Business travel

Air Canada is unveiling the future equipment designed to accommodate business travellers in the 37 B787 aircraft - Boeing's famous 'Dreamliner' - ordered by the airline.

Air France is sending a strong signal to the business travel market. The airline is preparing to halve the price of the France-Europe-North Africa Discount Pass. Pierre Descazeaux, General Manager of the France market at Air France, made the news official on Monday at the Pavillon Cambon, on the occasion of the AFTM evening, specifying that the new fare would be valid from 1 January 2014.

On 30 March 2014 EasyJet will be inaugurating a new attractive route for business customers: the Nice-Hamburg route will be served four times a week.

Airline alliances account for almost 90 % of traffic to the world's top 100 business cities. Are they essential? Increasingly so, judging by the number of new airlines joining them. Yet alternatives are emerging outside this global movement...

The Cité Concorde Lyon hotel will soon be under the Crowne Plaza banner and will become the Crowne Plaza Lyon - Cité Internationale in the first quarter of 2014. This change will be accompanied by an extensive renovation programme.

The Kerzner International group has announced the opening of a new Atlantis resort in southern China: Atlantis Sanya Hainan is due to open in 2016.

A new agreement between Louvre Hotels and Arcus of Germany will result in the creation of 26 hotels in the German, Swiss and Austrian markets.

Between myths that are constantly being reinvented and legends in the making, the Swiss hotel industry, with its inimitable style, tells a very contemporary story, one of elegance and refinement.

The luxury hotel group is offering broadband Internet access to guests who have booked their room on the brand's website.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is continuing its development in Russia and the CIS countries with three new properties expected soon in...

Created in 2003, the Villégiature Awards are presented each year to "the best hotels in Europe, Asia and Africa" by a panel of 25 journalists and press correspondents, including Voyages d'Affaires.

The Viceroy hotel has opened its doors in New York, marking the arrival of the luxury brand in the Big Apple.

On 14 November, Pullman revealed its new concept for meetings in London: the Pullman St Pancras hotel is the first to be equipped with the "business playground" room, dedicated to boards of directors, before it is rolled out across the network in 2014.

Attention business travellers in Scandinavia: the Swedish hotel group Scandic is launching HTL, a new hotel chain designed to meet demand from a "new target group, with different priorities to traditional customers".

Pending its entry into oneworld in early 2014, Sri Lankan is modernising its long-haul fleet.

Taxis G7 is stepping up the pace on the "mobility" front by now offering 4G Wi-Fi access in 2,000 vehicles. By the end of the year, a thousand tablets will also be deployed in the "VIP / Club Affaires" range of G7 Taxis. Both services are free of charge.

The Sesame concierge service welcomes business travellers to Reims station for their business trips in Champagne-Ardenne.

The Madrid-Miami route is back in service with Air Europa, which will be returning to Florida from 30 May.

Delta Air Lines has decided to fund 40 automated passport reading machines for New York JFK Airport in order to speed up immigration formalities....

The American authorities are preparing to authorise the use of electronic devices on board aircraft during take-off and landing. Telephone communications, however, remain prohibited.