Business travel

This summer, Transavia will be adding 10 new routes from Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes and Lyon. These include several routes that are very popular with business travellers.

The Radisson group is strengthening its presence in France with two new hotels due to open in early 2025, one in Rueil-Malmaison and the other in Montpellier, both with MICE facilities.

The redesigned ibis Styles Abidjan Plateau and Marcory offer a new contemporary setting embodying local culture. In Cape Town, South Africa, the Radisson Blu Waterfront has been transformed into the Radisson Collection.

SNCF Gares & Connexions has unveiled a project to extend Marseille Saint-Charles station in response to an expected increase of 50% in passenger numbers.

Six years after it was discontinued, the Nancy-Lyon rail link is back in service, with a direct journey lasting 4? hours, with stops in Toul, Dijon, Chalon and Mâcon.

The ibis family of brands will complete its offer in Germany near Munich and Berlin airports as well as in Hamburg and Neckarsulm.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is complaining about the slow progress in producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), despite the fact that production is set to double to 1 million tonnes by 2024.

SNCF Voyageurs and Deutsche Bahn are offering a daily ICE 3 service on the Paris-Berlin line. The journey takes just over 8 hours, with stops in Strasbourg and Frankfurt.

French skies will be disrupted by a strike by air traffic controllers on 17 December, with cancellations and delays expected in Lyon and Ajaccio, and airports closed in Montpellier, Nîmes and Perpignan.

Since 14 December, the Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Euroairport has benefited from a public transport bus service to Lörrach in Germany via Saint Louis and Huningue in France.

The merger between Korean Air and Asiana no longer faces any restrictions, with the European Union giving the green light to Korean Air's takeover of Korea's second-largest carrier.

Trenitalia has announced that it will be increasing the number of its high-speed services between Paris and Marseille to four daily return trips from next June.

To coincide with the launch of its new non-stop service between Paris-CDG and Bangkok, New Caledonian carrier Aircalin has signed an order with Airbus for two A350-900s, for delivery between 2026 and 2028. This is a sign of confidence for the airline, which has been shaken by events in the French overseas territories.

From 19 December, Clermont-Ferrand will be the first city in France to offer a new lifestyle concept, the Grand Mess hotel, combining festive venues, cosy rooms and seminar rooms.

Air Canada will be offering free Wi-Fi access on its long-haul network in 2026. Travellers will still have to join the airline's frequent flyer programme.

Luxury hotels, starting with the future Orient Express La Minerva in Rome, lifestyle hotels with new Mama Shelters, business hotels around the world: Accor has unveiled the new hotels it expects to open in 2025.

Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Radisson and others: all these groups are betting on luxury and have numerous openings planned for 2025.

JetBlue has added two new European airports from Boston: Madrid and Edinburgh will be connected to Logan at the end of May.

The Air France-KLM group's entry into the capital of SAS Scandinavian Airlines is beginning to produce its first effects. The Scandinavian airline is announcing a series of new destinations from its Copenhagen hub.

News from the Ascott group includes the completion of the renovation of several Citadines in Paris, London and Berlin and the growth of its new brands lyf and Unlimited Collection.