Business travel

Zoku's innovative concept of long-stay accommodation is part of the development of the Clichy-Batignolles district, within a mixed-use building complex with sustainable ambitions.

Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways is starting flights to Western Europe in competition with the national carrier Vietnam Airlines...

From New York to Shanghai, Tokyo to Sao Paulo, a selection of the finest hotel openings expected in 2022 in the major cities of Asia and the Americas.

Orly-New York, CDG-Dallas and CDG-Denver are on the Air France summer schedule. KLM confirms its arrival on Amsterdam-Austin.

From Dubai to Doha, via Amman and Muscat, a number of top-of-the-range hotel projects will see the light of day in 2022. Alongside the Middle East, the hotel industry in Africa is also enjoying a real boom.

The business and upscale DoubleTree by Hilton brand is strengthening its presence in Europe with the announcement of six new openings in Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Romania as well as in France, in Lyon, near the Eurexpo exhibition centre.

Train punctuality in Switzerland was at its best in 2021, with 91.9% of trains departing and arriving on time. This is the second-highest result in SBB's history.

On 2 February, Corsair announced the launch of a new platform dedicated to business travellers: CorsairPro.

From March, Mama Shelter will be spreading its lifestyle spirit in the La Défense business district with a 211-room hotel featuring six meeting rooms and three restaurants, including one on a rooftop overlooking the whole of Paris.

The year 2021 has been a disaster for Asia's air transport hubs. The closure of borders and the vacillation of governments have wiped these major hubs of world air transport off the map. Today, the great hubs of the Far East are Istanbul, Dubai and Doha...

Sixt and Accor have announced the launch of a multi-year strategic partnership to offer a range of benefits to their respective customers.

German airports will have recorded 23% growth in passenger traffic in 2021, a relatively moderate figure after the spectacular fall in 2020. Routes to Europe drove traffic, with a 38.4% jump in passenger numbers compared with 2020.

Transavia has just launched a new route to Stockholm from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport.

A famous power station, legendary recording studios, Winston Churchill's wartime HQ: London's hotel scene will be enriched by new metamorphoses, among other landmark openings in 2022.

Air traffic in 2021 has recovered well compared with 2020, the first year of the covid pandemic, according to IATA. But perhaps not as much as hoped: global demand remains 75% below its 2019 level, according to the organisation...

FREENOW for Business has launched the Mobility Budget on the French market. Benjamin Giovanni, Head of Sales, takes a look at this tool, which meets the challenges of micro-mobility and CSR, while offering companies a new HR argument.

Luxury and lifestyle hotels in Paris, international brands in major cities and still more budget hotel projects: France will see many new hotels appear in 2022.

Hilton is returning to Chad this year with the opening of the Hilton N'Djamena Toumaï Palace, a new 230-room hotel with meeting rooms and a banqueting hall.

While IHG has announced 10 new openings in Portugal and Spain, the hotel group is also rethinking its evolving IHG Rewards loyalty programme.

Volotea has just announced four new routes on the French market. The low-cost airline is targeting the airports of Ajaccio, Deauville and Toulouse.