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.

The Europe/United States axis remains attractive for the airline industry

Donald Trump or not, soaring kerosene prices and high service fees in the United States: nothing seems to affect the expansion of airlines on the transatlantic axis. Air France is in the lead...

Virgin Trains reveals its future trans-channel routes

Facing Eurostar, Richard Branson's British company, which wants to reinvent the customer experience, has ordered 12 Avelia Stream trains from Alstom for its trans-Atlantic services scheduled to start in late 2030.

Birmingham Airport aims for 30 million passengers with 2 billion...

Birmingham Airport is putting a £2 billion (about €2.4 billion) master plan on public consultation, which should allow it to handle nearly 30 million passengers within fifteen years.

EasyJet will again reduce its capacity by 700,000 seats

easyJet again reduces its winter flight capacity to cope with soaring fuel costs

FNAM is concerned about the decline in air travel in France

Traffic is declining, the supply is contracting, kerosene at its highest level: the National Federation of Aviation and its Professions (FNAM) has drawn up a gloomy picture of French air transport.

Imminent strikes in Belgium

Airplanes, trains, public transport: professional travel is set to be complex in Belgium in the coming days due to several social movements.

British Airways accelerates its ascent in the premium segment

British Airways has just unveiled its reconfigured Airbus A380 with a higher-end cabin product. Just like a future lounge at London Heathrow's Terminal 5.

Loyalty: Club Eurostar partners with Revolut

The trans-channel railway company has concluded a partnership agreement with Revolut regarding its Club Eurostar loyalty program.

Transavia: satisfied with the former Air France shuttle services at Orly

Transavia seems to have achieved its goal. Nearly six months after the resumption of flights by Air France's former shuttle service to Marseille, Nice and Toulouse, growth is in full swing thanks to passengers' adoption of the low-cost carrier's new product, which has worked on its offer, particularly towards business customers.

IHG: a Voco hotel at Nairobi airport

The IHG group launches its high-end brand Voco in East Africa with its first long-stay hotel near Nairobi Airport.

Marriott: a series of new hotels in the Netherlands

The Marriott Group is strengthening its offering in the Netherlands by adding the Townhouse Hotels brand to its Series by Marriott and Tribute Portfolio brands.

IHG opens Ruby Lilou in Marseille

Ruby, one of the lifestyle brands of IHG, opens in Marseille the Ruby Lilou, a 237-room hotel coupled with the Ruby Yani coworking space, spanning 1000 m².

flydubai: beyond the terrorist act, questions about security...

The problem is no longer just the terrorist act aboard flight flydubai 1073. It is about how a pilot who was presented as a source of concern was able to be recruited and then put in command of an especially sensitive international flight.

Hilton: openings expected by the end of the year

From luxury in London and Kuala Lumpur to lifestyle in Singapore and MICE in the United States: an overview of the new hotels expected by the Hilton group by the end of the year.

VINCI Airports: record investment for the Edinburgh airport

VINCI Airports and its co-owner GIP will invest £500 million over five years at Edinburgh Airport, with the terminal gaining 60 square metres % of space.

Air France: Six starred menus go into production at long-haul flights

Air France entrusts the new long-haul menus departing from Paris to six chefs and pastry chefs, including Arnaud Lallement in La Première, Mathieu Viannay in Business, and Frédéric Simonin in Premium.

Middle East: the overview of the flights in October by...

Dubai, Tel Aviv, Riyadh, Doha: the updated list, company by company, of flights suspended in October from/to the Middle East and the Near East.

SNCF adapts to climate change

Although the SNCF carried nearly 100 million passengers this summer, the adverse weather conditions resulted in a loss of 80 million euros. The company is accelerating its action plan to cope with the warming of the climate.

Etihad Rail opens its line between Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Since September 30, Etihad Rail has been connecting the Al Yalayis station in Dubai with the Mohamed Bin Zayed City in Abu Dhabi with ten trains per day, a journey of 64 minutes and tickets starting from 39 dirhams.

Radisson: 4 major business hotels certified Verified Net Zero

While Radisson aims to reach 100 Verified Net Zero properties by 2030, the group has just added four major MICE hotels to this program in Stockholm and Copenhagen.