Business travel

Ouigo, SNCF's low-cost TGV service, will be expanding its network and renovating its entire fleet, which will benefit from twelve additional trains.

The Air France-KLM Flying Blue frequent flyer programme now allows you to collect and spend miles on Oman Air.

Nouméa La Tontouta international airport will finally reopen to air traffic on 17 June after a month's closure. Flights operated by Air Calin will resume with a few changes to the timetable.

Luxury goods group LVMH is backing Accor with a strategic investment to speed up the revival of Orient Express.

According to the DGAC, the number of seats available on departure from mainland France for the Summer 2024 season is higher than for Summer 2023 and Summer 2019. This is a sign of the upturn in air traffic, particularly to the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

Following a higher growth rate than most of its competitors, the Hyatt group expects to add many new hotels in the coming months and years.

Handwritten Collection, Tribe, greet, ibis Styles, Mama Shelter: all these brands helped strengthen Accor's presence in France in the first half of the year.

SNCF is to reserve 15 TGV M high-speed trains for its Italian subsidiary, which will operate the Turin-Venice and Turin-Naples routes via Milan and Rome.

Part of the Gally eco-neighbourhood in Versailles, the Bout du Parc café-hotel welcomes seminars in the great outdoors, in a friendly setting that reflects the spirit of the Huttopia group, which initiated the project.

60 new routes, more than half of them between the UK, Europe and North Africa. This is what easyJet has announced for its winter programme. With, in particular, a return to Strasbourg.

From 24 June, Paris-Orly will be just twenty minutes from the centre of Paris thanks to the extension of line 14. The fare is €11.50 for passengers without a Navigo pass.

In September, TAP Air Portugal will open its twelfth destination in Brazil with a Lisbon-Florianopolis route, partly offsetting the closure of the Lisbon-Porto Alegre route affected by massive flooding. 

Vienna has taken the lead in Europe as the capital of night trains, according to a recent analysis by the VCÖ (Verkehrsclub Österreich/Club des Transports d'Autriche). The Austrian capital is in fact connected by 16 routes, surpassing Bucharest as well as Budapest and Paris, ex-aequo in third position.

With the acquisition of new brands and the development of its Curio, Canopy, Motto and Tapestry brands, the Hilton group is expanding its footprint in the lifestyle hotel sector.

German carrier Lufthansa is continuing to strengthen its intercontinental network for winter 2024/2025 at its Munich hub. This includes the return of its Sao Paulo route.

Former Voyages SNCF boss Rachel Picard has teamed up with Austin IP to order 12 new-generation TGVs from Alstom to serve Bordeaux, Nantes and Rennes from Paris by 2028. Project code name: Proxima.

As part of the brand's new lease of life, the Sofitel New York will be undergoing a complete renovation at the end of the year.

Brussels Airlines is relaunching a route between Brussels and Nairobi after a hiatus of almost ten years, underlining the resumption of traffic between Europe and Africa.

The IHG group is continuing to grow in Portugal, with a dozen hotels expected by 2026, some luxurious or lifestyle hotels, others practical for business travellers.

The LimoLane booking platform, which specialises in professional mobility and top-of-the-range chauffeur services for events, is coming to France.