Business travel

Hainan Airlines will soon be increasing the frequency of its flights between Brussels airport and Beijing.

Carole Peytavin is Head of Marketing R&D at Air France.

Announced several months ago, the result of the merger between Veolia Transdev and Trenitalia will take shape this Sunday 11 December under the name of Thello.

Flights between Paris Orly and Newark Liberty will now be operated on a codeshare basis, following an agreement between the business airline and the US carrier.
 

The UK government's announcement of an increase in passenger tax of 8% from next April has provoked the ire of UK airlines.

Code-sharing, reciprocal use of lounges, as well as Delta's investment in the Brazilian airline: the two airlines' activities will be increasingly linked.
 

Two industrial actions are expected at TAP, from 9 to 12 December, then at Iberia, on 18 and 29 December.
 

The Chilean company has launched a subsidiary in Colombia, its fourth on the South American continent.

Style and low prices: the latest addition to the Starwood Hotels portfolio, the mid-range cousin of the trendy W hotels, is continuing to expand in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. Aloft has just celebrated the inauguration of a new establishment in Bangkok, an opening that will be followed by many others in Asia.
 

Faced with stiff competition from low-cost carriers, Israeli carrier El Al has gone on the offensive, offering greater fare flexibility and a simplified pricing structure.
 

Renowned for its New York-style trendy luxury, the Morgans group is to open a hotel under the Mondrian banner in London, its third hotel in the British capital after the Sanderson and the St Martins Lane.

In 2013, the group will open two new establishments in the Norwegian capital under the Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson banners.

The Accor group's Affaires brand is continuing to expand in Asia, where it already has more than twenty hotels.

The Belgian airline is increasing its frequencies and seat capacity to five destinations in Africa from the next summer season.

After Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, Qatar Airways is opening a fifth destination in China with services to Chongqing three times a week.

In early 2012, the Jumeirah luxury hotel group will take over management of the Grand Hotel Via Veneto in the Italian capital.