Business travel

Transavia is switching to priority boarding with the launch of its "Fast Track" option, available from 9 September. The Air France-KLM Group's low-cost airline is openly targeting the business travel market.

Fall asleep in the home of the Sun King, wake up and open the curtains on the Orangery: this privilege could soon be available to ordinary people. 

Oman Air will soon be adding a fifth weekly flight between Paris-CDG and Muscat.

Since 10 September, Scandinavian Airlines has been connecting Stockholm to Hong Kong, the fourth Asian destination served directly by the airline. At the same time, SAS celebrated the reopening of its lounge at Stockholm Arlanda airport.

Mövenpick is inaugurating its first address in Riyadh, with the opening of a 438-room and suite establishment in the heart of the Saudi capital's business district.

Austrian Airlines will launch a new flight between Vienna and Shanghai on 4 April 2016, in addition to its five weekly services to Beijing. 

Two years after its arrival in France, RealTime Travel Solution is set to conquer the business travel market. The Asian-born hotel reservation centre is preparing to launch a business travel solution for French companies.

BCD Travel is launching TripSource Hotels with the aim of simplifying hotel bookings for both business travellers and travel agents. The aim is to encourage business travellers to 'stay on track' with their company's recommended travel policy. 

Iberia Express will be operating a daily service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Madrid airport from 7 September.

MorningCroissant is carving out a place for itself in the alternative accommodation market, leveraging its agreements with major property groups to offer a vast catalogue of accommodation that is both available and compatible with the legal framework. Alix Tafflé, Chairman and founder of the platform, explains the relevance of this offering to the business travel market, and reviews the innovations being developed to appeal to both travellers and their travel managers, including à la carte services and a new business account. Interview.

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%.