Business travel

With its first Citadines in Istanbul and two more to come, the Ascott group is making the city, like Turkey, one of its key markets for its expected growth in the Middle East/Africa region.

Dubai airport is offering a new area dedicated to first-class passengers: Emirates First.

The SNCF's MICE offer is moving upmarket with more services and the introduction of premium catering by Michelin-starred chef Frédéric Simonin.

Delta Air Lines recently announced that it was exploring the possibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) to set individual airfares for each passenger.

The Accor group's MGallery collection has moved into Biarritz with a renovated 149-room hotel, topped by a rooftop with a swimming pool and a restaurant designed by Eric Fréchon. Also on offer are 11 modular meeting rooms.

Accor's contemporary Tribe brand is opening a new hotel in Pantin, near Paris, with 131 rooms, a coworking space and an events room.

European air connectivity continues to lag behind, despite good growth figures for the continent. This is due to competition from external hubs - particularly in the Middle East - but also to taxes and political policies hostile to air transport.

In the first half of 2025, the two hubs of Paris-CDG and Orly handled 51.35 million passengers, up 4.5% on 2024. Nevertheless, the two airports are still nearly two points below their 2019 results, five years after the Covid crisis...

For its debut in Greece, Yotel will be inaugurating the YotelPad Athens next year. With three sites spread across the capital...

Eklo Hotels is continuing to expand its hybrid offering, a cross between a traditional hotel and a youth hostel, with a new establishment due to open in Paris, at the Porte de Saint-Ouen, as part of an urban project combining offices, hospitality and shops.

Etihad continues to surprise with its dynamism, with the integration of 7 new stopovers. A total of 27 new destinations over 2026-2027. A new record!

With more than 100 hotels in 13 countries, including a new establishment in Paris, the Motel One group offers a range of budget hotels with a distinctive design, while recently turning its attention to the upmarket lifestyle. Here's an update on its development.

Thai hotel group Dusit International is creating its ninth brand: Dusit Hotels, which corresponds to a four-star positioning between Dusit Thani (its luxury brand) and DusitD2. The new brand will help integrate new establishments into the chain's portfolio.

Air France-KLM has signed an agreement with the European Union's Aviation Safety Agency to be the test group for the European in-flight emissions label, offering travellers precise data at the time of booking.

The AirHelp awards have been unveiled. It shows an improvement in the performance of French airports. However, they are still far from the top places.

A vast lobby with designer furniture, a rooftop skybar and affordable rooms: the Motel One chain is adding an attractive address next to the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles pavilions.

Heathrow is to benefit from a major investment plan that will mark the most significant transformation of the London airport for more than a decade.

By abandoning a difficult market like Abu Dhabi, low-cost carrier Wizz Air will be able to concentrate more on its natural markets of Central and Eastern Europe.

Brussels Airport will finally benefit from high-speed rail links in 2026. But it will be with Germany...

The Spanish group Barcelo is making its entry into France by taking over a hotel close to Paris, in the heart of the Levallois-Perret business district, with 338 rooms and a vast MICE area.