Business travel

The Hilton Sukhumvit hotel has opened its doors in Bangkok. It's a symbolic opening for the American hotel chain, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Thailand in 2013.

The FlightStats website has published its punctuality rankings for August. Finnair is ahead of South African and Tyrolean Airways. Tokyo airport recorded the best results.

Qatar Airways and British Airways are extending their frequent flyer programmes for business travellers. Business travellers can now earn and reuse Miles on the British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club programmes.

The Starwood Group will launch its St. Regis luxury brand in Istanbul in the first half of 2014, in the upmarket Nişantaşı district.

The Langham, Chicago opened its doors on Tuesday. After New York, Los Angeles and Boston, the Windy City is the fourth American city to welcome the hotel chain founded in 1865.

Accor is to open three new hotels in Moscow between now and 2015 as part of a new complex near Kievskaya station in the city centre. The hotel group is thus confirming its ambitions in Russia and the region, where it aims to have fifty establishments by the end of 2016.

Ibis will be launching its new season ticket for business travellers on 25 September. "ibis BUSINESS" is designed to simplify business travel by offering a range of advantages in terms of savings and flexibility.

The impact of the strike planned for Tuesday 10 September on the SNCF network should remain limited. The railway company is talking about "localised disruption".

The Marriott group is launching a practical new option for business travellers: mobile check-in, available in over 300 establishments in the United States.

Istanbul will soon be home to a new Radisson Blu hotel: the Radisson Blu Tuzla is due to welcome its first guests in the last quarter of 2013.

Oman Air is innovating for its business travellers by inaugurating a new check-in lounge at Muscat airport.

Malaysia Airlines, a new member of the oneworld alliance, is expanding its network with new flights to Dubai and India.

Business travellers on the Qatar Airways network will be able to travel at a higher fare from 1 January.^er September, thanks to higher baggage allowances.

Sébastien Bazin succeeds Denis Hennequin at the head of Accor. The Director of Colony Capital in Europe was appointed by the hotel giant's Board of Directors on the morning of 27 August. He leaves his position at the investment fund, which he has managed in Europe since 1997.

Since Monday 26 August, SNCF has been operating a new service between Paris and Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) in 3 hours 47 minutes, six days a week.

The Aloft Kiev hotel is due to open its doors in the Ukrainian capital's business district during 2015, marking the brand's debut in a buoyant market.

Traffic has been gradually resuming at Nairobi airport since Wednesday evening, less than 24 hours after the huge fire that hit Kenya's main hub. A flight from London was able to land on Thursday morning.

Jomo Kenyatta Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi has been closed and all flights cancelled until further notice. A fire of unknown origin broke out in the early hours of Wednesday 7 August, causing no casualties.

Timothée de Roux is Deputy Managing Director of Châteaux & Hôtels Collection. He highlights the brand's values and strengths in the seminar market.

Eurostar ended the first half of the year on a growth note, with a combined increase in sales (+7 %) and traffic (+2%), driven in particular by business travellers.