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.

2015: SNCF publishes its balance sheet

Following their approval by its supervisory board, the SNCF group has published mixed annual results. The slight increase in passenger traffic...

Liligo study: European airports improve their wi-fi services

A study published by Liligo compares what European airports have to offer in terms of free Wi-Fi. France is ranked third in terms of the proportion of airports offering free connectivity. However, the French market has the most airports offering free Wi-Fi to business travellers.

Air Europa connects its long-haul network to wi-fi

Air Europa will be offering in-flight Wi-Fi access "very soon". Almost all of the airline's long-haul aircraft should be equipped with the new eXConnect system developed by Panasonic Avionics Corporation.

Five new European addresses for Moxy

Marriott International will be opening five new Moxy hotels this year. The hotel group, which is focusing on "key European cities", will launch its lifestyle brand in three German destinations, including Munich airport.

Qatar Airways back in Nice

Fourteen new destinations on four continents, and the launch of a record route between Doha and Auckland: Qatar Airways put on a show at the ITB in Berlin, displaying its new ambitions. A roadmap that will soon benefit Nice airport: the airline has officially announced its return to the Côte d'Azur hub by 2017.

The Unbound: a new collection at Hyatt

The hotel industry will soon have nothing to envy from the busy fashion week calendars. Almost every season, a group releases its new label: Tribute Portfolio at Starwood and the Best Western Premier Collection in 2015, Quorvus at Carlson Rezidor and Curio at Hilton in 2014, among others. With the arrival of spring, it's Hyatt's turn to unveil its Unbound Collection.

Business aviation: Le Bourget remains in the lead

PrivateFly has published its ranking of the busiest airports for business travellers in Europe. Le Bourget once again topped the list, ahead of Geneva and Nice.

The A350, the latest addition to the Singapore Airlines fleet

Singapore Airlines' first Airbus A350-900 was delivered to the airline on Wednesday. In a few weeks' time, it will take off for Amsterdam, before moving on to more distant horizons: the United States.

With IZY, Thalys explores the low-cost route

At the end of an eventful 2015, marked both by terrorist attacks and internally by its transformation into a company...

Marseille, Montpellier, Nice: Alitalia plans to expand in France

Alitalia is preparing to step up its offering on the French market by strengthening its presence in Marseille, Montpellier and Nice. Business travel to Rome will be...

Caen: two new destinations for Chalair

In a few days, on 15 March to be exact, business travellers from Normandy will be able to take advantage of a new direct scheduled route between Caen-Carpiquet and Bordeaux, via...

Marriott inaugurates the largest hotel in The Hague

Marriott Hotels is strengthening its catalogue in the Netherlands with the addition of The Hague Marriott Hotel, the largest hotel in the diplomatic capital of the Netherlands, The Hague.

JFK, Boston: TAP Portugal steps up the pace in the United States

  As announced at the beginning of the year, the delivery of the two new Airbus A330s, scheduled for next June and bringing the number to 20...

Flagship Dining: American Airlines pulls out all the stops

American Airlines is already revealing its 2017 resolutions by making official the launch in New York (JFK), early next year, of its Flagship concept...

Top-of-the-range prospects for Best Western

The year 2015 was a prolific one for Best Western, with a very noticeable growth in the turnover of its booking centre. At the same time, the...

Singapore Airlines' multi-brand strategy pays off

Singapore Airlines’ acquisition of a 90% stake in Tiger Air marks a turning point in the airline’s strategy to regain the Singaporean market...

Air transport: Iran's return to the international stage

One might think that air transport is reaching saturation point and that few markets are left to conquer. Wrong. And it is Iran that...

Norwegian: the low-cost long-haul bet in Paris

In the wake of the annual meeting set by Air France to present significantly improved results – during which the group's executives...

Union des Aéroports Français: a record "to be put into perspective

In Paris (+3%) and at regional airports (+3.3%), growth at French airports led to a record year last year: 181...

2015 results: Air France KLM gives itself some breathing space

The executives of the Air France – KLM group presented the airline group's annual results on Thursday, marked by a return to profit. The...