Business travel

Redesigned rooms, penthouse and suites with terraces, new bar-bistro: the long-awaited transformation of the Sofitel New-York has just been completed.

Hilton is strengthening its presence in the Paris region with the signing of the DoubleTree by Hilton Paris Boulogne. Scheduled to open in January, the hotel will offer 170 rooms and six meeting rooms.

Air Canada will be offering flights to the United States from Toronto city centre airport. And it is also launching flights on the Nantes-Montreal route for the summer season.

More discreet than its Norman counterpart, Deauville, the seaside resort of Le Touquet on the Côte d'Opale lends itself perfectly to the organisation of elegant seminars or small group conferences, with its enchanting urban setting, diverse MICE offering and the region's only five-star hotel, the Westminster, flagship of the Barrière group.

Renfe has withdrawn its low-cost Avlo service from Spain's main route due to technical problems with its new high-speed trains and commercial pressure from Ouigo Spain.

The SNCF has just unveiled a renovated and redesigned Intercités lounge at Paris Bercy station for 1st class passengers on the Paris-Clermont line.

Following in the footsteps of Air France-KLM and IAG, the Lufthansa group is now considering a stake in TAP Air Portugal. The German group is citing its success in integrating other European airlines.

With rail traffic severely disrupted from 24 to 26 November, particularly for Eurostar trains, and no departures from Brussels airport on Wednesday, Belgium is set to experience three days of sustained strike action.

Malaysia Airlines has been back in Paris since 22 March 2025, with a daily flight to and from Kuala Lumpur by Airbus A350-900. Test bed for its 'Plus' economy class.

The lifestyle brand The Hoxton is moving into the Central Hotel in Dublin. In Spain, the brand will succeed the ME by Meliá in Madrid's Santa Ana Square during 2026.

EasyJet has announced the launch of 16 new routes for summer 2026 from eight UK airports. These include three routes between France and the UK. It is also preparing to launch 5 other routes from France to the Mediterranean basin.

Asia, Europe, Middle East: the Minor group has just announced some of its hotel openings for 2026, notably for the Anantara and NH Collection brands.

The Spanish government wants to increase train speeds to 350 kph to provide a 2-hour journey between the country's two main cities.

The Hilton Honors program recognizes its most loyal members with a new status, Diamond Reserve. At the same time, Gold and Diamond status are becoming more readily available.

With more and more passengers switching from planes to trains within Europe, the European Union wants to accelerate this trend. It will be promoting a major investment plan for a network of high-speed trains between now and 2040. This will make it possible to link all the major European capitals within an average journey time of between 3 and 6 hours, depending on the distance. 

The Dubai Air Show saw the Emirate's two airlines, Emirates and flydubai, place giant orders for Airbus and Boeing aircraft. It also gave Emirates the opportunity to announce the accelerated integration of the Starlink connectivity system on all its aircraft.

The SNCF's new Optimum class, designed for affluent business and leisure travellers, will replace the Business 1ère from 8 January with a "Plus" version on the Paris-Lyon route.

While the rise in taxes in the airline industry is limiting the opening of new routes, Sealar, which manages seven regional airports, is encouraging the creation of air routes from small hubs.

On the occasion of the fund-raising and strategic partnership with TotalEnergies, David Vanden Born, co-founder and CEO of Onepark, talks about the positioning of his company and its ambitions to transform the parking sector.

According to the FNAM, rising taxes and high operating costs are undermining French air transport. And it's jeopardising the tourism and economic vocation of the Maison France. Without seeming to move the political world.