Business destinations

Active by day, lively by night, open by night: Discover one of the world's most dynamic business districts.

 A map of New York City and some great addresses!

Chairman and co-founder of 10base-t interactive, a start-up specialising in the creation of software for Apple products, in particular the iPhone.

 Céline Legros is the manager and owner of Les canelés de Céline.

Far from it, Turkey is no longer the "sick man of Europe" it was at the end of the 19th century. Today, the country's economic dynamism is at its epicentre in Istanbul, in the Levent district.

If you continue north of Levent, after strolling along Büyükdere Caddesi, you will see the landscape flatten out and the number of anonymous slip roads multiply.

Economic portrait Admittedly, per capita income in Turkey is still a quarter of what it is in France. But the growth rate...

Identity card Currency: euro. Time difference: none Area code: +34 (Spain); 91 (Madrid) How to get there BY PLANE : AIR FRANCE operates three...

Alain Harfouche is Managing Director of L'Occitane Espana S.L.

Madrid-Atocha is just half an hour by train from Toledo, the city of three religious cultures, which in 2014 will be celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of Greco's death.

While Madrid offers an ever-expanding range of luxury hotels, the Spanish chains hold the upper hand, providing elegant competition - but competition nonetheless - to the big international names.

Pretending to be a major economic capital involves more than just building business districts. Madrid, for its part, is demolishing... its troublesome motorway. To be reborn greener and stronger.

In just a few short years, Madrid airport has made a name for itself. Barajas is now a gateway between Europe and Latin America, and one of the pillars of Madrid's economy since the opening of terminal 4 in 2006, which has definitively propelled it towards new horizons.

Over the past decade, Madrid has undergone a complete overhaul, with a growth model focused on services and large-scale infrastructures that have given the Spanish capital a real boost. In the process, it is making its way among the world's great cities.

An economic success story based on cutting-edge technologies and a gentle way of life: Taiwan's capital is proud of its growth model.

Based in Taipei for the past twenty years, chef Bernard Noël explains how to get to grips with Taipei and how it differs from the rest of the Chinese world...