Business travel

The French West Indies can now be reached from Rennes via TGV Air. Air France has extended its air-rail service to the Breton city from 6 March.

The airline, which carries 100% business class, is transferring its flights from Paris CDG to Paris Orly terminal Sud from 22 April.

The SkyTeam alliance will be enhancing its ground experience with the opening of two new lounges at the new international airport in Santiago and Istanbul by the end of the year.

Air France-KLM's new-generation carrier is expanding its long-haul network with daily services to Mumbai from 18 June.

The Deck, Cathay Pacific's new business lounge, will be inaugurated on 22 March at Hong Kong airport.

One billion travellers a year: this is the target set by Airbnb on Thursday for 2028, with a focus on new categories of accommodation - including boutique hotels - a move upmarket and the development of the Superhost loyalty programme.

With South Korea taking centre stage at the Pyeongchang Olympics, Ludovic Froidure, Managing Director of Korean Air in France, Scandinavia and the Baltic States, takes a look at the airline's offer and its position in the French market. Interview by Florian Guillemin.

Qantas is preparing to renovate its lounge for international business travellers at Sydney Airport. The work should be completed by the end of next year.

MagicStay is expanding its offering for business travellers. The French flat rental platform will now be distributing a thousand onefinestay flats.

Air France-KLM presented its annual results for 2017 on Friday, marked by a solid performance. The group's managers also set the course of their strategy for the coming months, which will be based in particular on the strengthened partnerships within the joint venture and the growing power of Transavia. However, the launch of a long-haul low-cost airline and the takeover of Alitalia are not on the Air France-KLM roadmap.

After a difficult 2016 in the wake of the Nice and Paris attacks, the French hotel industry returned to growth in 2017. And this growth is set to continue throughout the current year.

The ADP Group and AccorHotels are bolstering the hotel offer at Paris-Orly airport with a new ibis Styles and Mercure hotel complex, due to open in 2019.

The Odalys Group, which specialises in tourist accommodation, is expanding its range of Odalys City urban residences with the opening of a new establishment in Paris, on the Butte Montmartre. This is the first of many new openings in France and abroad.

The long-stay brand, jointly owned by AccorHotels and Pierre & Vacances, is transforming its lobbies into living spaces to encourage travellers to get together. Called Le Cercle, these spaces are organised around a shared kitchen and a library of objects.

MagicStay is extending its distribution network through a partnership with the French subsidiary of the American business travel agency Travel & Transport.

Vueling will be launching a new flight between Paris-CDG and Rome next month. Already present on the Orly-Fiumicino route, the airline will be the only low-cost carrier to offer both flight options to business travellers between the two capitals.

Air Austral's purchase of 49 % of Air Madagascar's shares has led to a new roadmap for the two companies. The Madagascan airline still needs to be upgraded, but the aim is to conquer the Indian Ocean market.

The hotel group founded by Richard Branson has announced its arrival in Edinburgh in 2020, in a historic building in the heart of the old city.

Mama Shelter is continuing its international expansion. The trendy brand launched by the Trigano family, in which AccorHotels holds a 35% stake, will open a hotel in London's up-and-coming Shoreditch district.

The five-star hotel in Marseilles has recently extended its event facilities, revamped its cocktail menu and added a range of complementary activities for business groups.