Air France-KLM: priority to long-haul routes this summer
The Air France-KLM group has unveiled its flight schedule for this summer, in which the long-haul network will receive increased attention.
Barcelona airport: American Airlines-Vueling agreement
American Airlines and Vueling have signed a partnership agreement to increase long-haul traffic at Barcelona El Prat.
Concierge services and catering: MagicEvent Services offers a full range of business travel options
MagicEvent's mobile application now includes a number of practical new services designed to improve the day-to-day lives of business travellers on the move or teams at trade shows. In addition to business accommodation, MagicEvent Services now offers catering, transport and concierge services, which will soon be extended beyond Paris.
#AFDigidays : tomorrow's business travel according to Air France
On Thursday, Air France presented its latest advances in digitalising the passenger journey within the airport. Interactive kiosks, self-boarding, automatic baggage drop-off: the trend is towards passenger autonomy and a smoother journey.
High-speed WiFi: Nice airport increasingly connected
Nice airport has just inaugurated an attractive new service for business travellers: high-speed WiFi connection is now available, free of charge.
"All the signs are green": Rémi Bouysset, Managing Director France,...
Business travel agency Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) is continuing to expand in the French market, and has just announced the creation of a new entity: Fraedom. As the Destination 2015 strategic plan draws to a close, Rémi Bouysset, HRG's Managing Director for France, provides an update on the TMC's priorities, the next stages in its development, and its medium-term objectives.
IHG also goes Apple Watch
InterContinental Hotels Group has unveiled a new version of Translator App, its instant translation application, dedicated to the new Apple Watch.
Accor focuses on the top end of the market
The Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg hotel reopened its doors on 5 March, symbolising the repositioning of the Accor group's upmarket brands.
CDG, Saint-Ouen, Ajaccio: three new French addresses for Holiday Inn
The IHG group is preparing to strengthen the French catalogue of Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands, with the opening of three new addresses between now and 2018, including two in the Paris region.
Melia Paris La Défense: rooms with a view
Since mid-February, the Melia Paris La Défense has been welcoming its business customers to a luminous, knife-edge tower designed by the Vasconi architectural firm. This opening marks a new stage in the life of the Paris business district. It has been over ten years since the opening of a hotel in the district.
Men, women: HRS's take on business travel
HRS has published a study comparing the attitudes of female business travellers and their male counterparts to business travel. It shows that men are more likely than women to refuse a business trip...
AirAsia launches the first air pass for ASEAN
At the end of 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) agreement will come into force, strengthening the ties between the ten nations that make up ASEAN, the association of South East Asian countries. And to celebrate the arrival of this new common market in the world, the low-cost airline group AirAsia has just launched its first air pass valid throughout the zone.
Interview with David Chapple, Director of the Business Travel Show
The 21st Business Travel Show closed its doors in London on Thursday evening. David Chapple, Show Director, talks to Voyages d'Affaires about these two days of reflection, exchanges and negotiations, which confirmed the new international dimension of the event. A date has already been set for 2016, with new projects aimed at further extending the international reach of the London show.
Châteauform's Chinese ambitions
Châteauform', which specialises in hosting meetings in the great outdoors with its 'seminar houses', is also continuing to develop venues for meetings without accommodation in major cities. In Paris, after opening Les Jardins de Saint Dominique in the 7th arrondissement in 2013, the group inaugurated a Châteauform' City in the CNIT at La Défense in early October, closer to its customers based in the Paris business district. But since the future of all these multinationals is now being played out in Asia, the future of Chateauform' logically lies in China. At the very beginning of this year, the group founded by Katie and Jacques Horowitz, who died this summer, will open its first Chateauform' City in Beijing, in an old house with a traditional square courtyard, a 'shiheyuan' dating from the 14th century.
AC Hotels, MOXY, Autograph Collection: the new Marriott brands have...
AC Hotels has just opened a new four-star hotel in the Paris region, following on from the one inaugurated last year near Porte Maillot. This inauguration is part of the development of the new brands launched by the hotel group: AC Hotels, but also MOXY and Autograph Collection.
Air France-KLM focuses on financial discipline
The Air France-KLM group presented its 2014 results to the press on Thursday. The results were logically tarnished by the pilots' strike, while the group intends to stay on course with its Perform 2020 plan: financial discipline and selective growth, with a particular focus on partnerships in Asia.
A 2nd piece of cabin baggage for easyJet Plus passengers
Business travellers who are members of the easyJet Plus frequent flyer programme will soon be able to board with a 2nd piece of cabin baggage.
Eurostar: business travel contributes to good 2014 results
Eurostar published its 2014 results on Wednesday, marked in particular by an increase in traffic (3%) to which business customers were no strangers. Business travel is said to have increased by 4% last year, mainly thanks to the buoyancy of the British economy.
Study: the busiest business routes according to...
PrivateFly publishes a classification of the most popular routes for private jet hire in Europe and the United States. Le Bourget-Geneva and Los Angeles-Las Vegas would be the most popular routes.
The new SAS cabin takes off
SAS has just inaugurated its brand new long-haul cabin on board an Airbus A330 flying from Copenhagen to Newark.
