Business travel

The French government has announced that flights to southern Africa will resume from Saturday 4 December. These flights had been suspended since 26 November.

At Zurich airport today, and close to Geneva airport in 2023, the mid-range InterCity Hotels brand is making the major hubs the spearheads of its development in Switzerland.

Chicago, Miami, Washington, Seattle, but also London: the 2022 development plan for the low-cost lifestyle brand citizenM has been unveiled.

The Radisson Individuals brand continues to expand, with 11 hotels announced in Russia. At the same time, the hotel group is strengthening its already substantial offering in the country with a new Radisson hotel in Rostov.

Regional carrier Volotea will be landing in Paris in 2022 on the Roissy CDG-Verona route. This is part of the airline's drive to strengthen its presence in major hubs, alongside its network of secondary destinations. The airline is also establishing itself in Algeria with 8 new routes from Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille.

By 2024, Accor will have two hotels in Conakry, a Novotel with a conference centre and a Novotel Living dedicated to long stays.

Nice Côte d'Azur airport is inaugurating a new "contactless" check-in service in response to the continuing health uncertainties.

The Eklo brand is continuing to expand in France, with three new hotels due to open next year in Toulouse, Lyon and Paris CDG.

The discovery of the new Omicron variant from southern Africa has panicked authorities around the world. Many countries, including France, have cut all links with the region. Others are simply closing down.

The partnership between Wojo and Lagardère & Connexions has just resulted in the opening of a coworking space in a Relay shop at Annemasse station. A strategic inauguration for business customers on the Léman Express.

The vegetarian and vegan wave is spreading to the hotel industry. This has led to the creation of an association of hotels offering menus and product ranges adapted to vegan or vegetarian travellers (Vegan-welcome). Or, for the hard-core vegan/vegetarian, who fully embrace a vegan/vegetarian positioning!

Asian luxury brand Anantara is conquering Europe's major cities. After Dublin, but before Amsterdam and Nice, the brand owned by the Minor group, which also owns NH Hotels, has unveiled two new hotels in Rome and Budapest.

As part of its ambitious expansion plan in the United States, the low-cost lifestyle brand citizenM has just opened its first hotel in San Francisco, with 195 rooms and a rooftop.

Air Transat has just launched a new online service, Connectair. It allows travellers to arrange their own connecting flights with other independent carriers. 

With the Commuters offer, Adagio aparthotels provide packages tailored to the needs of nomadic professionals who are away from urban areas but return to work in major cities from time to time.

British regional airline Flybe, which went bankrupt last year, could return to the market in early 2022 with a new structure and a new base in Birmingham.

Accor is continuing to develop its luxury offering with the launch of a new brand, the Emblems Collection, designed to bring together exceptional independent hotels.

Canopy, the Hilton Group's lifestyle brand, is continuing to expand in major business cities with a new hotel in Chicago's Loop district.

Hotel Indigo, the boutique hotel brand of the IHG Group, is offering a new hotel in France in Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the Côte d'Azur. The 87-room hotel features two meeting rooms and a rooftop swimming pool.

The resumption of air traffic between Malaysia and Singapore is also reflected in the strengthening of the cooperation agreement between Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines.