Business travel

Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia is once again considering a return to Europe. But it would do so via a new hub in the Middle East. The aim is to begin operations by the end of the year. 

Park Hyatt back in Tokyo and arriving in Johannesburg, the debut of the Thompson brand in Asia, Andaz in Shanghai and Bangkok: the Hyatt group is expanding its range of luxury and lifestyle hotels.

The Air France-KLM Group has announced that it will begin the process of acquiring a majority stake in SAS. The Group currently holds 19.9 % of the Scandinavian airline's capital.

American Airlines is set to expand its presence in Miami by almost doubling its lounge capacity.

Oman Air is strengthening its presence in Europe this winter. A consequence of its recent entry into the oneworld alliance. 

Car rental company Europcar is shutting down its shared mobility services in France, Spain and Italy. Operating costs are deemed to be too high.

Lifestyle brand The Hoxton is taking centre stage in Edinburgh, transforming a collection of 11 townhouses into a 214-room hotel, complete with meeting and event facilities.

Major maintenance work on the tracks in Luxembourg will lead to a virtual suspension of rail traffic from 11 July to 14 September. This will also affect TGV journeys from Paris. 

Is Air Sénégal, Senegal's national carrier, going through its final moments before going bankrupt? The company has just returned four of its leased aircraft, unable to pay the bill... 

The air traffic controllers' strike on 3 and 4 July led to a sharp reduction in flight schedules at airports in the south of France, as well as in Paris.

The new Proxima operator, headed by Rachel Picard, former director of Voyages SNCF, has presented the commercial name and livery of the first trainset, due to arrive in 2028.

As part of a new dynamic, Louvre Hotels is speeding up the renovation of its establishments, in particular for its Campanile brand, which is undergoing a complete overhaul.

ANA introduces "THE Room FX", a new seat standard for Business Class on Boeing 787-9, which is more like a sofa than a reclining seat. 

The events venue hire group is inaugurating its 18th Paris venue on rue Bachaumont in the 2nd arrondissement, which can accommodate up to 120 guests.

The rule of a second bag free of charge has been approved by the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. If it is finally adopted, it should effectively render the extra baggage option obsolete, particularly for low-cost carriers.

IWG is inaugurating a new business centre on 1 July. The Factories Malakoff space is banking on the boom in hybrid working, and confirms the ambition of the world leader.

The modernisation of rail transport is continuing in China. And this despite the economic difficulties and budgetary problems facing the country.

More than fifty new hotels for Marriott, already the most represented international group on the African continent, and a hundred more to come for Hilton: Africa is attracting hotel projects.

The French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) is organising a conciliation meeting on 25 June in response to the strike notice issued by the UNSA-ICNA air traffic controllers' union for 3 and 4 July.

In mid-June, Thai Airways International, Thailand's national airline, finally emerged from its four-year rescue plan to return to breakeven. The company is once again thinking about expansion.