Business travel

A flagship hotel in London and a first opening on the American continent, in Boston: the luxury brand Raffles has a busy month of September ahead of it.

Scandic will be positioning itself in an up-and-coming MICE spot, Garden Helsinki, with the inauguration of two hotels backed by a new events arena.

Air Belgium, which has tended to focus on leisure activities, has just announced that it will be ceasing its scheduled passenger operations. The company will now concentrate on cargo flights and aircraft leasing.

Faced with overcrowding in Jakarta, Indonesia is to create a new administrative capital, Nusantara, on the island of Borneo. Three Marriott hotels have just been announced there. But Jakarta's appeal to hoteliers remains undiminished.

From the bright lights of Times Square to LaGuardia airport and the chic of 5th Avenue, New York is seeing the arrival of new hotels.

Next year, Swiss will be adding two strategic destinations for business travellers to North America from Zurich.

Emirates is now offering its business passengers in continental Europe the option of pre-ordering their meal. Brussels is one of the cities benefiting from this service.

Air France is extending the suspension of flights to Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, as announced by the airline on 15 September.

Low-cost carrier Transavia is increasingly positioning itself on long-haul routes: Cape Verde from Paris, Dakar and Dubai from the regions...

Lifestyle brand The Hoxton is adding a second Amsterdam address, in the East Docks district, by revisiting the former headquarters of the Royal Dutch Lloyd Shipping Company.

United has just inaugurated a new lounge at Denver airport. This is the largest lounge for the airline, which is stepping up its investments in Colorado's capital.

Minneapolis, Raleigh-Durham and Seattle: by 2024, the development of Lufthansa's long-haul offer will mainly concern the United States.

As the Paris 2024 Olympics approach, VTC drivers are worried, as highlighted by a study published by Uber. Getting around Paris could indeed be one of the toughest tests of the Olympic fortnight...

Finnair will be offering more flights between France and Helsinki in the coming summer season. As well as to Northern and Central Europe.

With almost 400 rooms and 20 meeting rooms, including a huge ballroom, Munich City West aims to establish itself as one of the leading business hotels in the Bavarian capital.

Brussels is popular with airlines. Singapore Airlines has just announced that it will return to the capital of Europe in spring 2024.

The Middle Eastern hotel operator Rotana is contributing to the development of the new town of Diamniadio in Senegal, with an Arjaan residence expected to open in 2026 as part of a new urban complex.

With the addition of a tenth long-haul aircraft to its fleet, Brussels Airlines is strengthening its African network. In particular with its return to Nairobi in Kenya.

The revival of night trains is confirmed with the announcement of the future "Nightjet" operated by the Austrian rail company, which will pass through Strasbourg on its service from Paris. This will not be the case for the future Paris-Berlin ICE...

Pullman, the Accor group's upmarket and business brand, has taken its first steps in South Africa, in Cape Town, with a hotel located in one of the highest towers in the city centre.