Business travel

The upturn in the French air transport industry, including the national carrier Air France, was confirmed in 2015. And, as is generally the case, aviation activity is a harbinger of economic growth... so this is a highly positive sign!

Regus has announced the opening of four new business centres in Grenoble.

On 3 December, Etihad Airways Chairman James Hogan inaugurated a brand new First and Business Lounge in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York. This is the airline's second lounge inauguration in the US market, after Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Lufthansa Group signed a strategic partnership agreement in November which will enable the two airline groups to operate the Europe-Singapore routes as a joint venture. 

Originally scheduled for 13 December, the launch by Thalys of the service between Paris and Dortmund has been postponed to spring 2016. The eighth...

"Business travellers are looking for experiential luxury".

"Every season there are new clashes and a different atmosphere".

Vilified for being one of the world's most polluting sectors, air transport has nonetheless been constantly adapting and innovating over the last two decades to reduce its environmental impact. The results are more than noticeable.

Next spring, the low-cost airline will offer services to Marseille, Barcelona, Venice and Berlin from Bordeaux-Mérignac.

TravelerCar, the French specialist in car hire between travellers, has strengthened its position with the acquisition of its competitor Carnomise.

The rail company has presented a new offer for business groups.

HOP! Air France, the regional subsidiary of the French national carrier, and the private low-cost airline Volotea have set their sights on Rennes.

Located on the corniche of the white city, in the Anfa district, the 186-room hotel positions itself as an urban resort with a spa...

Hilton Worldwide has just opened a new hotel in London, the group's 29th in the British capital.

Ten years after launching its top-of-the-range Angsana brand alongside its luxury offering, Banyan Tree has just acquired two new brands to celebrate its 21st anniversary.

For 25 years now, All Nippon Airways has been playing spoilsport on the France-Japan route, which for years was the monopoly of the two national airlines, Air France and Japan Airlines.

With losses for the seventh year running, Airberlin, Germany's second-largest carrier, continues to implement restructuring plans.

The new Malaysia Airlines, which took over the assets of its predecessor and has been in service since 1 September, is continuing to clean up its accounts and restructure its network and fleet. At the same time, the carrier is thinking about winning back passengers.

Who will take over Starwood Hotels? The soap opera has dominated the hotel industry this year. For a while, rumours had it that IHG was the frontrunner, then Hyatt or the new Chinese giant resulting from the merger of the Jin Jiang and Plateno groups. In the end, none of them did, as Marriott won the bid. And it paid a price for it: 12 billion dollars, mainly paid by an exchange of shares.

Since the beginning of November, AirPlus has been trialling a new service aimed at gaining greater visibility over expenditure linked to business meals. The project, called AirPlus Checkout, is being carried out in partnership with orderbird.