Business travel

Chinese companies are ready to accept their first orders for electric vehicles with vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL). And to bring out their first models as early as 2025. When reality finally surpasses fiction!

Black Thursday in the French skies on 25 April, with a strike by the air traffic controllers' union likely to result in 70% flights being grounded.

To mark its 60th anniversary, Sofitel is giving itself a new lease of life with the renovation of around twenty hotels and a new, more luxurious brand identity.

Marseille will be the only French airport other than Paris to have a direct non-stop service to China from July.

The slow resumption of air traffic in Dubai after the torrential rains and Israel's as yet unconfirmed attack on Iran are destabilising air services in the Middle East.

Christophe Burckart, IWG's Managing Director for France, provides an update on the group's strong growth, the reasons for this momentum and its expansion in France.

Bedding redesigned, toiletry kits featuring a designer, new dishes on the menu: American Airlines is improving the quality of its in-flight product.

Since 17 April, Austrian railway company ÖBB has been offering greater flexibility for cancelling bookings.

The torrential rain that has fallen on the Gulf countries is still causing major disruption at Dubai airport.

Growth, new markets, a tense geopolitical situation: an update on the objectives of Hungarian carrier Wizz Air, a specialist in low-cost air transport in Central and Eastern Europe, with its Chairman Robert Carey.

Japan is one of the few countries where VTC services are virtually unknown. But faced with a shortage of taxis in certain places, the government has decided to open the floodgates to competition more in line with what we see elsewhere in the world!

Under a franchise agreement, IHG is to integrate around one hundred hotels from the Novum Hospitality group to double its size in Germany.

With eleven luxury hotels today and twelve more expected by 2024, the Vignette Collection is set to double in size. Also at IHG, a Kimpton hotel has been announced for Lisbon in 2026.

While Accor is making its development in India one of its priorities, Marriott is strengthening its presence in Poland and Hilton is expanding into Canada.

Iran's attack on Israel on Saturday is having repercussions on air traffic in the Middle East and on Europe-Asia routes.

Lufthansa is to build a new conference centre at Frankfurt airport. The inauguration is scheduled for 2026, to mark the airline's centenary.

Appart'City has just opened a top-of-the-range urban residence near Paris CDG airport, with 265 flats and meeting rooms.

Start-up Nannybag has entered into a partnership with Safe Bag to make life easier for travellers at Lyon, Nice and Toulouse airports.

The introduction of the IATA summer schedules has led to an increase in the number of air routes in Europe. A boom that is benefiting low-cost carriers in particular. Since 31 March, they have opened 162 routes. With one big winner: Ryanair.

The production of sustainable aviation fuel, SAF, is slowly but surely taking off around the world. Here's an overview.