Business travel

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The SNCF group carried more passengers last year on its various networks, helping to boost its turnover by more than 5%. However, its net profit was halved compared with 2022.

In 2023, Air France-KLM recorded the highest turnover in its history, at 30 billion euros, up +15.1 1Q3, boosted by a high load factor. high load factor.

A strike by Brussels Airlines cabin crew scheduled for Wednesday 28 February until 1 March will have a relatively limited impact. It is taking place at the same time as a new dispute at Lufthansa.

Lufthansa's new Munich-based subsidiary, Lufthansa City Airlines, has just listed its first destinations. Bordeaux is one of them. The exact opening dates will be announced later...

The Sixt charge application will be making its debut on the roads of France and four other countries. The rental company is aiming to simplify the recharging of electric vehicles by joining forces with the Elli network, a Volkswagen subsidiary.

The Paris-Clermont line is the source of repeated problems for passengers, and the SNCF is to implement a vast action plan.

Oman Air continues to face an extremely competitive market in the Gulf. The loss-making airline is therefore having to restructure. At the expense of passengers on long-haul routes.

The Radisson Blu Marseille Vieux Port is currently undergoing renovation, and a Radisson RED is opening in Belgrade: the Radisson group presents its latest developments.

In addition to excellent results in 2023, Adagio is continuing to grow, with new aparthotels expected in France and Europe, as well as in Africa and China.