Business travel

The largest MICE hotel in Tunis, an ambitious project in Casablanca, other business hotels in Nigeria and Tanzania: Radisson is continuing its expansion in Africa.

Finnair is completing its refurbishment programme with the completion of cabin conversions on all its long-haul aircraft and a new Schengen lounge in Helsinki, expected in early July.

Shanghai, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu or Dili, for the first international hotel in Timor: Hilton is expecting many business hotels in Asia.

It's a done deal: by 2028, Barcelona will have dismantled its network of short-term rental flats. The aim is to help the city's residents find a better place to live.

With a Premium Economy product launched on domestic routes, Air India is continuing to overhaul its travel classes. Tested on certain domestic routes, the product will equip all short- and medium-haul aircraft in 2025.

Frédéric Josenhans, Chairman of Grape Hospitality, explains his group's business model, from hotels franchised by Accor or IHG to its own brands with Demeures de Campagne and The People.

Accor is bringing together representatives of 17 international companies to form an advisory board charged with thinking about the future of MICE and business travel.

Terminal 1 at Marseille Provence airport, which handles all the traditional airlines, has been renovated and extended to include the elegant historic building designed by architect Fernand Pouillon.

Hilton is continuing its expansion in Portugal with the opening of two new hotels, including one in Lisbon, and in Iceland with two projects announced.

Since 4 June, Air France and KLM have been offering a new price scale for excess baggage, with a three-stage price increase.

British Airways and JetBlue have just received approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for an enhanced code-share agreement. These include flights to Brussels and Paris.

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.