Business travel

Guirec Grand-Clément, Enterprise France's Director of Operations, outlines the company's prospects for the year ahead. He says the start of the year is still unsettled, but new branches are being opened and the fleet is being electrified.

Like most large-scale crises, the current pandemic is accelerating trends. In a series of articles published this year, we take a look at these trends, which were reinforced throughout 2020. And they are undoubtedly shaping the business travel of tomorrow. Today, lifestyle hotels and hybrid meetings.

Like most large-scale crises, the current pandemic is accelerating trends. In a series of articles published this year, we take a look at these trends, which were reinforced throughout 2020. And they are undoubtedly shaping the business travel of tomorrow. Today, reinforced health protocols.

The Radisson Collection luxury brand is taking its first steps in Africa with the opening of a 200-room hotel in Bamako, Mali.

Like most large-scale crises, the current pandemic is accelerating trends. In a series of articles published this year, we take a look at these trends, which have been reinforced throughout 2020. And they are undoubtedly shaping the future of business travel. Today, the digitalisation of the traveller journey.

Antitrust immunity for the Oneworld joint venture on the North Atlantic has been extended to Aer Lingus, which wants to launch flights to the USA from Manchester.

Like most large-scale crises, the current pandemic is accelerating trends. In a series of articles published this year, we take a look at these trends, which have been reinforced throughout 2020. And they are undoubtedly shaping the working world of tomorrow. Today, teleworking and coworking.

In Japan, the outbreak of covid and the fear of a new, more contagious strain of the disease in Europe have once again led to the total closure of borders. In the region, Korea is partially reconfirming itself.

The conclusion of an agreement redefining relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom finally puts an end to four years of Brexit twists and turns and uncertainty. The agreement also sets out what Europeans and Britons can expect on both sides of the Channel on 1 January. 

Singapore and Thailand are beginning to relax the rules governing entry to their respective countries. This is a first step, although much remains to be done to normalise the movement of travellers. 

The arrival of the end-of-year festivities has led to a sharp increase in the number of flights and seats in the air transport sector, according to the latest analyses by consultants OAG. But like any truce, it is likely to be short-lived.

The discovery of a new strain of covid-19 in Great Britain has led to the suspension of flights from continental Europe to the country. 

The second wave of covid is forcing the whole of Europe into massive reconfinement at the end of the year. In the United Kingdom the discovery of a new strain has led to the suspension of flights from continental Europe.

With 1,600 rooms, the Grand Hyatt Jeju in South Korea becomes the group's largest hotel in the Asia-Pacific region.

From January, meeting organisers at Gaylord brand hotels will be able to frame their events with health protocols that include Covid tests.

A first semi-autonomous train has been running in eastern France, as unveiled by SNCF on 16 December. The goal of total autonomy is getting closer in the rail sector.

The United Kingdom's new-found sovereignty following its definitive exit from the EU will mean new rules for duty-free travel at airports and international points of entry. However, they come with new restrictions that will affect UK airport revenues...

According to the Japan Times, the Japanese authorities do not know how to prevent travellers from abroad from using public transport, to avoid creating clusters.

Star Alliance is the first airline company to transfer all its data to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The world's largest cloud in terms of capacity, AWS promises a revolution for the alliance in terms of efficiency and management flexibility.

For more than ten years, the French and Swiss have been working on a rail link between Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Euroairport and the cities of Mulhouse and Basel. The go-ahead has now been given, but we will have to wait until 2028 to see the first S-Bahn trains stop at the future station...