Business travel

For Ömer Faruk Sönmez, Vice President Commercial Southern Europe, Turkish Airlines, expanding the network and improving the in-flight product are the priority for the Turkish national airline.

Le Capella Bangkok No. 1, three Parisian hotels in the top 50, Raffles London in the spotlight: the results of the World's 50 Best Hotels ranking.

B&B HOTELS has passed the 400-hotel mark in France, in Brest, where the chain was founded. It is also accelerating its development in the United States, with a new hotel in Miami.

SNCF is catching up on its post-Covid traffic shortfall with business customers. A promotion on the Carte Liberté and the opening up of Ouigo distribution are contributing to this.

The SNCF Connect booking site is adding a Pro Area and features for managing receipts for business train ticket purchases.

At the IFTM trade fair, Air France presented its new network and its new Premium class, which will offer greater comfort than the current Premium Economy.

Air France is to test a new formula for reduced inflight services in short-haul economy class. While KLM is seriously considering ending its free service in Europe from 2025...

CitizenM is continuing to expand in the United States with new hotels in Miami and Boston. At the same time, the lifestyle brand is making its coworking facilities available to everyone.

La Poste is merging its two subsidiaries Startway and Multiburo to create a single coworking brand, Mitwit. With ambitions to expand in France and Europe.

As a premium partner of PSG, Accor is enhancing the experiences offered by its ALL programme with a Novotel suite right in the stands at the Parc des Princes.

The torrential rain from storm Boris is having an effect on rail traffic in Central Europe, particularly in Austria, where around forty lines are affected.

The unrest in New Caledonia is having an impact on AirCalin, which is restructuring its network with the early launch of a direct Paris-Nouméa flight via Bangkok.

Growth in the business market, relaunch of the seminars business: The Originals cooperative has the arguments it needs to win over corporate clients.

Star Alliance is doubling its efforts to retain premium members (Gold and Silver) of the SAS Eurobonus programme following the Scandinavian airline's departure for Skyteam. With attractive offers.

Easyjet will be closing its Toulouse base next spring. This announcement follows the planned closure of Ryanair's Bordeaux base... And which has led to a national strike notice for easyJet.

Transavia is further expanding its network of flights between France and Algeria, unveiling new routes from three French airports: Toulouse, Nice and Marseille.

Air France is to inaugurate a Paris CDG-Manila flight. This route should facilitate business travel on the growing Franco-Asian route.

François Le Doze, Eurostar's Commercial Director, explains the advantages of the new corporate programmes recently launched by the railway company.

Swiss is strengthening its presence in Northern Europe from Geneva, notably with the launch of a non-stop flight to Berlin and more frequencies to Scandinavia.

While the public transport network - particularly the metro - has improved significantly in Bangkok over the last decade, the authorities' inability to introduce a common ticket and the prices - often prohibitive when travelling in pairs - remain a very "made in Thailand" headache...