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From the first kilometre of a business trip right through to arrival at the destination, business travellers and travel managers alike need to be kept abreast of the constant changes in business travel: new air services, business classes, loyalty programmesservices railway companies in trains or stationsoffers taxis or VTC for professionals...(see more)

Not forgetting the new players in the collaborative economy and the technology sector... Daily monitoring of these developments to ensure that business travel is ever safer, more comfortable and more sustainable, in business destinations in France and abroad.

    Hotels

    Secret Retreats: intimate Asia

    The Editor -
    A new voluntary chain, Secret Retreats specialises in eternal Asia and brings together around thirty small luxury hotels with strong personalities.
    Hotels

    Accor's African ambitions

    The Editor -

    A few weeks after announcing the takeover of one of the jewels of the African hotel industry, the Hôtel Ivioire in Abidjan, by the Sofitel brand, the Accor group has reaffirmed its ambitions for the continent.

    Trains

    Thalys: strike expected on 3 October

    The Editor -

    Pending confirmation of strike action by the SNCB on 3 October, Thalys has preventively closed its sales on this date and is encouraging customers to postpone their travel.

    Hotels

    Hotel residences: the 50,000-apartment mark is passed

    The Editor -

    The number of hotel residences in France continues to grow, and now totals over 50,000 flats or studios in almost 600 residences.

    Hotels

    Growth: Ascott in the running in both London and China

    The Editor -

    Ascott, the specialist in hotel residences, is continuing its growth in the UK with the acquisition of The Cavendish hotel.

    Hotels

    Development: the attraction of Russia

    The Editor -

    The hotel world is looking to the Russia-CIS region, which is still largely under-equipped in terms of international-standard establishments.

    Hotels

    Hotel groups: the breakthrough of Asian chains

    The Editor -

    The chain hotel industry is growing faster where growth is stronger: this is confirmed by the latest MKG Hospitality study on the "global geography of hotel chains".

    Airlines

    Leisure sector: Transavia affirms its strategy within the group...

    The Editor -

    Designed to consolidate Air France's leisure business, Transavia is preparing to strengthen the Group's presence at Orly.

    Airlines

    Finnair, the Europe-Asia specialist

    The Editor -

    With eight million passengers a year, Finnair is still a small airline compared with European mega-carriers such as Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa.

    Airlines

    Growth: Myanmar's appeal

    The Editor -

    It was probably the last major market to remain a terra incognita for air transport. It is now one of the most popular.

    Airlines

    New seats for Japan Airlines

    The Editor -
    Japan Airlines is looking after the comfort of its business travellers by installing new seats on its Boeing aircraft from the start of 2013 on departure from London.
    Hotels

    Swissôtel arrives in Dubai: inauguration in 2016

    The Editor -
    The inauguration of Swissôtel Jadaf Dubai will mark the hotel group's arrival in the business destination in early 2016, just a few minutes from the international airport.
    Hotels

    Trivago barometer: Paris hotel industry on a strong upward trend this autumn

    The Editor -
    The bill for business travel to Paris was particularly high in September, according to the trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI) published on Friday. The hotel barometer shows an increase of 48%.
    Airlines

    Air France: putting customer service first

    The Editor -

    At the IFTM Top Resa trade fair, Air France reaffirmed its intention to invest several hundred million euros in its product. The aim is to reposition the group's offer at the best level in the world and propose attractive new offers on short and medium-haul routes.

    Airlines

    Lufthansa tempted by a low-cost project?

    The Editor -
    After several months of industrial unrest, Luthansa is considering creating a new low-cost airline, according to the German media.
    DR
    Trains

    Thalys revises its Franco-German offer upwards

    The Editor -
    Thalys is improving the Paris-Cologne-Düsseldorf-Essen route by adding extra timetables from 9 December to guarantee greater flexibility for French and German business travellers.
    Hotels

    Slight growth in sight for the US hotel industry according to STR

    The Editor -
    STR recently published its 2012-2013 forecasts for the US hotel market. The research firm is predicting "modest growth" over the coming months, with a slight increase in supply (+0.9%) and demand (+1.2%) in 2013.
    Hotels

    Solid guarantees for the growth of HCorpo

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    HCorpo has confirmed its growth in the business travel market by announcing that it has raised €5.5 million from FSI Régions, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations group, and Entrepreneur Venture.
    Airlines

    Strong traffic growth at Airlinair

    The Editor -
    Airlinair published its summer results on 13 September, showing double-digit growth in passenger traffic compared with June, July and August 2011 (+16%).
    Airlines

    Finnair flies with Booking.com

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    Finnair and Booking.com have just formalised a partnership enabling travellers to book their hotel directly from the airline's website.
    Varenne Entreprises