Business travel

Following in the footsteps of KLM and Lufthansa, British Airways is adopting the practice of "Hate Selling" tickets, artificially lowering fares to discourage passengers. Single tickets on the Paris-London route are averaging €350 at the beginning of August...

As the leading airline on the Paris-New York route, Air France will be further strengthening its offer with a daily flight from its CDG hub to the Newark hub, ten years after discontinuing this service.

The modernisation of the railway lines leading to Luxembourg City is resulting in the closure of the network to the capital of the Grand Duchy, affecting both regional TER trains and TGV high-speed trains.

The allocation of new slots at Lisbon airport will benefit easyJet... and the airports of Marseille, Toulouse and Limoges, which the airline will soon be linking to the Lisbon hub.

Zity by Mobilize, the fleet of electric car-sharing vehicles, is now accessible via the Freenow application in Paris and Lyon.

The IHG group has just acquired the Athénée Palace in Bucharest. An InterContinental hotel will open there in January, marking the brand's return to Romania.

Still little known in France, Novum Hospitality is undergoing remarkable expansion. The hospitality group manages 120 establishments - hotels and hotel residences - representing 16,000 rooms. Nine new hotels joined the group in the first half of 2022.

Air France is pulling out all the stops until October on its high contribution classes. The airline has called on stars of French gastronomy to concoct exceptional menus. To be enjoyed without moderation...

A near-total strike by Lufthansa is paralysing traffic to and from Germany on 27 July.

On 1 August, the Hotel Jost launches on the Bordeaux hotel scene. And in September, it will enter the MICE segment, where it aims to become the "Place Chéri".

Toronto's hotel scene has added a major player to its ranks: the Marriott group has just launched its lifestyle brand W.

Corsair is continuing to expand its African network. The airline will be launching flights to Cotonou in Benin from November.

The Yotel group has announced that it will open a hotel in Tokyo in 2024. The establishment will mark the start of a vast offensive in Japan, with Yotel also targeting Sapporo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe.

Asia remains the continent lagging furthest behind in terms of air transport recovery. While the domestic network has recovered, international routes continue to suffer according to OAG's latest analysis for July 2022.

Rail operator Eurostar has been forced to reduce its frequencies on the France-England route, adding to the chaos of getting to the UK at the moment.

At the Global Meeting Exchange, the Accor group's management shared the key points of the group's development, between CSR, new organisation and the resumption of business travel.

La Poste Immobilier is buying Multiburo with the aim of creating a hundred or so coworking spaces by 2027, by combining its network with that of Startway.

Two new citizenM locations have just opened their doors, welcoming their first business travellers in London and Miami.

Lille airport is carving out its own path between the two major hubs of Paris CDG and Brussels Airport. The northern hub continues to attract airlines, and Volotea recently strengthened its base with a second aircraft and eight new destinations.

Alaska Airlines will be the first airline in the US to launch an electronic baggage tag programme. The programme will be in place by the end of the year.