Business travel

London, Athens, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur: from Europe to Asia-Pacific, the Hilton group is banking on luxury and strategic locations to attract business travellers.

With 14,000 weekly frequencies planned for its 2026 summer schedule, the Lufthansa group claims that its offer will be the largest in its history.

The Radisson Group is accelerating its expansion with more than 210 openings and signings by 2025, placing France at the heart of its strategy.

Since 26 October, Basel-Mulhouse airport has been linked to four new destinations: Bratislava, La Palma, Ohrid and Tangiers. Krakow, Dubai and Vienna also benefit from more flights.

France remains one of TAP Air Portugal's main markets, with 117 flights a week from 5 French cities to Lisbon, Porto and connecting flights to Africa and Brazil.

Mama Shelter is getting into skiing with its first mountain resort in Val Thorens, due to open in the third quarter of 2027.

While rumours had been circulating for some time about the imminent opening of the Warsaw-Bangkok route, the Polish airline's aircraft will finally be landing in Almaty from May 2026.

Air Algérie has been ordered by the Algerian government to consolidate its network. This strategy will enable the capital's airport to become a regional hub. This autumn will see the launch of a series of new routes.

Eurostar has just ordered the first 20 of the 50 trainsets planned, in order to support its development programme and withstand the expected arrival of competitors on its lines.

Air France now welcomes business travellers in a brand new lounge at Chicago O'Hare airport.

The SNCF has won a €2.25 billion contract for services on the Est Provence and Alps lines from 2029, with the 2030 Winter Olympics in its sights.

Air France is strengthening its global network for the 2025-2026 winter season, offering almost 800 daily flights to 170 destinations in 73 countries. The main beneficiary is the long-haul network. 

It's a first: in a joint interview for Les Echos and Frankfurter Allgemeine, Benjamin Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM, and Carsten Spohr, CEO of the Lufthansa group, have chosen to speak with one voice on the future of air transport in Europe, which lacks support in Brussels. 

Free meals and films for everyone. This is how Flydubai is positioning itself far from its original vocation as a low-cost airline.

The Ascott group is continuing its expansion in Europe, with five new establishments announced in Vienna and two more in Spain, in Seville.

Flights between Paris and Abidjan have started for Air Côte d'Ivoire, which is now taking on a new international dimension.

An agreement between Qatar Airways and digital payment bank Klarna allows passengers to book flights with deferred and instalment payment plans. This enhanced payment facility is available in 17 European countries, including France.

Réunion continues to generate significant flows of business and leisure travellers to mainland France. This benefits Air Austral, which continues to record good growth in its traffic in 2025, as Hugues Marchessaux, CEO of the Reunion-based airline, explains. 

As well as the reopening of its original hotel in Miami, the Delano luxury and lifestyle brand, supported by Ennismore and Accor, will soon have new outlets in New York and London.

The Radisson Group is continuing its expansion in France's regional cities with a Radisson-branded hotel in Clermont-Ferrand.