Focus - Breakdown of hotels in France
African Lines
Focus - Air France recovers in the third quarter
New brand - Shangri-la launches Kerry Hotels
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3 Questions to Béatrice Pâques, Sales and Marketing Director, Thalys
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
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.

























