Business travel

United Airlines plans to launch an electric air taxi service in Chicago from 2025. The American airline will rely on Archer and its Midnight aircraft.

The Signia by Hilton brand, designed for large-capacity MICE hotels, will be setting up in Atlanta in January, with a facility directly linked to the Georgia World Congress Center, one of the largest in the United States.

Air France-KLM is ending free business seat reservations from April, with a few exceptions.

Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have announced their intention to launch a new cross-border rail service between Liège in Belgium and the German city of Aachen, with a stop at Maastricht.

While Ouigo has recently been introduced between Paris and Perpignan, SNCF is planning to roll out its low-cost TGV service from 2026 on the Turin-Milan-Rome-Naples and Turin-Venice routes. A response to Trenitalia's arrival in France?

Jonathan Mills, Managing Director of Choice Hotels in EMEA, talks about the rejuvenation of all the group's brands in Europe and the progress of this ambitious project.

A new visual identity, three clearly positioned ranges, a record number of apartment-hotel openings in France, Europe and as far afield as Africa: Adagio will have a busy schedule in 2023.

The lifestyle brands of Accor and Ennismore are starting to weave their webs. Maison Delano has just appeared in Paris, with Seoul to follow in 2026. Mondrian hotels, meanwhile, are expanding internationally, from Riyadh to Hong Kong, and from Abu Dhabi to Singapore.

KLM's summer programme began on 26 March. While it focuses on the Asian market, it will also benefit two French airports: Rennes and Nantes.

Norse Atlantic Airways is adding to the competition on the transatlantic route after operating its first flight to Paris CDG on Sunday.

By welcoming its first guests, the Ritz-Carlton Melbourne has become Marriott's thousandth hotel in the Asia-Pacific region. A region where the American group will continue to grow in 2023.

The German Motel One group, which specialises in designer hotels at low prices, is continuing to grow in Europe, but also on the other side of the Atlantic with a new lifestyle brand, The Cloud One, which appeared in New York.

Flight cancellations are expected at Paris-Orly, Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille, at least until Thursday 30 March. Disruption is also expected on the TGV high-speed trains and in the Paris region.

For Arnaud Coiffard, Director of Strategy, Innovation & New Markets at SNCF Connect & Tech, "SNCF Connect is the must-have app for end-to-end travel and sustainable mobility".

In the United States, airlines flirted with pre-pandemic levels last year: 92% of 2019 passenger volume.

The Asian group Melco is preparing to inaugurate a resort in Cyprus. The City of Dreams Mediterranean will be equipped with MICE facilities on a scale that is, to say the least, comfortable...

Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express, these two brands are as promising as ever for the IHG Group, as shown by their expected growth in France and Southern Europe.

With almost 500 new establishments expected, half of which by the end of 2024, the hotel industry in Africa continues to expand. At the forefront of this development are Cairo and Egypt as a whole, as well as the continent's major cities.

According to RATP forecasts, public transport journeys should not be affected on Friday 24 March.

France's leading urban apartment hotel, Appart'City has redesigned its offer around three segments: Classic, Comfort and Collection. These changes are designed to move upmarket, and will come into effect in April.