Business travel

As well as planning a new hotel in Luxembourg by 2025, B&B Hotels has recently strengthened its presence in the Ile-de-France region with a number of developments.

Bars and restaurants, coworking and meeting spaces and, of course, flats: Locke is a blend of lifestyle and long-stay hotels. A British brand whose European expansion will include Paris in 2023.

The strike action on 18 October should spare Paris metro travellers, according to forecasts published this weekend by RATP.

Delta is expanding its Air+Rail programme. After Amsterdam airport, 20 additional destinations are now offered from the hubs of Brussels, Manchester, Rome and Zurich, with Geneva in the pipeline.

Europa Park is getting closer to its corporate customers in the Ile-de-France, Bordeaux and Grand Est regions thanks to a TGV stop at Ringsheim/Europa Park station on the Paris-Fribourg line.

The Wyndham group is expanding its Meetings Collection worldwide, with more than 160 hotels offering benefits to meeting organisers.

Air Canada has just announced the strengthening of its routes between Canada and Europe for the summer 2023 season. The big news in France is a year-round flight between Toulouse and Montreal.

The 'SuperApp' of low-cost carrier AirAsia already offered tickets on other airlines, including traditional carriers. Since October, it has also been possible to book bus, train and even ferry tickets across Asia on the same app.

CSR and carbon footprint, less international business travel and more meetings, lifestyle: Sébastien Bazin, CEO of Accor, talks about his group's business and priorities. And he encourages people to keep on travelling.

American carrier United Airlines has just unveiled its 2023 summer schedule on the transatlantic route. The airline will open six new routes in Europe and launch a second daily flight between Paris CDG and Washington DC.

After the Gare Montparnasse, the IHG group will be adding a new address for its contemporary voco brand in 2023, near the new courthouse and Porte de Clichy.

As France's largest industrial consumer of electricity, the SNCF is implementing an action plan to reduce its energy consumption by 10% by 2024. RATP is focusing on periods of high electricity consumption, during which it will significantly reduce its own consumption.

The Accor group is supporting the Women's Foundation with an emergency accommodation solution for women who have been victims of violence. This CSR initiative is based on the CEDA booking platform, launched during the pandemic.

The ICAO, 184 States and 57 organisations have adopted a target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050. This would ensure the future of aviation in an increasingly carbon-free world.

The lifestyle spirit of the Radisson RED brand comes to Madrid with an arty 260-room hotel featuring culinary concepts designed by Michelin-starred chef Eneko Atxa. Close to Atocha station, the hotel also has a meeting space.

The Uber Taxi service was officially launched today in Paris, with 500 drivers listed by the multimodal platform.

Owned by Toyota, the Fuji Speedway circuit incorporates a sophisticated hotel from the Unbound Collection by Hyatt as part of a new complex dedicated to motor sport. On the programme: 120 rooms and suites, five villas and a meeting space.

Ouigo Spain is ramping up its services between now and the end of 2023, pending the possible arrival next month of a third operator with Trenitalia. Portugal, meanwhile, is relaunching its high-speed line project linking the country's two main cities, with connections to the Spanish network announced for Vigo and Madrid.

Amsterdam Schiphol airport, a model of efficiency and service for decades, has been in the headlines since the spring for its interminable queues and the chaos in its terminal. And it doesn't seem to be getting any better...

More seats in Premium Economy and Economy Class and fewer seats in Business Class on its Boeing 777s. Austrian is reviewing its service on long-haul routes for spring 2023.