemer Optik, talk about their experiences and give their advice on setting up in Moscow.

Moscow: address book

Business and boutique hotels, trendy addresses and gourmet restaurants, flight connections: the essentials for preparing a trip to Moscow.

Bleisure: a walk through a forest of golden bulbs

A former artists' residence in Abramtsevo, the golden bulbs of the Trinity of Saint Sergius Monastery: Moscow's surroundings are ideal for a bleisurely getaway.

The spirit of the place according to Natalya Polenova

Natalya Polenova is the director of the Vasily Polenov Museum, dedicated to her great-grandfather, a realist painter from the late 19th century. She grew up between Moscow and the family estate, around a hundred kilometres from the capital. After studying at the Ecole du Louvre, she returned to Russia to take up the reins of the museum and promote this major artist, who is still little-known abroad.

Hotels: Moscow nights are more beautiful than ever

While Moscow has seen the recent opening of several new establishments, it is above all the renovations that have livened up the Moscow hotel scene, making the Russian capital the place for all possibilities, especially at the top end of the market.

Moscow: Russian-style meetings

Lavish rooms, old bars, reinvented cafés, top restaurants... Moscow offers more than one option for extraordinary dates.

Moscow City finally taking off

In the vein of Canary Wharf in London or La Défense in Paris, the Moscow business district, on the outskirts of the city, is finally taking off.

Ethiopia: a new economic power in the Horn of Africa

The slogans are regularly repeated along the expressways of Addis Ababa, the sprawling capital of four million inhabitants. "We are vigorously pursuing our global role...

Bolé, Addis' new business district

Top-of-the-range hotels, jazz clubs: the up-and-coming Bole district is Addis Ababa's favourite destination for business travellers. Here is a list of the best addresses.

San Francisco SoMA: address book

From street food spots to gourmet restaurants, from XXL hotels to more intimate establishments: great addresses and tips for a business trip to SOMA, San Francisco.

Interview with Ève Chaurand, President of the FACCSF

Ève Chaurand, President of the French American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco (FACCSF), takes a look at the destination and the dynamics of SoMa.

San Francisco: SoMa, Silicon Valley in the city centre

Report and photos by Florian Guillemin. Half a century after the Summer of Love, a whiff of freedom is still wafting through...

Robots: the future of mankind

Their names are Sofie, Hospi, Nadine, Aura, Zoé or Techi... They move on wheels, sometimes bumping into doors, but are often extremely efficient: these are the robots that are shaping the future of Singapore's hotels and its residents.

Hotels: old-fashioned luxury and high-tech innovation

Since the end of the 19th century, Singapore has been one of Asia's most prestigious hotel cities... a reputation that is still well deserved.