Business travel

Nicolas Henin, Deputy Managing Director of Transavia, outlines the low-cost airline's growth prospects for 2021.

Now is the time for contactless travel, as demonstrated by the new services offered at Dallas Fort Worth and Dubai airports.

With the Hôtel Avenue Louise Brussels, Wyndham is adding a new element to its collection of mid-range and top-of-the-range Trademark hotels.

Orly airport is introducing facial recognition on certain flights. Passengers can register their face on a special kiosk, which takes a photo. The terminal also registers an identity document and the flight ticket.

Sarajevo has become the new base for Central Europe specialist Wizz Air. The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina will be linked to a number of French-speaking cities, including Brussels and Paris. 

Louvre Hotels is extending its long-stay offer with the Tulip Residences brand of apart hotels. After Joinville-le-Pont in March, around thirty establishments are expected in Europe over the next five years.

As in the rest of the world, air traffic in Finland has suffered the backlash of the covid-19 pandemic. Having become a Europe/Asia hub under Finnair, Helsinki airport has seen its traffic plummet to levels not seen for 40 years...

After flights to Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort de France, Air France is extending the test phase of the AOK Pass mobile application to routes to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

How can you organise interactive business meetings and stay in touch in complete security? Accor is launching its ALL CONNECT hybrid meeting concept with Microsoft. An offer that relies on technology for remote interaction, but also on the expertise of our teams, the extensive network of Accor hotels, and compliance with ALLSAFE health and safety standards.

The Prime Minister has made official the reconfinement of 16 départements in Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Alpes-Maritimes, Eure and Seine-Maritime, effective from the evening of 19 March, for a period of four weeks. Travel between regions is also forbidden for the territories concerned, except for compelling or professional reasons.

An "unprecedented reconstruction" of air transport in France. This is how Thomas Juin, Chairman of the Union des Aéroports Français, describes the task facing French airports in the coming months.

New design, new lobby, strong growth, particularly in Europe: the Holiday Inn family of brands is as dynamic as ever.

According to the Union des Aéroports Français (UAF), 2020 will be remembered as an exceptional year for the scale of the fall in passenger traffic. Unprecedented, according to the association. 

In addition to the opening of its thousandth hotel, the Alila Napa Valley, the Hyatt group has announced its intention to test the VeryFLY health pass to reinforce security when hosting meetings and events.

Czech Airlines has just been placed into receivership. Will the carrier be able to survive in a Europe still heavily affected by the pandemic? 

Marriott is still well ahead in MKG's ranking of the world's top 10 hotel groups. Hilton with a million rooms, Accor in sixth place, growth of Chinese groups: this top 10 continues the dynamic of previous years.

"Melangerie". This strange neologism describes the meal services offered by Austrian Airlines, for which a charge is made in economy class.

Renfe will benefit from a little respite on its AVE trains with the announcement by its competitor Ilsa that it will postpone the launch of its routes until the second half of 2022. On the other hand, Ouigo España will launch on 10 May on the Madrid-Barcelona route.

Like other airlines flying to the French Overseas Departments and Territories, Air France will be trialling the ICC AOKPass digital health pass, one of a number of solutions currently being tested to make international travel easier.