Business travel

In January 2016, the Marriott group will open the AC Marriott Stade Vélodrome hotel in Marseille, just a few months before the Euro football tournament, which will put the stadium in the spotlight. 

 MagicEvent is launching the Agences Travel Pro solution to optimise the distribution of this accommodation to business customers via corporate channels. 

The Steigenberger Hotel Business Bay Dubai will open its doors in October, signalling the group's offensive in this market.

On the eve of the new tax imposed by Lufthansa on GDS bookings, business travel buyers are considering reducing their expenditure with the German carrier. In any case, this is what emerges from a GBTA survey published on 27 August on the American market.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is taking the mobile booking route with its new application, now available on the French market. The mobile tool - which is free of charge - also enables business travellers to manage their file from their smartphone.

Icelandair will soon be flying to Montreal in Quebec. This is the third new annual scheduled flight announced by the airline for 2016, following Chicago and Aberdeen.

Heathrow airport has just published record traffic results for July 2015, during which 7.29 million passengers passed through the London hub. These figures sound like new arguments for those in favour of extending Heathrow airport. 

Air France KLM ended July 2015 on a high note. The overall growth in the Group's passenger traffic (+2.4%) was driven in particular by strong growth at Transavia.

The reopening of the Etihad Airways premium lounge offers business travellers a modernised 1,044 square metre space at Abu Dhabi airport.

July was a busy month for easyJet: the airline's traffic grew by more than 9%.

Oman Air's business lounge has a new look at Muscat airport. The airline has just completed the renovation of this lounge, which was inaugurated in 2010. 

Urban residences are moving upmarket and are very popular for business assignments lasting several months. Through their increasingly contemporary services and décor, they are striving to make time seem as short as possible for business travellers far from home.

Lufthansa is stepping up initiatives aimed at its business travel customers. The German airline has just inaugurated a new business catering service on long-haul flights. In anticipation of the inauguration of a new terminal at Munich airport, which will double the number of lounges at the Bavarian hub.

While more and more airlines are succumbing to the charms of Premium Economy, how do they intend to attract passengers to travel in Business and First? By sublimating their offer, by always going for the highest quality. A successful gamble.

Airbnb is clearly targeting the business travel market. Enriched with tools that will enable travel managers to track their travellers, its Business Travel programme is available globally, after winning over more than 250 companies in the United States.

The American airline is launching a private jet upgrade to satisfy its most loyal customers.

The Finnish airline is offering two new services to business passengers departing from Paris CDG: valet parking and chauffeur-driven transfers.

Under the Regent banner when it opened in 2007, the Grand Hôtel de Bordeaux is about to embark on a new life as an independent hotel and member of Leading Hotels of the World.

Hilton Worldwide, the world's largest group; the merger of China's number two and number five hotels, which now have their sights set on the Starwood group: there's a lot going on among the world's leading hotel groups.

New York's LaGuardia airport, notorious for its poor state of repair, is to undergo a gigantic renovation project, the Governor of New York has announced. The entire project is expected to cost four billion dollars.