Business travel

Emirates rethinks its airport business class offering with a new signature lounge concept that champions exceptional hospitality, luxury, and innovation.

Pullman unveils a worldwide brand transformation towards inspiring, exchange-conducive premium hospitality. With the immersive event concept Pullman XChange as its spokesperson.

Brand evolution, a revamped MICE offering, renovations, and a focus on 200 hotels: Benoît Racle, General Manager of Accor's Premium Brands, looks back at the transformation of the Pullman brand.

Postponed four times, the latest takeover bid for easyJet by investment fund Castlelake has been accepted. A revolution in European aviation in sight? 

The time has come for a simplification and complete overhaul of the MyCapricorne loyalty programme for Air Austral. With many additional benefits for programme members. 

Buoyed by the good results recorded in recent months, Meininger plans to resume its offensive in Europe with the ambition of reaching the symbolic milestone of 50 hotels by 2030.

SNCF Connect is to add 300 German and Swiss destinations thanks to a marketing agreement with Deutsche Bahn and CFF. This comes as the marketing of its competitors in France becomes clearer.

The consequences of the conflict in the Middle East, the advent of a SAF sector, and, of course, taxation and its impact on the French flag: the FNAM's annual congress revisited the sector's key issues.

Offensive in the regions, premiumisation, AI, robotaxis: Yann Ricordel, Deputy CEO of G7, sets the roadmap for the French taxi giant.

A damning parliamentary report highlights the structural weaknesses in French air traffic control, responsible for millions of minutes of delays in 2025. The government acknowledges malfunctions but states that the situation is improving in 2026.

Delta is doubling down in Los Angeles with the inauguration of a second business lounge. And the ramp-up will continue in the coming months with the Olympic Games in sight.  

Five hotel groups with millions of rooms: this is the outcome of the global Top 10 published by MKG. A ranking still dominated by Marriott, with Accor in 7th position.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the most recent country in the world to possess a railway network with the inauguration on June 30th of the first phase of a network covering the entire Emirate.

The Radisson Group has two new establishments in France, the Radisson Hotel Cannes Seaside and the Hotel & Spa des Beaux-Arts in Bourges, a Radisson Individuals member.

London City Airport will be getting its own business lounge as it approaches its 40th anniversary, a first for the London hub.

Accor and Chinese group H World, two of the world's leading hotel groups, are extending their strategic alliance by allowing members of their loyalty programmes to access a wider selection of hotels via their respective platforms, in addition to status recognition and point earning.

Ibis, Mercure, Handwritten Collection, greet: powered by the dynamism of these brands, Accor opened nearly 40 hotels in France in the first half of the year.

While Hyatt is strengthening its offering in Rome, the IHG group is continuing its expansion in Italy in Milan, Turin and Puglia.

Saudi Arabia's new national airline, Riyadh Air, is gradually establishing its network. Following the launch of London Heathrow-Riyadh on 10 June, new destinations are being added at a steady pace. 

While Hotel Le Magnifique, conceived by designer Vincent Darré, is settling into rue de la Gaîté, Hotel La Bourdonnais, near the Champ de Mars, is reopening with a decor by Oscar Lucien Ono. Another new addition is the Hotel Lazare Nomade.