Business travel

The new agreement between Star Alliance and Guangzhou Airport paves the way for new infrastructure to improve the experience of business travellers at the Chinese hub, including a Star Alliance lounge from 2019.

In 2022, London City Airport will open a new terminal to welcome business travellers in a 51,000 m² space. The first images of the project have just been published.

While Hainan Airlines is launching flights from Paris to Chongqinq and Shenzhen, Xiamen Airlines is now linking the French capital with Fuzhou. This further strengthens traffic between Paris and China.

Flightright recently ranked airports and airlines according to the flight delays and cancellations they accumulated in 2018. In total, €562 million in compensation would be owed to passengers.

The first Orient Express hotel, the hotel version of the legendary luxury trains launched by AccorHotels, will open in Bangkok in 2019.

Since 17 December, Air France has been offering passengers departing from Paris-Charles de Gaulle the option of checking in their baggage at Paris-Nord station. A service that business travellers should appreciate.

On 14 December, the city of Nice inaugurated the section of line 2 of the tramway linking the city centre to the Nice-Côte d'Azur airport terminals.

The budget brand easyHotel is to open a hotel at Paris-CDG in 2020. This project is part of the company's ambition to have 15 hotels in France within the next five years.

Directional Aviation's takeover of PrivateFly, synergies with the new owner's other companies, the advantages of private aviation in the corporate world... Interview with Adam Twidell, co-founder and CEO of PrivateFly.

Is it the spectacle of nature in its raw state or the softness of snow-covered mountain pastures? Is it the warmth of fireside chats or the intimate atmosphere of mountain hotels? There's no doubt that a little of all these factors combine to make seminars in the great white a unique experience.

Véronique Bertrand, Director of Meetings & Events France at Club Med, describes the projects and advantages of the villages for seminars in the mountains.

The Cipriani in Venice, the Copacabana Palace in Rio, the Venice Simplon-Orient Express train: all these glamorous myths, managed by the Belmond group, are going to be taken over by the LVMH group.

Free transport will reduce the need to use a private vehicle in Luxembourg: a boon also for business people visiting the country's capital, who will be able to go to a meeting, for example, without worrying about buying a ticket from the airport or Luxembourg City's Central Station.

The 9Hotel Collection group is adding an intimate address designed by Philippe Starck in the heart of the Marais: 9Confidentiel.

Expected to open in early January, 25Hours Terminus Nord will offer a concept inspired by the multicultural character of Paris's 10th arrondissement.

The design and lifestyle brand of the NH Hotels group will be bringing its creative spirit to London, Rome and Brussels next year.

Uber is launching Spotlight on the French market to make it easier for the driver to identify the passenger and pick them up.

Anne Rigail was officially appointed Chief Executive Officer of Air France on 12 December. She will take up her duties on 17 December, bringing Benjamin Smith's interim appointment to an end.

Indonesia, one of the world's leading aviation markets, is investing in its infrastructure. Bali, Bandung, Medan and Surabaya all have new terminals. The biggest of them all remains Jakarta's terminal 3, the hub of the SkyTeam alliance in South-East Asia.

From 13 December, business travellers will be able to book their flight from Nantes to one of easyJet's eight new destinations this spring. In all, easyJet has announced 17 new routes from France.