Business travel

Facial recognition could replace traditional check-in at Sydney airport. The airport and Qantas are currently testing this technology on a sample of passengers.

Casablanca will have a new Louvre Hotels complex in September. It will include rooms under the Première Classe, Campanile and Kyriad brands.

For travellers to and from Switzerland, the consolidation of air transport in Europe has mainly benefited Swiss and its competitor easyJet. The two carriers are battling it out for business travellers, but this competition is skewed by a division of services according to airport...

Norwegian continues to attract the interest of traditional airlines. After IAG launched a takeover bid for the company last spring, it is now Lufthansa's turn to declare its interest in this low-cost carrier with its impressive long-haul network. A takeover that could make the German company the most powerful airline in Europe...

Tokyo, Santiago de Chile, Bangalore, Lima and Miami: the Hyatt Centric lifestyle brand is expanding its footprint around the world.

Level, the IAG Group's long-haul low-cost carrier, is launching its first flights from Paris Orly to Montreal on 2 July. Other destinations on offer include Pointe-à-Pitre in July, followed by Fort-de-France and New York from September.

AccorHotels has announced its intention to acquire a 50% stake in sbe Entertainment, the American group that owns the luxury and lifestyle brands SLS, Mondrian and Delano.

With the opening up of TER and TGV services to competition, the rail distribution site has commissioned a study by OpinionWay to find out what the French expect of rail travel and ticket sales in the face of the possible proliferation of operators.

Willemijn Geels, IHG's Vice President for Development in Continental Europe, talks about the openings expected in France and the development of the Group's brands. Starting with the latest addition, Voco.

From 7 July, the SNCF will be offering attractive OUIGO TGV fares from Paris Est station to stations in Champagne-Ardenne TGV, Lorraine TGV and Strabourg, as well as Metz, Nancy and Colmar.

Faced with competition in their domestic market, Indian airlines are starting to look beyond their borders. French business travellers can look forward to the launch of new air routes to Europe, as well as more attractive connections in Delhi and Mumbai.

With the Maison Armance and the Hôtel du Rond-Point des Champs Elysées, Esprit de France will be offering two chic boutique hotels in the beautiful districts of Paris by the end of the summer. While we wait for the Hôtel Fauchon, for which the group is a partner...

Silk Air, the regional subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is set to disappear in 2020 after thirty years of loyal service. The reason: its inability to counter the low-cost phenomenon. So if you're going to offer a traditional airline service, you'd better do it under the Singapore Airlines brand...

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest metropolis and the country's economic powerhouse, is attracting investors. With a new law giving it relative autonomy over management and investment, the city is positioning itself even more as a hub for trade and finance in South-East Asia. Hence the boom in the luxury hotel sector.

Louvre Hotels Group has launched a campaign to buy and open hotels in Asia. This initiative concerns China, India and South Korea.

Low-cost carrier Primera Air is launching two new routes from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Boston and Toronto, in addition to New York, which has been served since May.

The long-awaited reopening of the Lutetia took place on 12 July. The historic hotel on the Left Bank, with its 184 contemporary luxury rooms and six event lounges, will be unveiling its new surroundings designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte.

In 2019, the rail company will launch a new service between the east of Paris and the Netherlands and will begin the interior renovation of its 26 trains.

The Boring Company, the company founded by Elon Musk, has been awarded a contract by the City of Chicago to build a high-speed "Loop" line linking O'Hare airport to the city centre.

On Monday, Los Angeles became Delta's thirteenth destination from Paris. The American airline now operates three flights a week between the two business hubs.