Business travel

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.

Germany will be experiencing yet another almost total transport strike on 27 March. Deutsche Bahn and the German Airports Association ADV are condemning this new strike call and are talking about a situation that is degenerating in the French style.

Flight cancellations are expected at Paris-Orly, Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille, at least until Sunday morning.

India's transport minister has just refused to allow Gulf carriers to increase their capacity, while at the same time urging Indian airlines to offer more international flights.

The IHG Group is accelerating its growth throughout the world, but especially in the Americas with Holiday Inn, its luxury and lifestyle brands and its long-stay brands.

Air Tahiti Nui will operate its new route from Papeete to Paris-CDG via Seattle-Tacoma throughout the year, according to the airline's management. 

There will be major disruption on the Paris metro on 23 March, following the call for strike action against pension reform. The Orlyval should operate normally, according to RATP.

Lufthansa should benefit from a new subsidiary company at Munich airport, which would be set up to serve regional routes. This would strengthen its second intercontinental hub.

Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse has just announced its summer schedule, with flights to 100 destinations offered by 27 airlines.

From 20 establishments today, Yotel intends to reach the 50 mark by 2025. Yotel is expanding in all directions, from Tokyo to Geneva, via Brussels, London and the Neom project in Saudi Arabia.

Heathrow airport is heading for a new period of turbulence, with the announcement of strike action that will disrupt business travel and the Easter holidays for ten days.

The strikes are continuing and will affect passengers departing from Paris-Orly and Marseille-Provence from 20 March until at least 23 March.

This summer, Air France is stepping up its services to Asia, particularly China, as well as North America and East Africa. In total, the national airline will serve 191 destinations in 89 countries.

Radisson and Marriott recently announced new solutions for booking meetings online. All the major hotel groups, including investor Blackstone, which has just bought Cvent, a key technology player, are also interested in digitalising their MICE offerings.

West Paris has a new lifestyle and business hotel, the Kopster Paris Ouest Colombes. This 251-key hotel-residence also has a 700 m² seminar area.

In April, regional carrier Twin Jet is launching two daily weekday flights between Lille and Lyon, targeting business traffic.

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has reported an increase in passenger traffic for 2022, although it has not yet returned to pre-coronavirus levels. The increase in customer numbers was accompanied by a rise in revenue, especially on long-distance services. However, the annual result remains clearly negative, at -245 million euros.

The Radisson Individuals brand welcomes its first member in the Paris region, the Hôtel YAC Paris Clichy, with 70 rooms and outdoor areas - rooftop, garden - that can be privatised for events.

Hilton in France, IHG in the UK, Hyatt in Germany and Marriott in Mexico are all strengthening their positions in key markets.

Emirates is strengthening its entire network for the IATA summer season, which begins at the end of March. The increase in frequencies mainly concerns Asia and the Pacific. In Africa, the airline is increasing frequencies to Dar es Salaam, Entebbe and Cairo.