Business travel

Passenger traffic figures for German airports show a sharp slowdown in activity, with a marked drop in demand in the last quarter. According to Markus Engemann, in charge of transport policy for the ADV association, this is largely due to the reduction in supply to Europe.

A new Eklo hotel has just opened in Clermont-Ferrand. The hotel group's network now comprises five establishments.

Monaco tops the list of the most expensive European capitals for a night's stay in an Airbnb rental, according to a study published by the Sellhousefast website. The Principality is ahead of a leading business destination: London.

Two years ago, Qatar Airways launched Air Italy as its flagship carrier in Europe. On February 11, its liquidation was completed, confirming the end of the reign of secondary airlines in Europe...

The six start-ups to be supported by the RATP Group are now known. For six months, an accelerator will enable them to devise solutions to optimise mobility and network management.

The Cathay Pacific group is drastically reducing its air services, while other carriers are suspending services to Hong Kong. This is due to demand rather than the risk of contagion.

The Nemea Group has inaugurated a new address in Nancy, a 111-unit Appart'Hotel in the Nancy Grand Cœur EcoQuartier.

The American hotel industry has less and less room to manoeuvre when it comes to setting its prices. The cause: the short-term rental market embodied by Airbnb, whose exponential growth is increasingly weighing on the economic performance of the traditional hotel industry.

The luxury Parisian hotel re-enacts the great hours of French history for a clientele of happy few, starting with the time of Louis XIII, with a hotel of 12 rooms and suites with windows overlooking the sublime Place des Vosges.

Congestion in major cities continued to worsen in 2019, according to the latest survey from location technology specialist TomTom. TomTom analyses road traffic around the world. India, Ukraine and Russia stand out in particular.

While airlines are reducing or suspending their routes to China - some until the end of March - which carriers are still serving the country? We take stock of the situation on 5 February.

A storm called rationalisation is blowing ever harder over the airline industry. In fact, it is likely that within a decade there will only be twenty or so major groups left worldwide, and probably thirty or so low-cost or niche airlines.

Eurostar is bringing London and Amsterdam closer together with the forthcoming launch of a direct service between the two business destinations, scheduled for 30 April, offering a smoother route for business travellers.

Digital passports, automated airports, connected aircraft: these are just some of the issues that SITA, a specialist in new technologies for the airline industry, is working on. Barbara Dalibard, CEO of SITA, describes the company's main areas of work, and imagines what tomorrow's air travel will be like, to mark the 30th anniversary of Voyages d'Affaires magazine.

Air France has suspended its flight schedule to airports in mainland China. This decision was made official by the airline on 30 January in response to the spread of the coronavirus, and joins those of several other European airlines.

The Grand Hôtel de l'Opéra, a key address for business travellers in Toulouse's Place du Capitole, has just joined the BW Premier Collection by Best Western.

The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on 31 January. Nothing really changes, at least until 31 December 2020. This is because of the transition period that has been put in place.

Uber Rewards, the VTC service's loyalty programme, will be making its debut in France in the coming weeks. Uber made this official on 29 January, a few hours after the launch of an equivalent scheme by French VTC Marcel: J'aime Marcel.

The Austrian Federal Railways' Nightjet service offers an environmentally-friendly alternative to short-haul flights. This is the aim of the new Brussels-Vienna and Brussels-Innsbruck routes launched on 20 January.

The travel ban on groups of Chinese tourists, extended to individual travellers, will certainly result in a reduction in the number of flights between China and Europe.