Business travel

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.

T for Turkey or Thailand: the Marriott group seems to love countries whose name begins with T, with a host of projects here and there, notably in Istanbul and Bangkok.

The Hilton Group is to deploy a vast network of electric vehicle charging solutions in the United States, in partnership with Tesla.

The magnitude 7 earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in the Marrakech region of Morocco hit this popular tourist destination hard. Air traffic remains secure for the time being.

The SNCF is presenting the ergonomics and innovations of the seats that will equip the TGV of the future, expected in France in 2025. The seats are slimmer and more colourful, without sacrificing comfort or functionality - quite the opposite, in fact.

A Raffles hotel in the former Ministry of War and a Peninsula establishment showcasing the very best of British chic: London is set to see two very fine openings this September.

The Xv de France in Rueil-Malmaison, the All Blacks in Lyon, the English in Le Touquet... The list of team hotels during the competition.

The opening of a flight by Air France to Abu Dhabi in October heralded the beginnings of a wider cooperation with Etihad. This has now been achieved with the signing of a wide-ranging partnership between Air France-KLM and its Emirati counterpart.

The lifestyle brand of the IHG Hotel Indigo group is accelerating its growth in Southern Europe, with a new establishment due to open this autumn in Bordeaux and other projects under way in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula.

The Hilton group is expanding on both sides of the Red Sea, with the recent opening of a luxury Waldorf Astoria in Cairo and numerous projects in Saudi Arabia.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he is convinced of the need for a train ticket for unlimited travel modelled on the €49 German ticket. Target: summer 2024.

After Miami next December, Norse Atlantic has just announced the opening of a Paris CDG-Los Angeles flight in 2024.

The airports of Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Grenoble and Paris CDG will benefit from the new routes unveiled by easyJet on 5 September.

Air traffic in Germany is struggling. The reasons: a collapse in domestic traffic, rising ticket prices and flagging capacity. But also, according to the German airport association ADV, a decline in the number of international passengers choosing to fly.

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) made a profit in the first half of the year thanks to an increase of more than 21% in passenger traffic. SBB is thus back in the black for the first time since 2019.

At the end of September, the Rosewood luxury group will open a luxury hotel in the heart of Munich, the result of the transformation of two historic buildings. This opening will be followed by others in Europe, in Amsterdam, London, Milan, Rome and Venice.