Africa

From 1 January 2026, Brussels Airlines will be offering African-inspired meals on flights from sub-Saharan Africa to Belgium. The airline is thus reinforcing its image as an expert on Africa and its art of living within the Lufthansa Group. Brussels Airlines, which serves no fewer than 18...

7 June 2026 will go down in the history of the airline and of the Kingdom. Royal Air Maroc will inaugurate the first direct service between Casablanca and Los Angeles. A symbolic event for two destinations which will both be in the spotlight during the 2026 Football World Cup...

It took just over a year for a decision by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to become reality. This association, which normally brings together 15 African countries, adopted a series of measures at a summit in Nigeria in December 2024 to lower the cost of air transport...

They are only forty minutes apart, including the ferry. And probably less when a long-awaited bridge, which could become a reality in a few years' time, links the world's two closest capitals, Brazzaville and Kinshasa. New hotels have just appeared within days of each other on either side of the river Congo....

Marrakech isn't the only place for MICE in Morocco. Since 2009, the Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort has stood proudly facing the Atlantic Ocean, along a 7 km natural beach, just 1 hour from Casablanca. This proximity to the economic capital of the Cherifian kingdom, where many Moroccan companies have their head offices...

Choice Hotels has just announced the opening of 50 Quality Suites hotels in France, continuing its partnership with the Zenitude group. So the partnership could not be more fruitful. David Beers - Indeed, we are extremely satisfied. For Choice Hotels, it is fundamental to create mutually beneficial relationships, win-win partnerships. After a...

Moet & Chandon, Vuitton, Tiffany, De Beers: you joined Hyatt after a career in several luxury houses. What does this say about the evolution of the group, which is multiplying its luxury and lifestyle hotels around the world and in Europe? Marc Jacheet - My arrival at Hyatt illustrates something structural:...

Since 21 October, Air Algérie has been offering a new route to N'Djamena in Chad, with a stopover in Douala. The carrier offers two frequencies per week. The Chadian authorities have granted the carrier "fifth freedom rights". This allows it to carry passengers from N'Djamena...

The official inauguration of Air Côte d'Ivoire's Abidjan-Paris flight took place on 15 October. The following day, a ceremony was organised in Paris for the return flight, a celebration under the banner of "Ivorian elegance", and to mark the occasion the airline is offering - until 15 November - the possibility of travelling with 3 pieces of...

Could this be linked to the shared organisation of the 2030 Football World Cup? Or simply the advent of a top-tier business destination, even on the MICE map? Be that as it may, Morocco is in the sights of major business travel players, and particularly airlines. On the sidelines…

For the past 15 days, the island of Madagascar has been shaken by a youth revolt. Since the weekend, this movement has been supported by part of the army and the national gendarmerie. The particularly unstable situation has led to the introduction of a curfew, particularly in the capital, Antananarivo. Faced with uncertainty about the future...

The debut of a new collection. The Onomo Group, one of the leading players in the pan-African hotel industry, has chosen Casablanca to launch its Onomo Collection range of premium boutique hotels. A year after the launch of the lifestyle hotel Onomo Allure, the opening of the hotel Le Square opens a new page in the development of this group...

British Airways is expanding its Europe and North Africa network from Gatwick airport for the winter season. Its subsidiary BA Euroflyer will be inaugurating regular services to Rabat, the capital of Morocco, as well as to Graz, an Austrian city renowned for its culture, congresses and economic dynamism. Graz With Graz, the...

Air Côte d'Ivoire is preparing to write a new and very important page in the history of the airline created in May 2012. The Paris-Abidjan flight finally looks set to take off. On 6 August, Air Côte d'Ivoire unveiled its new Airbus A330-900 Neo, confirming its short-term ambitions on the Abidjan-Paris route...

With 2.5 million arrivals in 2024, France is the main European and world source market for Morocco. This represents a market share of 27.5 % of total international arrivals in 2024. The figure explains Royal Air Maroc's decision to reinstate four routes suspended in 2017 and...

A first that will be followed by others. Since the end of June, the Ascott group has had a Citadines apartment hotel in Istanbul, in the Maslak district. Offering 147 units ranging from studios to four-bedroom flats, with a restaurant and meeting room, the establishment adds a new stopover to the list of...

Month after month, Ethiopian Airlines confirms its domination of air transport in Africa. The airline, which is a member of the Star Alliance, is the only one in sub-Saharan Africa to offer a global network with some 160 domestic and international destinations. Among the new destinations served by the African giant, Ethiopian inaugurated a new route on 1 January....

Bill Murray will soon be able to take his jet-lagged actor spleen for a spin once again. The flagship host of the film Lost in Translation, the Park Hyatt Tokyo is back in business at the end of the year, celebrating its 30th anniversary by offering travellers a redesigned setting after more than a year's work. With new restaurant concepts, but with the same elegance as before...

Just bad luck? Senegal does not seem to be succeeding in securing the future of its national airlines. Back in 2009, the joint venture between Royal Air Maroc and Senegal came to an abrupt end with the bankruptcy of Air Sénégal International. The airline lasted just under 9 years. A replacement...

With almost 150 hotels and a presence in 20 countries, Marriott already occupies a pre-eminent position among hotel groups in Africa, particularly since its takeover of Protea Hotels in the middle of the last decade. With its hundred or so establishments at the time, most of them in southern Africa, this South African group gave Marriott a...