Business travel

Radisson will put its brand on the largest hotel in the Zurich metropolitan area, a hotel with 104 rooms and 343 flats located in the new Glattpark district in Opfikon. Another opening, this time in Saudi Arabia, is a Radisson integrated into the Riyadh conference centre.

Accor has revised its range of season tickets, now called ALL PLUS Voyageur and ALL PLUS ibis. On the programme: greater discounts, among other benefits.

Without being a "black day" according to Clément Beaune, 15 March will see further disruption to transport, particularly on the SNCF and at Orly, where 20% of flights will be cancelled. On the other hand, traffic is expected to be almost normal on the Paris metro.

The lifestyle brand Ruby Hotels has found its first address in France, in Marseille. This is just one of a number of projects currently underway, with other hotels due to open in Florence, Rome, Dublin and Edinburgh by 2025.

Revisiting the concept of the youth hostel as a lifestyle venue, Jo&Joe establishments also dedicate their atypical spaces to business groups and mobile professionals.

The Cape Grace, one of South Africa's most luxurious hotels, will soon be rebranded as a Fairmont. At the same time, Accor will be seeing other developments for its lifestyle brands, both in Saudi Arabia and in Seoul.

The United States is one step closer to launching high-speed trains. The private company Brightline has just conducted its first tests, running trains at almost 210 km/h in Florida.

Announced several months ago, Saudi Arabia's new airline is beginning to take shape. We already know its name, Riyadh Air. And it is set to expand rapidly to serve around a hundred destinations around the world...

After an excellent year in 2022, marked in particular by the return of business and seminar customers, Best Western intends to extend this momentum to the corporate segment. All this will be accompanied by new hotels in France and a redesigned website.

Karim Soleilhavoup, Managing Director of the Logis Hôtels Group, takes a look at the latest developments in his network's efforts to win over business customers, position its brands and develop its CSR strategy.

Jetblue will be making its debut at Paris CDG at the end of June. The airline has just started marketing Paris-New York tickets.

From next winter, Air Transat will be transforming its seasonal flight between Lyon and Montreal into a year-round service.

Thai Airways International has just confirmed its summer schedule. The Thai carrier is strengthening its position mainly in Asia (China and Japan) and continues to serve seven cities in Europe, including Paris with one daily frequency.

RATP expects to see a further improvement in traffic conditions on the Paris metro on 9 March, the third consecutive day of strike action.

During his annual conference at ITB Berlin, the CEO of Qatar Airways announced the opening of seven new destinations and an increase in frequencies on a number of routes. France is particularly well served with the long-awaited opening of flights to Lyon and Toulouse, and a return to the Doha-Nice route.

The RATP and SNCF forecasts for the strike day on 8 March have improved slightly. But travellers will still have to cope with disrupted traffic on Wednesday.

Asian luxury group Mandarin Oriental has set up shop in Abu Dhabi with the takeover and subsequent renovation of the Emirates Palace, the Emirati capital's flagship hotel.

Six weekly flights between Paris and Muscat, and more flights to the Indian subcontinent: these are Oman Air's main new features for the 2023 summer season.

Brussels Airlines turned the corner in 2022 with a 96% increase in passenger traffic. This upturn has enabled the carrier to see its revenues rise by 117% compared with 2021. Africa remains an engine of growth for the company.

Swiss has just unveiled the new Swiss Senses range, which will soon see the First, Business and Economy business classes sporting a new look for long-haul flights.