Business travel

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.

Focus - Breakdown of hotels in France

As of 1 January 2011, France has some 19,000 classified hotels, with a total of 654,000 rooms, a figure down by 8...

African Lines

Could this be the "spring" of air transport in Africa? Last January, Senegal Airlines began its flights with two Airbus A320s. The Senegalese airline serves...

Focus - Air France recovers in the third quarter

Despite operational disruptions (strikes, weather), Air France continued its recovery in the third quarter of the 2010/2011 fiscal year with a 13.9...

New brand - Shangri-la launches Kerry Hotels

Like Starwood with W, Hyatt with Andaz or, more recently, Jumeirah with Venu or Carlson/Rezidor with Hotel Missoni, Shangri-La has broadened its brand portfolio by adding a five-star design and contemporary brand to its offering, in addition to its eponymous luxury brand and the top-of-the-range Traders hotels.

3 Questions for Arnaud de Saint Exupéry, General Manager of Andaz Liverpool...

Why choose Shanghai for the arrival of Andaz in China? It's a combination of opportunity and the desire to be present in the world's major metropolises....

3 Questions to Béatrice Pâques, Sales and Marketing Director, Thalys

How have your latest product innovations been received?The reception is very positive for the Salon, which allows up to four people to work at 300...

France-Switzerland - Lyria picks up the pace

Operated by SNCF and CFF, the Swiss railways, Lyria has announced that it carried four million passengers in 2010, including 2.3 million internationally.

Product - More comfort for Delta passengers

Delta Air Lines is redesigning its in-flight product with two major innovations.

Hub - Air Canada makes the most of Toronto

Air Canada had a very good year in 2010. The Canadian national carrier recorded 51.87 million passenger miles - more than 31 million annual passenger kilometres - an increase of more than 8 %.

Air France back in Phnom Penh

The route between Paris and Phnom Penh, which was interrupted in 1974, was offered again by the French airline, the first European carrier to offer scheduled flights to Cambodia.

Lufthansa: Frankfurt-Miami by A380

The German airline is the first to put the Airbus superjumbo into service to this destination.

Strong revenue growth for Deutsche Bahn in 2010

Deutsche Bahn's excellent results for 2010 are evidence of a significant upturn in rail transport.

 

Air traffic penalised by upheavals in the Arab world

Although they did not jeopardise the recovery phase in the air transport sector, the events in Tunisia, Egypt and the Arab world as a whole had a significant effect on traffic.

Opening of The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

Occupying the top floors - from the 102nd to the 118th - of the International Commerce Centre, the Ritz-Carlton dominates the whole of Hong Kong from the top of this 490-metre skyscraper.

IHG revises its Priority Club Rewards loyalty programme

IHG is giving a facelift to its Priority Club Rewards loyalty programme, which was launched 28 years ago and has gone from strength to strength ever since, welcoming 600,000 new members a month for a total of 56 million members.

Palaces - Rain of stars on the banks of the Seine

With the arrival of four new palace-class establishments in the capital by 2013, the masters of the luxury sector are preparing their weapons in the hushed corridors of Paris's golden triangle.

Africa, air travel on the road to maturity

For decades, French air transport has dominated intercontinental African routes due to its historical links with this part of the world. This dominance is now being challenged by the rise of certain African airlines and the major alliances in search of new markets.

Le Méridien Montparnasse changes its name

The Paris hotel became the Pullman Paris Montparnasse at the beginning of the year.

The Marriott group expands its operations in France

Drawing on its catalogue of brands, Marriott is launching its JW design brand in France with the management buyout of the Palais Stéphanie in Cannes.

Mint Hotel, the new name for the City Inn group

The British hotelier, both design and budget, has chosen to illustrate its evolution on the occasion of the opening of its two latest establishments, which double its number of rooms and mark its international debut.