Business travel

The acquisition of Apple Leisure Group, which manages around a hundred top-of-the-range resorts, will enable the Hyatt group to strengthen its range of leisure establishments, most of which are also equipped for incentive travel.

From Lyon and Bordeaux to Pointe-à-Pitre, from Marseille to Mauritius and from Nantes to Fort-de-France, Corsair is increasingly focusing its strategy on the French regions. 

Bahrain's Gulf Air is continuing to expand its route network and increase frequencies to its main destinations. The airline recently increased its frequencies to Paris with a daily flight. It is also once again present in the Maldives, Tbilisi and Moscow-Domodedovo. 

The Radisson RED lifestyle brand is adding a new hotel in Africa in Johannesburg, with a 222-room establishment in the up-and-coming Rosebank district.

The American Hyatt group has just opened a hotel as part of the Resorts World New York casino. The Hyatt Regency is located just a stone's throw from JFK airport, and boasts a full range of event facilities.

Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México (GACM), the authority in charge of airports in Mexico City, expects the future Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) to become the second hub of the country and the capital when it opens in 2022. The airport is expected to handle the majority of low-cost airline flights.

Ireland and the United Kingdom are benefiting from new Delta Air Lines flights to the United States. The American airline's decision to increase the density of its flights is due to the possibility given to Americans to travel to the European Union and the United Kingdom.

Air France has just inaugurated its new lounge at Montreal-Trudeau airport, in partnership with Plaza Premium Group.

Cathay Pacific is launching a Light fare for its economy and business classes. In reality, this is a cosmetic change to an existing fare. There is one "weighty" difference on the lowest economy class fare: a lower baggage allowance...

In November, Air France is launching a twice-weekly service between Pointe-à-Pitre/Montréal and Pointe-à-Pitre/New York.

Eight new hotels or hotel residences are opening in Chicago this year. Enough to make us forget the depressed state of tourism caused by the flu pandemic...

Monday 9 August marks a new stage in the roll-out of the health pass, which has been made compulsory in a number of sectors, including transport.

Accor will shortly be opening a Tribe hotel in Budapest. The opening will mark the lifestyle brand's arrival on the Hungarian market.

Qatar Airways is grounding thirteen Airbus A350s due to paint problems on the fuselage. The aircraft have been temporarily replaced by the airline's own A330s, which had been put into storage.

The Holiday Inn Dublin Airport hotel has just opened near the Irish hub, adding more than 400 rooms to the local hotel stock.

The SNCB is testing a new ticket purchasing process based on geolocation. A trial involving 10,000 passengers is due to start in August, with the aim of improving the fluidity of transport use.

Transavia announces the opening of the Montpellier-Paris Orly route for its winter programme. From its base at Montpellier-Méditerranée, the Air France group's low-cost subsidiary will offer up to 4 daily flights from 08 November 2021.

With the exception of China and Australia, where the average price of a room has risen between 2020 and 2021, hotels in the major cities of Asia-Pacific continue to suffer from the pandemic. It's a shame that European travellers can hardly take advantage of this... 

The low-cost carrier French bee is modifying its flight schedule in response to the pandemic and the refusal of the United States to open its borders to European travellers.

Lufthansa is extending its "Sleeper's Row" economy class service to new long-haul destinations such as Los Angeles and Singapore.