Business destinations

Innovative offices, quirky hotels and beach bars: landmarks in Europe's least stressful business district.

How do you reinvent yourself and become one of the trendiest cities in Asia? The ambitions of a mayor who has since become President of the Republic of Korea have enabled Seoul to achieve this second miracle: transforming a capital that was once seen as dull and grey into an urban model for the whole continent...

From the mezzanine overlooking the lobby of the Grand Hyatt, the sharp eye can spot the giant crab, with its eyes formed by two spectacular lanterns and its dark marble legs.

While the great classics of the Hong Kong hotel industry continue to fill up, establishments with character are making their presence felt at the head of the bay. A new offering that doesn't shy away from taking on new heights to surprise...

Frédéric Boulin is General Manager of the Park Hyatt Seoul.

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On 12 April, Air France inaugurated a direct service between Paris and Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. A European first and a good reason to go and meet this unknown city... which won't remain so for long.

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Driven by the Chinese government's desire to make it the new engine of development to the west, Chongqing is growing at breakneck speed and attracting more business travellers every day.

Since the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing has emerged from its legendary austerity. Driven by the winds of a service-oriented economy, it is transforming itself and consuming high-end goods against a backdrop of bohemian cafés, designer boutiques and artists' neighbourhoods.

Water, air and business: landmarks in a new district that lives up to its ambitions.

You already had a hotel in Hamburg. Why did you open a second establishment in HafenCity? HafenCity is the most ambitious urban development...

Jérôme Mathe is the chef of the Café des Arts restaurant at the Malba Museum, in association with Jean-Paul Bondoux, a star of French gastronomy in Buenos Aires.

From the palaces of yesteryear to the trendy boutique hotels, the range of possibilities is vast in an Argentine capital where a multitude of small hotels that are very much of their time flourish alongside luxury establishments with a discreet, timeless charm.