Business travel

Eurowings Discover has just received its air operator certificate, paving the way for the launch of its first flights in July. This is yet another attempt by Lufthansa to position itself in the long-haul leisure segment, but it could also attract business travellers. But beware. Eurowings Discover has (almost) nothing in common with the other Eurowings subsidiary...

Sergio Colella, President of SITA Europe, provides an update on the projects currently underway at this airport technology specialist. Despite the current climate, he remains optimistic about the emergence of a seamless passenger journey.

The national airline Garuda Indonesia, Air France-KLM's partner in the Skyteam alliance, is struggling financially. There is even talk of the airline going bankrupt if it fails to meet its debt repayments.

In Frankfurt, the top-of-the-range Melia brand has moved into a new skyscraper, offering 431 rooms and a huge space dedicated to meetings and events.

Wojo, the Accor group's coworking specialist, is to open its 14th site in Tolbiac, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.

Eurowings will be arriving in Prague at the end of October, opening its tenth base in the Czech capital, seizing the opportunity offered by the difficulties experienced by the national carrier CSA.

Leading Swedish hotel chain Scandic is to open a new hotel in Gothenburg, complete with a huge events area. The hotel is part of an ambitious urban development project in the heart of Sweden's second city.

Air France and SNCF are stepping up their cooperation on the "Train + Air" product, which provides pre- and post-carriage for passengers departing from Paris-Orly and Paris-CDG airports.

The first hotel to deploy the Smart Inside label, the Campanile Smart Lyon Bron is showcasing 20 high-tech innovations, from a light app as a travel companion to a room service robot. An "intelligent" approach that also has a sustainable dimension.

The IHG group is completing its offer on the Côte d'Azur with a double opening in the Nice Grand Arenas business district, with a Holiday Inn Express adjacent to a Crowne Plaza. In addition to 129 rooms, the latter features an event space.

The airline is resuming its flights to New York (Newark) from Paris Orly, then Nice. It has also announced new flights to Tel Aviv and Milan Malpensa.

LATAM has just announced that it will be returning to Paris on 5 July after suspending flights for over a year. Thibaud Morand explains why South America's largest airline is resuming operations, even though travel conditions remain strictly regulated.

Six billion dollars: that is the loss announced by the Emirates group for its 2020/2021 financial year. The pandemic has therefore weighed heavily on the results of the carrier, which is totally dependent on the international market. The airline still posted a profit of 456 million dollars in its previous financial year.

While the Hyatt group has just opened a meetings and incentive hotel in Taghazout, Radisson is expecting a new hotel in Morocco in 2023, in Casablanca.

The citizenM brand is opening a new hotel in Paris, on the corner of the Champs-Elysées. At the same time, the budget design hotel chain is continuing to expand in the United States this year.

The arrival of the Canopy and Tapestry brands in Paris, new trends, changes in business demand: David Heijligers, Hilton's Managing Director of Development for France and Benelux, provides an update on the American group's growth.

At the same time as the 175th anniversary of the Paris-Brussels route and the 25th anniversary of the company, Thalys celebrated the reduction of its services to 50 % of the usual frequencies. A gradual return to normality will see the announcement of new corporate offers in the autumn. Just like SNCF.

British airports are unlikely to benefit from the recovery in air traffic this summer in Europe after a disastrous year in 2020, when total passengers reached 73.8 million, compared with 297 million in 2019. Travel restrictions imposed by the government are likely to discourage travellers.

Multiburo is launching a new offer called "Base Camp", to support companies in this transitional phase between teleworking and returning to the office.

Aeromexico is to offer 170,000 seats to Europe with the re-launch of routes to Amsterdam, Madrid and Paris. This decision was taken following the decision to allow vaccinated Mexican travellers to return to France and Spain.