Africa

After having to close its doors for twenty months and more than two years of renovation work, the Pullman Abidjan hotel is clearly intent on making up for lost time. Cultural and festive events have been taking place at a frenetic pace since the hotel reopened. And you'll be surprised to see the Plateau come alive at last, to a tune rarely heard before...

Marseille Provence airport is set to become Ethiopian Airlines' first regional hub. On 2 July, the carrier will launch three flights a week to Addis Ababa, with a stopover at Milan-Malpensa. "We've been based in Paris since 1971, i.e. for 48 years, so we're no strangers to the region...

HOTELS Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Lagos, V.I. [tararama ids="84665,84667" auto="true" pause="4000"] A dream location by the sea for this luxurious establishment, whose spacious terrace overlooks Victoria Island. The 170 rooms are sublimated by the creativity of Swedish designer Christian Lundwall and offer beautiful workspaces and a particularly fast wi-fi connection. The...

Situated on the edge of a lagoon, Lagos has always attracted a migrant population who have settled in shanty towns at the foot of the water, some of them veritable lakeside cities. A world light years away from the heart of business and commerce, namely the two small islands of Lagos and Victoria, where only the supermarkets and...

It has become the jewel in the crown of Africa's leading economy: renowned several years ago for its violence, Lagos is charting its course as the super megalopolis of the future, setting milestones in virtually every economic sector. To the extent that it has become an essential crossroads for all those who count in Africa, and for all those...

Africa is a continent of possibilities for the business tourism industry. In the same way as the hotel and air transport industries, coworking and, more broadly, shared workspaces are booming. As the sector leader with 3,300 sites around the world, Regus is logically taking part in this boom, and...

Senegal's aviation ambitions have been thwarted. For more than a decade, the country has wanted to establish itself as the hub of West Africa, but has had to contend with a variety of difficulties. First of all with its new airport, the construction and opening of which has been delayed several times. The hub, located 50 km from...

Just fifteen minutes from Bole airport, the new Hyatt Regency hotel has opened in the heart of the Ethiopian capital. Business travellers can now book one of the 188 rooms in this establishment, located close to the United Nations conference centre and the headquarters of the African Union. These rooms include...

Eldorado, a new land to conquer, the continent of tomorrow... There is no shortage of eulogistic terms to illustrate the confidence in Africa's future. A promising future that is attracting ever more business travellers and, in a snowball effect, requiring ever more hotels to accommodate them. The major business brands are not failing to seize these opportunities...

Radisson Blu in Bamako, Splendid hotel in Ouagadougou, Grand Bassam seaside resort: the African hotel industry has recently paid a heavy price for international terrorism. So, as the issue of security takes on ever greater importance in the corporate world, the question of choosing a hotel is, perhaps more so in Africa...

Why is Africa a priority for most hotel groups? Olivier Jacquin - Demographically and economically, Africa will be a major continent, with more than 2.5 billion inhabitants by 2050. One in four people will live in Africa. This opens up huge opportunities in all sectors of the economy.

Ethiopian Airlines is continuing to expand its network in Africa. In the spring, the Ethiopian national carrier launched services to three new African destinations from Addis Ababa. In particular, the airline is offering a triangular flight linking the Ethiopian capital to Kisangani and Mbuji-Mayi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With three services a week,...

From 2019, Brussels Airlines will offer business travellers a daily flight to the Gambian capital Banjul. In addition, three of the seven weekly flights to Dakar will be direct. To support this expansion of the African network, the carrier has decided to abandon the Brussels-Mumbai route, which was not giving satisfaction....

Louvre Hotels is tripling its stake in Africa. The hotel group has announced the creation of a complex in Casablanca. It will open in September and include 124 Première Classe rooms, 189 keys for the Campanile establishment and 98 rooms under the Kyriad banner. This 2,300 m² facility will bring together three of the Group's brands in a single location,...

HOTELS Hyatt Regency Casablanca[tararama ids="75405,75407,75409,75411" auto="true" pause="4000"] In the heart of Casablanca, close to the port and the financial district, this five-star establishment is very popular with business travellers. Visitors will find spacious rooms and suites with views of the United Nations Square, the Atlantic Ocean or the Hassan II Mosque, a...

Formalities A valid passport covering the entire planned stay is required for a stay in Morocco. The passport is compulsory, as entry to Morocco is no longer possible on presentation of the national identity card alone. Do not forget to check on arrival that the passport has been...

The former Anfa airport, closed since 2007, is undergoing a major transformation to the east of Casablanca. Over an area of 350 hectares, a new city centre is emerging, Casa Anfa, both an urban complex and a 100-hectare green lung. The aim is to build a...

A large metropolis in a hurry. That's the impression you get as you enter Casablanca. Along the wide boulevards lined with Art Deco buildings, an incessant coming and going betrays an economic fabric in perpetual expansion. The old fishing port of Anfa, which gave birth to the city nicknamed the White City, has been forgotten. The...

It had been announced ever since Le Figaro revealed on 25 April that AccorHotels intended to acquire Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts. Now it's official: AccorHotels is to buy the Swiss hotel operator. The French group has reached agreement with its owner, Saudi investor Kingdom Holding, on a price of 560 million Swiss francs, or 482 million euros. Completion of this transaction...

How do you analyse Côte d'Ivoire's economic situation since the end of the crisis in 2012? Gérard Petit: The growth rate has been constant since the end of the 2011 crisis, sustained at a high level of over 7 %, and the medium-term outlook...