Business travel

South American carrier LATAM is experiencing exceptional growth and is preparing to launch new premium products, explains Davide Ioppolo, Managing Director France.

Riyadh Air, the new Saudi national airline based in Riyadh, is inaugurating its first flight to London Heathrow on 26 October. Except that the flight will not include any passengers booked on the airline's website or online travel agency sites. 

Almost exclusively present in the United States until now, the Signia by Hilton brand is taking part in convention centre expansion projects, such as in Atlanta and soon in Indianapolis and Savannah.

Deutsche Bahn has just unveiled its new winter timetable, with more high-speed trains on domestic routes and increased density on international routes.

The OAG Megahubs 2025 study reveals the 50 most connected airports in the world, both internationally and within the United States. It also details the mega-hubs for each continent and for the low-cost segment.

Czech airline Smartwings is going from strength to strength, inaugurating seven new destinations this month. These include Brussels and Toulouse. While Paris will benefit from more frequencies. 

RockyPop has opened its fourth hotel in Marseille. The hotel chain, which hails from the Alps, is setting out to conquer the major business destinations, banking on the versatility of its spaces, a colourful look and a quirky state of mind.

After launching the Zel brand with Rafael Nadal, the Melia hotel group is organising the transfer of the six MiM hotels owned by Lionel Messi.

The Hilton Group is adding a new lifestyle brand to its North American portfolio, the Outset Collection, based on urban and off-the-beaten-track boutique hotels.

The airline is holding up rather well in the current strange climate for transatlantic traffic, thanks to its niche positioning, with a unique business class. CEO Christian Vernet explains.

The pan-African group Onomo is launching a range of premium boutique hotels with the opening of Le Square by Onomo Collection in Casablanca.

Gwendoline Cazenave, Eurostar's CEO, is confident that the rail company will be able to grow in the context of opening up to competition.

The Hilton Group has passed the 9,000 mark in hotels worldwide, a symbolic milestone in a period of sustained growth.

The expansion of the Citadines brand is accelerating around the world, driven by new-generation apartment hotels and an extension of its model to franchising and conversion.

With nine new hotels in the pipeline, the voco lifestyle brand, part of the IHG Group, is continuing its rapid growth in France and Southern Europe.

After Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly airports, Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport is the third airport to offer this combined ticket service sold by SNCF partner airlines.

Following negotiations, the air traffic controllers will not be going on strike from 7 to 9 October, as initially announced.

Best Western has expanded its network in France with the addition of a dozen or so establishments since the start of the year, both under its budget Sure Hotel banner and its Best Western flagship brand.

Malaysia Airlines has high expectations of the expansion of its Airbus A330-300 neo fleet, which will enable it to extend its European network and offer a better in-flight product.

Brussels airport will be paralysed by the strike on 14 October. No aircraft will be taking off.