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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.

    Airlines

    Air France: traffic increase limited by Japan and...

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    As expected, airline traffic in March was affected by the disasters in Japan and geopolitical unrest in Africa and the Middle East.
    Hotels

    Choice Hotels: new site in Marseille

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    The Choice Hotels group has just added a new budget hotel to its portfolio in the suburbs of Marseille.
     

    Hotels

    New Park Inn hotel in London

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    The development of London's hotel offer continues in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games.

    Trains

    Increasingly efficient services

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    In addition to ever more impressive speed peaks, railway companies are seeking to satisfy the desires of their customers. Particularly first-class passengers...

    Hotels

    Laurent Basnier, Managing Director of Adagio City Aparthotel

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    How did your urban residences perform in 2010? Laurent Basnier – With the economic recovery, companies once again launched major...
    Airlines

    Low cost

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    AirAsia is the first long-haul low-cost airline to serve France. Since 14 February, the carrier has been connecting Paris-Orly four times a week to...
    Hotels

    Branché - W Hotels, around the world in design class

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    Will 2011 be a landmark year for W? It will certainly mark the young career of Starwood's trendy design brand, which began in New York 12 years ago.

    Hotels

    Focus - Breakdown of hotels in France

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

    African Lines

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    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...
    Airlines

    Focus - Air France recovers in the third quarter

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

    New brand - Shangri-la launches Kerry Hotels

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    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.
    Hotels

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

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    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....
    Trains

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

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    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...
    Trains

    France-Switzerland - Lyria picks up the pace

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

    Airlines

    Product - More comfort for Delta passengers

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

    Airlines

    Hub - Air Canada makes the most of Toronto

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    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 %.

    Airlines

    Air France back in Phnom Penh

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    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.

    Airlines

    Lufthansa: Frankfurt-Miami by A380

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

    Trains

    Strong revenue growth for Deutsche Bahn in 2010

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

     

    Airlines

    Air traffic penalised by upheavals in the Arab world

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    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.

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