Business travel

As the big names in New York hotels reinvent themselves, new hotels are popping up all the time in the city that never sleeps.

In 2024, Copenhagen airport is expected to return to passenger traffic levels close to the records set in 2018-19, when it handled more than 30 million passengers. The dynamic should continue in 2025, with the integration of SAS Scandinavian Airlines into Skyteam.

From 15 December, Eurocity Direct trains will link Brussels to Amsterdam. The trains will operate at regular intervals, with a journey time of 2h07, close to that of the Eurostar.

The return to business of the Waldorf Astoria in New York, the transformation of the Hilton Athens into a Conrad hotel, the debut of the Signia MICE brand in Amman: the main openings for the Hilton Group in 2025.

The new barometer published by the ADP group shows a deterioration in waiting times at Paris's main airports, Orly and CDG.

The latent tension in the Middle East is leading to the isolation of the region, with more and more airlines suspending their routes. In Beirut and Tel Aviv, only the national airlines continue to link them to the rest of the world.

How far can airlines go to generate new revenue? Nothing seems impossible these days, as the latest offer from Austrian national carrier Austrian Airlines to its passengers proves...

After Accra, Johannesburg, Lagos and Cape Town, United Airlines will be landing in Dakar and Marrakech, becoming one of the leading American airlines on the African continent.

The Edeis group, which manages 17 French airports including Nîmes and Tours, has signed an agreement with the airline L'Odyssey for the development of European air routes departing from Tours, but above all from Nîmes, the future regional hub. Take-off is scheduled for May 2025.

Mama Shelter is to open a hotel in Amsterdam, in the Noord district, which was once industrial and is now undergoing a major revival. When it opens in 2027, the hotel will offer 150 rooms and meeting spaces.

A haven for visiting celebrities, the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, famous for its legendary ballroom, has reopened after renovation.

With the inauguration of the Newton Offices Sophia Antipolis site, the regional flexible workspace specialist is adding 6,000 m² to its catalogue, in a strategic area for corporate customers.

Hilton and United Airlines have both announced new advances for their visually impaired and wheelchair-bound customers.

Marriott is launching Connect Responsibly worldwide, a programme to measure the environmental impact of events in conjunction with carbon offset projects.

Attractive rates for stopover evenings at The Originals, a MICE department at Eklo: hotel groups are making eyes at the business clientele.

Montpellier-Brussels, Marseille-Athens, Strasbourg-Istanbul: these are just some of the new services unveiled by Transavia to boost connectivity in the French regions.

The new cabins unveiled by Delta Air Lines will be visible in 2025 on international routes operated by Airbus A350. But the first passengers will be able to enjoy them on several Boeing 757s before the end of the year on domestic and short international routes.

To mark the launch of the new Belaroïa identity in Montpellier, Pascal Donat, Chairman of the Valotel group, spoke to Voyages d'Affaires about his ambitions for the brand and his other projects, notably Maison ELLE.

The Valotel group has just celebrated the launch of a new brand at the Belaroïa hotel, opposite Montpellier station.

Two Six Senses hotels in Milan and on Lake Como for IHG, seven new hotels planned by the Radisson group: Italy is a land of growth for hotel groups.