Business travel

From the first kilometre of a business trip right through to arrival at the destination, business travellers and travel managers alike need to be kept abreast of the constant changes in business travel: new air services, business classes, loyalty programmesservices railway companies in trains or stationsoffers taxis or VTC for professionals...(see more)

Not forgetting the new players in the collaborative economy and the technology sector... Daily monitoring of these developments to ensure that business travel is ever safer, more comfortable and more sustainable, in business destinations in France and abroad.

Business travel and HR: Enterprise takes stock

A study by Enterprise Mobility has drawn attention to employee dissatisfaction with business travel by car.

Choice vs. Wyndham: game, set and match Wyndham

The hostile takeover bid launched by Choice Hotels for its competitor Wyndham was unsuccessful, leaving Wyndham free to go its own way.

Germany: transport strikes continue unabated

Travellers to Germany will once again be put to the test by two new rail and Lufthansa strikes...

IWG: "Factories", a dedicated offering for professionals in the Paris region

With its new Factories offering, created in partnership with Perial AM, the IWG Group is strengthening its hybrid work solutions in Greater Paris.

Bordeaux, third business destination for OK Mobility

Car rental company OK Mobility has just opened its third OK Store in France, at Bordeaux-Mérignac airport.

United sets course for Marrakech

United has just unveiled new destinations on its intercontinental network. The American airline will be flying to Marrakech from New York.

EasyJet increasingly connected in Berlin

200,000 extra seats. This is what easyJet will be offering this summer from Berlin, strengthening its position in the German capital. Which will benefit the French market...

Hotels: behind the leaders, other key growth players

Ascott in the long-stay segment, B&B or Premier Inn in the budget segment and Four Seasons in the luxury segment, Minor Hotels or Melia: focus on the development of other key players in the hotel industry.

An update on the development of the leading hotel chains in 2023

Marriott, Hilton, Jin Jiang, IHG, Accor and others: focus on the development of the world's leading hotels in 2023.

Rankings: the main hotel groups at the end of 2023

Marriott remains the world's leading hotel group, ahead of Hilton, Jin Jiang, IHG and Accor, among others. The top ten at the end of 2023 according to Voyages d'Affaires.

Qatar Airways is expanding its range of flights from France and...

Qatar Airways is to strengthen its flight schedule from Europe. Paris, Nice and Brussels will welcome more frequencies in the coming months.

Kevin Speed wants to compete with the SNCF in 2028 with a...

Rail start-up Kevin Speed is announcing low fares from €3 or €5 on TGVs with no need to book to serve Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg.

British Airways: a redesigned passenger experience, £7 billion...

British Airways is to invest no less than £7 billion to improve its in-flight and airport services, as well as its digital offering.

Charles Vestur: "worklib is destined to become a world leader".

Charles Vestur is the new CEO of worklib. Backed by Accor, the workspace reservation and management platform is aiming for nothing less than world leadership.

Nice airport on its way to four new destinations

Nice airport is set to expand its range of destinations with the announcement by easyJet of four new routes over the next few weeks.

CDS: growth for the business hotel sector in 2023, but what about the...

The business hotel barometer presented by CDS Groupe shows widespread growth in Europe in 2023, with Germany lagging behind. Until 2024 and the impact of the Olympic Games in Paris, a headache for travel managers.

33.3 billion dollars, the lucrative baggage fees...

They contributed 33.3 billion dollars to airline coffers in 2023. "They" are cabin and hold baggage, which is increasingly taxed...

No TGV service between Paris and Lyon from 9 to 12 November

The installation of new signalling on the high-speed line will radically change the way TGVs run between Paris and Lyon, as well as along the entire south-east axis, and between French and international regions.

Sofitel Legend: a new opus in Prague

Sofitel Legend is playing the Gran Partita in Prague by taking over The Mozart, a top-of-the-range hotel which will become part of the luxury brand by 2027, following renovation.

B&B HOTELS goes English

B&B HOTELS' ambitions in the United States and the United Kingdom are taking shape with openings in Orlando and London Heathrow.