Business travel

The Park Hyatt brand will be making its debut in the British capital in 2022, adding to its portfolio of hotels in the world's key cities.

The recent annual conference of the Airports Council of Europe, ACI Europe, highlighted the difficulty of hubs to survive. At the same time, it predicted even greater pressure from low-cost carriers, the big 'winners' of the pandemic. 

Accor has announced its merger with the Ennismore group, known for its Hoxton hotels, with the aim of creating the world's largest player in the lifestyle hotel sector.

Thalys has just unveiled its programme for the end of 2020. The rail company is revising its operations upwards, in particular to facilitate business travel between Paris and Brussels. But the return to normal service will not happen before 2022...

After months of bitter discussions, the City of Paris, SNCF and the other parties involved in the project to transform the Gare du Nord have reached an agreement.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has just sketched out in an interview what post-covid air travel will be like. Only passengers vaccinated against the coronavirus would be allowed to board a plane. A model that is likely to find emulators in the rest of the world.

Classic luxury with Gran Melia, lifestyle with Me, new Paradisus resorts: Melia Hotels is expanding its luxury offering around the world.

On 23 November, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the partial lifting of the quarantine currently in force in the United Kingdom. His Secretary of State for Transport announced that the quarantine for high-risk countries would be reduced to five days.

Speaking at the Paris Air Forum, Air France CEO Anne Rigail said that the Air France group was working on extending its Train + Air service to Bordeaux. This service would enable Air France to maintain a virtual presence on the Orly-Bordeaux route, following its withdrawal from the route.

Alice Tortech, Head of Partnerships and spokesperson for Startway, looks at the latest developments in the coworking sector.

Asian app Grab has signed an agreement with hotel group Marriott to offer a wide range of integrated services.

The Lufthansa group is now going to charge its economy class passengers for all its in-flight services, moving further away from its claimed status as a "premium carrier". 

Since 18 November, Singapore has been requesting a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test with covid no more than 72 hours before their departure.

An Innside by Melia next December, a Radisson Red expected in 2023: Newcastle is attracting lifestyle brands.

The first Moxy hotel has just opened in Taiwan, marking the brand's arrival in a leading business destination. Pending the launch of the Marriott Group brand in the Middle East...

Munich and Frankfurt airports, hubs of the Lufthansa group, are in the process of installing the new Star Alliance biometric system. On the agenda: a smoother passenger journey, and above all greater security in the face of health risks.

The Preferred Hotels group is launching a new brand with high standards in terms of sustainable development: Beyond Green.

Faced with the collapse in traffic with the return of confinement measures throughout Europe, the ADP group is maintaining the closure of Hall 1 at Orly. And it is once again revising its forecasts for 2021 downwards.

Free Now for Business and GBTA Europe surveyed business travellers and travel managers in seven European markets. The aim was to identify their habits and expectations in terms of ground transport, and the new trends linked to the health crisis.

Discounts, loyalty programme benefits, trip tracking: the Marriott Bonvoy Business Ready programme makes travelling easier for SMEs.