Business travel

While Australia, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Tunisia, Sweden and Switzerland are simplifying or will simplify their entry requirements, IATA is reporting a boom in demand.

From 1 June, lifestyle brand Okko will be opening a hotel in the La Défense district, opposite the Arena. With 184 rooms and 3 meeting rooms, it will also feature a restaurant, a first for Okko.

Cooperation between SNCF and Spain's RENFE on the France-Spain rail lines will cease at the end of the year.

RATP expects traffic to be "severely disrupted" by the strike action expected on 18 February. Most metro lines will be at a standstill on Friday.

With Capital A, AirAsia has embarked on a far-reaching diversification through a "super app" integrating travel, online sales, car hire and restaurant services. While we wait for a hundred or so flying taxis...

Sergio Colella, President of SITA Europe, describes the evolution of the passenger journey since the crisis, the investments linked to sustainable development within airlines and airports, and SITA's future orientations, particularly with regard to intermodality.

British Airways is keeping up with the times: the British carrier is now going to offer vegan dishes in its First and Business Class lounges. This strategy is part of a refocusing drive by the airline's CEO, who intends to make BA a "Premium" airline once again.

Four applications from rail operators are being tested: DB, Trenitalia, CFF and SNCB. Four applications that are generally easier to use than SNCF Connect. And the French rail operator should take some inspiration from them...

The Transport Minister is demanding that the problems with the new SNCF Connect application be resolved "as quickly as possible". The company's CEO estimates that these will be resolved by the end of March.

The Radisson group is strengthening its offer in Africa with the opening of three hotels in Madagascar, in the capital Antanarivo: a Radisson Blu with 168 rooms and a MICE area, a Radisson with 30 rooms and an urban residence with 56 flats.

Regional carrier Volotea has announced that by 2022 France will account for almost 50% of all its business in Europe. This is thanks in particular to the opening of two additional bases in France. Lille has just been revealed to the public, with five routes planned from the northern capital.

Aer Lingus will resume Paris CDG-Miami flights via Dublin from 21 October, with three rotations a week. Tickets are already on sale. This is the last route to be taken over by the Irish airline.

Finnair has presented its new Premium Economy class for long-haul flights. This new travel class - alongside a unique new Business Class and a refreshed Economy Class - will make its debut this spring.

Marriott International is set to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, with around a hundred new hotels scheduled to open this year. This expansion should take the number of hotels in the region to over 1,000 by the end of 2022.

Business travellers will now be able to connect to Wi-Fi during their flight on board Aegean aircraft, which will be modernising its fleet by 2025.

Avid in North America, Voco around the world: the most recent brands in the IHG group have already or will soon pass the fifty hotels mark.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines is returning to Toronto, its seventh destination in North America. The Canadian city will be served from Copenhagen and Stockholm.

The upmarket Radisson Blu brand is to make its debut in the Catalan metropolis with the takeover of an existing 182-room hotel located a stone's throw from the Sagrada Familia.

In Toulouse, close to the airport and the MEETT exhibition centre, a former Airbus engineer is planning to convert an A380 due to be dismantled into a three-star hotel.

With the reopening of the Moroccan borders, Transavia is revising its flight schedule to cope with the surge in demand that should be generated by the resumption of travel between France and the Kingdom, which has been blocked since the end of November.