Business travel

Mandarin Oriental has taken over the management of the San Clemente Palace in Venice, which will come under the luxury brand next year following renovation. In Shanghai, the famous Peace Hotel will become a Raffles in 2027.

Tribe, the Accor group's contemporary, mid-range brand, is adding a second hotel in Budapest, right next to the airport. It has 167 rooms and a meeting room.

It's almost a plebiscite for air travel. According to an FNAM report, 65% of French people say they travel by air, including 33% at least once a year. In fact, 78% agree that air transport is essential to regional development.

With the United States somewhat shunned by European travellers, it is Canada that is benefiting, with an increase in the number of air routes to the Old Continent...

The Ascott group has just unveiled the lyf Gambetta Paris, the first in France of this hybrid lifestyle hotel concept tailored to the needs of digital nomads.

Nestling in a 200-hectare estate, the Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa will be the first hotel in Accor's luxury Emblems Collection brand this year. A debut that calls for further developments.

One of South East Asia's leading low-cost airlines, Singapore-based Jetstar Asia, is to disappear from 31 July following a change of strategy by its parent company, the Australian group Qantas.

With its order for 50 high-speed trains, Eurostar plans to link London with Geneva and Frankfurt, in addition to an Amsterdam-Brussels-Geneva route. More frequencies between London and the Netherlands have also been announced for the second half of 2025.

Appart'City has a number of leisure offers to take advantage of the appeal of the apartment hotel concept. This does not exclude the business clientele from its priorities, which is still dominant, and which will be able to take advantage of new establishments in Villepinte and Paris.

The European Transport Ministers have reached an agreement on compensation and refunds in the event of flight delays and cancellations. A compromise between the demands of the airlines and legitimate passenger protection.

The deterioration in the image of the United States is weighing on passenger demand, as is the disruption in the delivery of new aircraft, forcing us to readjust frequencies and capacity on the transatlantic route.

Moxy, the lifestyle brand of the Marriott group, is coming to Turkey with the opening of Moxy Istanbul Beyoğlu.

By signing an agreement with Air China, Emirates is taking advantage of the withdrawal of European airlines from the Chinese market to position itself on this all-important trade route.

For more than 20 years, the Hilton group has been working with the McLaren Formula 1 team, in particular through themed rooms and suites, as will soon be the case in London during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

The Radisson Group has upgraded two of its hotels in Manchester and Oslo to Net Zero. There are also new developments in Shanghai and Bucharest.

Over the first four months of the year, air traffic in mainland France rose by 5.3%, driven by a 6.2% increase in international traffic. Nevertheless, Bordeaux and Toulouse are the two main airports to continue to post declines in traffic...

In just a few days, Luxembourg will see the return to business of one of its major hotels, now under the Marriott banner, and the unveiling of a late 19th century villa transformed into a luxury boutique hotel.

easyJet's winter schedule for Toulouse is unveiled. The airline is resuming flights to several business destinations, and is expanding the Blagnac-Orly route.

A suite in honour of tennis and the French Open at the Pullman Dubai Downtown, rooms in tribute to PSG legends: sport and hotels come together at Accor.

A new Regus address has just been opened by IWG in Grenoble, not far from the TGV station.