Business travel

From the first kilometre of a business trip right through to arrival at the destination, business travellers and travel managers alike need to be kept abreast of the constant changes in business travel: new air services, business classes, loyalty programmesservices railway companies in trains or stationsoffers taxis or VTC for professionals...(see more)

Not forgetting the new players in the collaborative economy and the technology sector... Daily monitoring of these developments to ensure that business travel is ever safer, more comfortable and more sustainable, in business destinations in France and abroad.

Air Austral sets course for new services

Air Austral unveiled a range of new products at IFTM Top Resa, including a revamped business class and a sleeper product in economy class.

British Airways opts for paid snacks

Business travellers see the glass as half empty, but British Airways prefers to see it as half full... The British airline's latest initiative...

Marcel: two years old, the age of ambition

On 29 September, Marcel celebrated its second anniversary by gathering investors, partners and journalists at the Halle Pajol. This trendy eco-district, located in...

Trainline-Concur study: business travellers will take the train

Trainline and Concur have published a study into the travel and booking habits of French business travellers, who travel by train on average one day a month.

Lufthansa acquires Brussels Airlines

Lufthansa has made it official: it will acquire the remaining 55%s from SN Airholding by early 2017. Brussels Airlines will then become a subsidiary of the airline group.

Hotel Jen joins the coworking trend

Hotel Jen, the lifestyle and high-tech brand of Shangri-La, is set to open next January in Beijing within tower B of China...

Interview : Jean-Charles Perino, La Compagnie

La Compagnie is preparing to add a second daily flight between Paris and New York, while withdrawing from London. At the IFTM Top Resa trade fair, Jean-Charles Perino, Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing and co-founder of La Compagnie, looks back at the busy schedule of the 100% business class carrier.

Rock and pop hotels in Dubai

A Hilton hotel is expected in Dubai. But not a new establishment from the Hilton Worldwide group, which already has six establishments in the emirate....

Turkish Airlines to reduce European operations this winter

The Turkish national carrier is adjusting its winter schedule, taking into account the drop in the number of visitors to the country following...

Middle East: major works and high-tech services

It's the biggest airport project in the Gulf: Abu Dhabi is expanding rapidly to become a hub worthy of Etihad Airways. A necessity to compete with Dubai International and its 80 million passengers, as well as Doha Hamad and its spectacular terminal.

Hotels: Tokyo in Olympic form

Now that the flame has been extinguished in Rio, the city of Tokyo has taken up the Olympic torch. And already, the prospect of the 2020 Games is stimulating...

Interview with : Bruno Lechevin, Chairman of Enhance Aero, Fly Kiss

Fly KISS will launch on 7 November with scheduled flights from five French cities (Brest, Clermont Ferrand, Lille, Nice and Strasbourg) as well as from London Luton. Fly KISS is the new scheduled flights commercial brand of the Enhance Aéro group, founded in 2007. Its fleet is made up of Embraer 145s.

Trainline study: Gare de l'Est popular with passengers...

Station or airport? The French have chosen. And unsurprisingly, the majority of French travellers (78%) chose rail as their preferred...

Thalys: heading for sustainability at very high speed

A few days after celebrating its twentieth birthday, Thalys is already looking towards the future: that of the railway company, of course, but also and...

Radisson Blu expands its brand in Africa

Carlson Rezidor is continuing its expansion in Africa with the opening of several hotels in a market where the hotel group is already well positioned. Its...

France-Spain axis: Barcelona takes over from Madrid

While Madrid remains Spain's most important hub with the presence of all the national carrier Iberia's intercontinental routes, Barcelona has...

Transport: France 11th most expensive country in the world...

The German price comparison website GoEuro studied thousands of ticket prices between April 2015 and April 2016 for journeys...

ACI rankings: global traffic takes off in 2015

It's become a regular occurrence: Atlanta's unrivalled position as the world's busiest airport has once again been confirmed, according to the latest...

High-speed trains soon on the Boston-Washington line

Competitiveness compared with the aeroplane, city-centre to city-centre connection: the United States is rediscovering the advantages of trains, particularly high-speed rail. The manufacturer...

SAS gives its short-haul fleet a facelift

As it celebrates its 70th anniversary, Scandinavian Airlines is not the kind of airline to dwell on the past. Quite the contrary,...