Business travel

Already boasting 40 hotels with as many more to come, Accor's Handwritten Collection will open 9 new addresses in France this year, notably in Lyon and Bordeaux, but also in Grenoble and Amiens.

Despite a ceasefire between Iran and the United States, IATA does not predict a return to normal for airline kerosene supplies for several months.

Brussels Airlines will strengthen its European network this summer, increasing frequencies on several routes to meet rising demand on the Continent.

Gulf Air has transferred a dozen flights to Dammam Airport, Saudi Arabia, since the start of the Gulf War. But the risks persist...

Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) will indeed be renamed Donald Trump Airport. A law to this effect will come into effect in July.

A Hyatt Regency overlooking Niagara Falls, new hotels in Portugal, Andaz Lisbon among others, the rise of the Hyatt Select brand: the latest openings from the Hyatt Group.

Air France-KLM submitted a non-binding offer on April 2nd for the acquisition of a minority stake in TAP Air Portugal. The group is thus competing with Lufthansa. 

The different operators have significantly increased their prices over the past year on the main Spanish high-speed line, which is experiencing its first traffic decrease since its opening in 1992.

Faced with the impossibility of getting its high-speed trains approved on the Paris-Lyon route, the Spanish company Renfe is postponing its plan to serve Paris and Spain.

TAP Air Portugal will offer its new premium economy cabin, dubbed Prime Economy, from June 1st.

Basel-Mulhouse bi-national airport will be virtually "out of service" between 15 April and 20 May due to work on the main runway. Only easyJet will operate a handful of daily rotations.

In anticipation of the inauguration of the CDG Express on 28 March 2027, the direct rail link between Gare de l'Est and T2 at Roissy-CDG airport is starting to publicise its services.

This April 1st, Air Canada is celebrating 75 years on the France-Canada route. To mark the occasion, the airline is further strengthening its presence in France and will launch its Airbus A321LXR on the Toulouse-Montreal route.

The alternative rail companies, united within the French Rail Association (Afra), are campaigning for sales via the SNCF website to increase their visibility and sales.

The German airline publishes a book recounting its 100-year epic. 

From history to ultra-luxury: next year, the Citadelle Vauban in Belle-Île-en-Mer will be home to a hotel in the Accor Group's Emblems Collection, while in Venice, a sixteenth-century palazzo has just been converted into the Orient Express. The perfect venues for exclusive events and seminars.

2026 is a special year for American Airlines, as it celebrates its 100th anniversary and is the official sponsor of America250, the 250th anniversary of independence.

Cancelled flights, partial resumptions: follow our updated company-by-company report on the air travel crisis in the Middle East.

Uber is set to acquire Blacklane, signalling both its expansion and its move upmarket. The transaction is expected to be finalised by the end of the year.

The resumption of the three routes of the former Air France "shuttle" on domestic routes from Orly by Transavia confirms the French national airline's strategy to make its low-cost subsidiary the group's flagship airline at the southern Paris airport.