Business travel

The United States is going to require all international travellers to have a negative covid-19 test before taking a plane into the country. The measure is due to come into force on 26 January.

Marseille Provence airport is the first airport in France to digitise car park reservations, queue-cutting access and VIP lounge access.

According to local media, Saudi Arabia plans to reopen its air, sea and land borders at the end of March. This will put an end to several months of restrictions. There are, however, a number of restrictions on travelling to the kingdom. 

The Hilton Group is launching a programme of hotels offering perfect connectivity to host meetings and events in hybrid formats.

With the lockdown in Germany set to last, Deutsche Bahn has just significantly reduced its frequencies. The German railway company had already reduced its traffic during the first reinforced lockdown in spring 2020. 

The high-speed train project between Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Singapore will remain on the drawing board. This is the end of a soap opera that has lasted more than a decade. This stoppage puts the brakes on plans for a high-speed rail link between Singapore and China one day...

Cédric Guilleminot, CEO of the Onomo Hotels group, presents the business-led positioning of this pan-African hotel brand and looks at the impact of the pandemic, which varies from one region of the continent to another.

Marriott's St. Regis hotel chain is moving upmarket in the Egyptian capital with a luxury hotel with 286 rooms and suites on the banks of the Nile.

At the end of March, Air Sénégal will be launching its new flight between Dakar and Lyon. The Senegalese airline will operate three services a week.

Since 6 January, Uber fares have increased across all vehicle ranges, except for the Uber Green offer. In this way, Uber is aiming to take the sustainable route more quickly, by converting both travellers and drivers.

The contemporary voco brand, part of the IHG group, has just opened a 120-room garden-themed hotel in Strasbourg.

Qatar and its Gulf neighbours have finally decided to re-establish diplomatic relations, which were interrupted three years ago. This normalisation should contribute to the resumption of air transport. 

Qantas has set the course for the resumption of its international flights. The Australian airline is aiming for a July 1 date, with a particular focus on the vaccine.

Hyatt recently opened the first five hotels of its mid-range UrCove brand, dedicated to Chinese business travellers.

Aparthotel brand Adagio has unveiled a new concept of cosy designer flats designed with interior architect Didier Versavel.

The highly controversial Boeing 737 MAX, all models of which had been grounded since March 2019 following two serious accidents, has been re-certified by the US civil aviation authority FAA. The first flights have resumed with Brazil's GOL and American Airlines. A gradual return...

British Airways is adjusting its intercontinental network by announcing the abandonment of several routes. North America, but above all Asia and the Gulf region, are the most affected by these closures.

Capella, Four Seasons, Kempinski and Kimpton are just some of the luxury hotels opening in Bangkok in 2020. A strange situation at a time when tourism has collapsed. According to initial estimates, the Kingdom has seen the number of international visitors fall from nearly 40 million in 2019 to 6.7 million in 2020.

A gradual upturn in business and business travel: without expecting the best for 2021, Olivier Cohn, CEO of Best Western France, is hoping for a slight improvement in the second half of the year.

An upturn in tourism around the summer, business travel still limited, new technologies: Andreas von Puttkamer, Senior Vice President Aviation at Munich Airport, outlines the outlook for 2021 for the German hub and for air transport as a whole.