Business travel

An agreement between online giant Amazon and Eurostar has enabled the rail company to offer its passengers Prime Video series.

Aviation Safety Network (ASN) has published its annual report on air transport safety, and reports a record year, in the good sense of the word...

Daimler recently announced that it was taking a stake in Chauffeur Privé, with an investment of just over 50%, which should rise to 100% by 2019.

Lufthansa will be stepping up its schedule between its Frankfurt hub and the airports of Toulouse and Marseille.

The Spanish group will soon have nine establishments in the Belgian capital. NH Hotel has recently been entrusted with the management of the Berlaymont hotel and the very design BLOOM!

Beirut, Katowice, Douala, Ryadh, Dammam and Gudari in Georgia: Rezidor has announced the opening of six new Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson hotels.

The lifestyle brand of the IHG Group has just opened its first hotel in Belgium, in Antwerp.

Lifestyle hotel in Madrid, more business in Moscow: the Hyatt group has just opened two attractive establishments for business customers.

Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe: Mövenpick is entering a phase of significant growth on almost every continent.

Bookings at more than 3,000 hotels worldwide, centralised payment, traveller management, monitoring of accommodation expenditure: with the AccorHotels Business Solution online platform, SMEs and SMIs have everything they need to rationalise their accommodation budget.

The high-speed airline is launching a new loyalty programme with the addition of an intermediate level.

Having successfully taken its first steps in the hospitality sector in Chicago, Virgin Hotels is now setting out to conquer the American market. The next inauguration is scheduled for early 2018, in San Francisco. In the meantime, New York, Nashville, Dallas and Washington are also on the cards.

EasyJet has just announced the addition of 15 new routes from France, including several targeting business travellers. The airline will thus pass the milestone of 250 destinations in the French market.

Eurowings will be launching a business class called "BIZclass" in 2018: a first for a long-haul low-cost airline.

SNCF, which is aiming to win back 15 million passengers by 2020, was halfway there in 2017 thanks to a recovery in TGV traffic. The changeover of the Voyages-sncf.com website to Oui.sncf is part of this policy of winning back new customers.

Karim Malak, Chief Operating Officer of Adagio, provides an update on the development strategy of the aparthotel brand, which should have 150 establishments by 2021.

A Waldorf Astoria housed in the residence of the British admiralty and the American embassy transformed into a Rosewood: the London hotel industry is multiplying its prestigious venues, while in Paris, chic is in boutique mode.

Since 10 December, TGV Lyria has been offering 3 classes of travel between Paris, Geneva, Basel and Zurich, with its new Business 1ère aimed primarily at business travellers. Now boarding.

TGV Lyria launches its new Business 1st class on 10 December. Andreas Bergmann, CEO of TGV Lyria, gives an update on the rail company's investments aimed at business travellers. Interview by Stéphane Jaladis.

Star Alliance executives were in Paris on Friday to take stock of the latest developments in the alliance as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Digital technology and the opening up of new partnerships are among the alliance's key areas of development.