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...

Getaway: Itinerary from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

To travel to Tel Aviv on business without making a diversion via Jerusalem would almost be heresy. Strictly speaking. Because we...

Interview with Amir Haleiv, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Tourism

Amir Haleiv, CEO of Israel's Ministry of Tourism, highlights the sector's enormous potential for expansion and its role as a driving force in the Israeli economy.

The spirit of the place according to Michael Katz

After working as a chef in a number of Michelin-starred restaurants, and then as the owner of a restaurant in Jerusalem, Michael Katz handed in his apron to travel the world giving lectures on Israeli gastronomic culture.

Rising quarter : Sarona, creative capitals

Leisure oasis, historic district or nerve centre of high-tech Tel Aviv? Sarona is all three. Set your sights on creativity.

Hotels: post-modern and beyond

Long dominated by the classic chain hotels on the seafront, Tel Aviv is getting a facelift with attractive boutique hotels, as well as larger, very select establishments, to renew its offer.

Tel Aviv: sea, tech & fun

Clusters, incubators, accelerators... Tel Aviv is a city that's all about technology. Young and creative, it knows how to combine work and pleasure.

Portraits: Turning 30 in Tel Aviv

They're approaching, in or just past their thirties. They range in age from 27 to 41, but all share the same entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to ride the ultra-dynamic wave of business cool that's sweeping Tel Aviv.

Strasbourg: hotel address book

HILTON You may be called Hilton, you may span the globe with over 4,700 hotels, but in the end the famous customer experience is based on nothing more than...

Strasbourg: restaurant address book

THE INNOCENTS Since it opened in summer 2015, this pretty address in the Tribunal district has got into the habit of selling out....

Bleisure in Strasbourg

If you have an hour... Visits to the European institutions are by prior arrangement and, in the case of the Parliament, only during the weeks...

Meet Mireille Dartus, Director of the Convention Bureau Strasbourg

How would you describe Strasbourg to a business traveller? Mireille Dartus - Strasbourg is a compact city, so it's very easy to get around...

Strasbourg: a European link

It's a fact that the building of Europe has seen its heyday. In these times of Brexit, however, a few bastions of the Union are holding firm. Better still...

Bangkok: address book

Identity cards Formalities: valid passport. Area code: +66 (Thailand); 02 (Bangkok). Time difference: +5 hours in summer, +6 hours...

The spirit of the place according to Rush Pleansuk

An interior architect, designer and artist, Rush Pleansuk has won numerous awards - Elle Décoration, Denmark Decoration Award in Thailand, G-Mark Japan International Good Design Award. His brand, Sumphat, draws on the ancestral skills of Thailand's rural people, using them to make objects inspired by nature and tradition.

Ayutthaya getaway: a day in ancient Thailand

What do you do when you only have a day or two to get out of Bangkok, too little time to reach the sublime beaches of Krabi, Phuket or Koh Samui? Some will say there's Pattaya, but sigh immediately after uttering the name... The most pleasant option, although without white sand, is 85 kilometres north of Bangkok, in the middle of greenery. This is Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of Siam, founded in the mid-14th century.

Rooftops, take to the skies

It's a characteristic of Asian metropolises that they reveal all their charm when the city lights shine on them. This is even truer in Bangkok, with its myriad lifestyle rooftops perched among the skyscrapers.

Luxury made in Siam

Attracting a growing number of increasingly demanding visitors, Bangkok is substantially renewing its hotel offer. And then some.

Sukhumvit: a beehive on a human scale

Sukhumvit... A long avenue, or rather a whole district full of character, stretching between an innovative mall and small houses surrounded by greenery.

Bangkok: the era of innovation

New architectural symbols, new infrastructure, new districts... Thailand's capital is confirming its status as an emerging country.

Amarit Charoenphan, founder of the coworking and incubator HUBBA

the concept of coworking was missing in Thailand Why did you launch Thailand's first coworking space? Amarit Charoenphan - I launched Hubba in June...