Business travel

The Radisson Blu brand has set up in Montpellier, replacing the Crowne Plaza next to the congress centre, with a144-room business hotel equipped with meeting and event facilities.

Testbed for flight AF1535 on 9 March 2025 between Berlin and Paris CDG. Air France offers five daily flights from Berlin to Paris. The chosen flight takes off at 19:20 for a duration of 1h50, arriving at 21:10.

Amtrak is giving its mobile application a facelift, with the addition of features that passengers have been waiting for.

Despite its dynamism, the Middle East market is experiencing fluctuations in supply. Air France is resuming its flights to Riyadh. And Qatar Airways is withdrawing from Lyon, in principle temporarily.

Novotel is soon to add new business hotels in Europe with the brand's entry into Malta and Croatia, in addition to a second establishment in the La Défense district.

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Eight new projects in England, including the arrival of its new Garner brand, and a host of choice in Berlin for its Vignette Collection: IHG is continuing its expansion in Europe.

The IWG Group's network in the Paris region is set to be further strengthened with the inauguration of an HQ site in Bobigny on 17 March.

A Novotel room at the Parc des Princes, a future Radisson Blu hotel at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium and other projects in England: hotels in stadiums are a growing trend.

The Italian carrier is continuing to step up the pace on its routes, with an extra return trip on the Paris-Lyon route, the reopening of the Paris-Milan route on 1 April and the much-anticipated reopening of the Paris-Marseille route on 15 June. The battle is shaping up to be a tough one with SNCF.

Expected in 2026, the SNCF's future TGV M will have a strong emphasis on design and comfort, with some major changes compared with the current configuration.

Etihad Airways is set to enjoy an exceptional 2025, with more than a dozen new routes, a record since the Covid years. According to Javier Alija, VP Global Sales & Distribution, this dynamic reflects Etihad's confidence in global demand, which is not weakening.

In Porto, Florence and Toulouse, The Social Hub is rolling out its hybrid lifestyle concept, combining short- and long-term accommodation, meeting and coworking space and a rooftop swimming pool.

Air France is offering an improved optional product on its long-haul economy class. Called Economy Comfort, it will be available from 6 May.

With more than 180 hotel openings last year and almost 600 hotels in the pipeline, the Marriott group is accelerating its development in the EMEA region. But this momentum is also present in China and Latin America.

Virgin could take to the Channel Tunnel to link Paris and London. Richard Branson's group is planning to raise funds for this purpose.

Delta's catalogue in Africa is about to expand. The airline's very first flight to Marrakech will be inaugurated in a few weeks' time.

This will be an exceptional year for Cambodian air transport. In addition to the opening of the new Phnom Penh international airport, three new intercontinental routes will be inaugurated with Emirates, Etihad and Turkish Airlines.