Business travel

The SNCF is now operating two daily return services between Paris-Gare de Lyon and Barcelona Sants stations. An alternative to flying for business travellers concerned about their carbon footprint.

As part of its strategy to renew its brands in Europe, Choice Hotels is to launch a new brand, Sleep Inn.

Make Delta Sky Club lounges even more premium. That's what Delta Air Lines has just decided to do by reviewing all the rules governing access to its lounges, which often suffer from congestion.

After the chic lifestyle hotel Nhow in Frankfurt, the NH group will be adding a new business establishment in the Europaviertel business district, the luxurious NH Collection Spin Tower.

Faced with a shortage of air capacity, Etihad is reactivating its Airbus A380 aircraft. London Heathrow-Abu Dhabi will be the first route concerned by this return.

Line 13 will be the fourth fully automated metro line in Paris. The project validated this week by RATP is due to be completed in 2035.

Elegant luxury, lifestyle luxury, luxury on the city side as well as the seaside: hotel groups are making this segment one of their development priorities. A host of new hotels can be expected in 2023 and the years to come.

"Digital Schiene Deutschland" (Digital Rail Network in Germany) is an ambitious project piloted by the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport and Deutsche Bahn to bring greater punctuality and improved frequency to the network. An initiative that will improve passenger service.

On 8 December, Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific transferred its flights from Terminal 2A-C to Terminal 1. This was due to works.

The fare forecasts compiled by American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) in its Air Monitor 2023 report are clearly on the up. With significant differences between regions.

Immigration officers will be on strike over the festive period. Business travellers can expect their journeys to be complicated, to say the least...

easyJet's range of services on the French market - particularly for business customers - will soon be expanded, with three exclusive services, including two on the domestic network.

Korean Air has taken delivery of its first Airbus 321neo, which is being gradually rolled out across its network in December. The aircraft is equipped with fully reclining seats in Business Class.

Working with Renault and the Ariane group, developing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell engine: Airbus is pursuing a number of avenues to create the zero-emission aircraft of tomorrow.

Alongside its future long-stay establishments, Pan Pacific is preparing to open its new flagship hotel next year, a lush urban oasis in the heart of Singapore.

Losses revised downwards in 2022, profits in 2023: the International Air Transport Association IATA is now taking a more positive view of the sector's development as the year draws to a close.

Lord Mountbatten and Churchill have lived there in their time, and Charles III can contemplate it by opening his windows: Admiralty Arch, opposite Buckingham Palace, will become a Waldorf Astoria in 2025.

The prestigious Carlton in Cannes is to become a Regent hotel. A luxury brand that the IHG Group is giving new impetus to around the world, in Shanghai and Hong Kong in particular.

Terminal 1 at Paris-CDG airport reopened its doors at the beginning of December. It welcomes business travellers in a modernised setting for an optimised passenger experience.

Air France-KLM with TotalEnergies, Ryanair with Shell: Europe's leading airlines are securing their supplies of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF.