Business travel

The Eurostar lounge at Brussels-Midi station will soon be completely renovated to welcome business travellers in even greater comfort. The makeover will result in the temporary closure of the lounge at the end of the summer, until the beginning of October.

Etihad will be setting course for six new destinations in the first half of 2015. Madrid, Edinburgh, Calcutta, Entebbe, Hong Kong and Algiers will soon strengthen the catalogue of the national airline of the United Arab Emirates.

Car rental company Enterprise Rent-A-Car is launching its Enterprise Plus loyalty programme for European business travellers.

While there is a real craze for Premium Economy, with new adepts joining airlines every year, Business and First Class continue to be the focus of the industry's attention. A way of consolidating their aura of prestige...

Starwood is embracing connected objects and offering members of the SPG loyalty programme the chance to wear Google Glass to explore the group's range of products and services.

Since 1 July, business travellers have been able to connect to the Wi-Fi and GSM networks on board transatlantic flights operated by Iberia.

Since 25 June, the SNCF has been trialling a new luggage delivery solution in partnership with Mondial Relay. Business travellers can now drop off their suitcase at one of the 4,300 drop-off points, then collect it from a local shop at their destination.

The Le Mœvenpick Paris Neuilly hotel has completed its transformation to meet the expectations of business customers by raising its standards.

Super luxury for Air France and Etihad and greater comfort for SAS Scandinavian Airlines' business classes: the crisis is not putting an end to the need for innovation in high-contribution classes. Quite the contrary! And this cascade of new products follows the launch of new business classes by Austrian Airlines, JAL and Air Canada.

The 21st^th he Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge officially opened its doors on 25 June, offering 700m² of comfort to business travellers in the newly inaugurated Queen's Terminal.

Etihad is getting up to speed with the launch of mobile boarding passes, which became official on 26 June. France is not yet one of the markets concerned.

Free Wi-Fi access should be available to business travellers from autumn onwards at New York's four airports: JFK International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia and Stewart International. However, the free connection will be limited to 30 minutes.

The Paris-Mumbai flight launched in May by Jet Airways will become a daily service from Thursday 26 June. Until now, the Indian carrier has operated four weekly flights.  

Iberia is extending its MyBagTag baggage identification service to include flights with stopovers and ten international destinations.

Etihad is preparing to take a 49% stake in Alitalia. The two airlines announced on Wednesday that they had agreed on the main terms of a deal that has yet to be finalised.

Long-awaited, soon to open - the 1^er August to be precise - the new Parisian luxury hotel Peninsula has stylishly revisited the former Majestic hotel, just a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe. A new era has dawned for this Belle Epoque building, meticulously brought back to life after four years of work by a legion of craftsmen and restorers.

On July 11, Air India will become the first Indian airline to join a global airline alliance: this was the decision of the Star Alliance Board of Directors, which met on June 23 in London.  

Since 24 June, business travellers in the Basque Country have had access to a new business destination: for the first time in its history, a Finnair aircraft has landed in Biarritz.

The strike action launched by air traffic controllers on 24 June is expected to have a moderate impact on business travel. The main disruption should be limited to airports in the south of France, for flights to Spain, Portugal and North Africa.