Africa

Hilton has not waited until the beginning of next year to present its list of most eagerly awaited openings in 2023. And, of the twenty or so hotels selected to represent the American group's best projects, two are in French cities linked by a rich wine-growing and historical heritage, Bordeaux and Dijon. While the Burgundy metropolis...

The presence of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh gave the Egyptian government the opportunity to sign a 15-year renewable contract with Deutsche Bahn to operate Egypt's future high-speed rail network. When completed over the next decade, this high-speed rail network should provide...

Updated on 9 November at 9am. Hotel groups are making no secret of their ambitions in Africa. The Africa Hotel Investment Forum held at the Fairmont Taghazout Bay - a seaside resort north of Agadir in Morocco where Hilton has just opened a new resort - gave them the opportunity to prove it...

Qatar Airways has just announced an increase in its flights to around ten destinations, the vast majority of which are in the Asia-Pacific region. This is good news for business travellers, as there is still a significant shortage of frequencies, particularly to Asia. For example, to Asia, OAG notes that, for the week of November 1, capacity was...

Air Côte d'Ivoire has just signed its first order for two Airbus A330neo aircraft. These are the national airline's first two long-haul aircraft. The agreement was announced at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, in the presence of Amadou Koné, Côte d'Ivoire's Minister of Transport, Laurent Loukou, CEO of Air Côte d'Ivoire, General Abdoulaye Coulibaly, CEO of Air France,...

Air traffic in France continues to improve, according to the latest statistics from the DGAC covering the period January-August. The number of passengers in mainland France in August represented 87.5% of its 2019 traffic level and 77.1% cumulatively since January. This translates into traffic of 94...

Security is undoubtedly one of the main criteria of choice for business travellers to Africa. With this in mind, eight Accor Group establishments, all owned by the Kasada investment fund, have just announced that they have obtained Safehotels certification, one of the world's leading hotel safety and security certifications. "The...

Air France has unveiled its flight schedule to the African continent. The schedule includes a number of downward adjustments to frequencies during the month of November. This reduction in the number of flights particularly affects Abidjan, Douala, Lagos, Libreville, Luanda, Malabo and Pointe Noire. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="130329"] The biggest...

Nigeria is a rich country, very rich, at least on paper. It is Africa's largest oil producer. In 2021, according to OPEC, Nigeria was producing 1.38 million barrels of crude oil a day. In July 2022, production even reached 1.8 million barrels. But the country...

Turkish Airlines has just published its results for the first half of 2022. They confirm the upturn in global traffic, which is of particular benefit to the Turkish airline. Turkish carried 30.89 million passengers in the first six months of 2022. Although this performance is still 12% down on the previous year's figures,...

Corsair is continuing to expand its network in Africa. The carrier already serves Abidjan with a daily flight. On 16 June, it also reopened its Paris Orly-Bamako route in Mali, with three weekly flights. This winter it is doing it again with the launch of three weekly flights to the capital of Benin, Cotonou. The carrier...

Kasada. This name will probably mean little to business travellers used to the big international hotel chains. However, its activities are not insignificant for professionals who regularly travel to Africa. Launched in 2019, this investment platform is backed by Accor and the sovereign wealth fund of...

It will have taken just over two years to see an aircraft flying the colours of Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines on the tarmac at Conakry (Guinea) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) airports. This has been the case since 11 June. Since then, Brussels Airlines has been connecting Brussels to the two capitals three times a week....

Bukhara (Uzbekistan) but also Juba (South Sudan) and Tivat (Montenegro). Turkish Airlines has resumed the strong expansion of its network, adding these three destinations which have in common the absence of a major international air network. Turkish Airlines is therefore filling a gap. Since 1 June, the airline has been serving Juba, the capital of the independent state of South Africa...

With the wave of easing of restrictions linked to the current health crisis around the world, business travel is set to become a whole lot easier. The latest is particularly significant, as the United States has just abandoned the requirement to present a negative test to enter its territory. "US will end Covid-19 testing requirement for...

The Radisson group is continuing its expansion in Africa, and in South Africa in particular. At the end of May, the upmarket Radisson Blu brand set up shop in Juba, South Sudan, with a 154-room hotel featuring large meeting areas. It has also just opened in one of the main cities to the south of the country...

The rise of coworking in Accor hotels is not limited to Europe, where almost 400 hotels already have Wojo spaces. Also deployed in 150 establishments in Latin America, their expansion will now continue on the African continent. "This is a strategic step in our development", says Stéphane Bensimon, CEO of Wojo. At this...

The Algerian national carrier Air Algérie will finally be renewing its fleet of aircraft. This renewal had been suspended indefinitely by the government in 2020 with the health crisis. This is therefore a first for the airline since the pandemic. The previous fleet renewal took place in 2016, when Air Algérie...

In the bull's eye. Marriott International has just passed the 1,000 hotel mark in the Europe - Middle East - Africa (EMEA) region. The American group has chosen an emblematic destination, London, to celebrate this major milestone. Now open, the Westin London City, close to the River Thames and the financial heart of the capital...

This is good news for travellers who need to get to Mali from France. Corsair has just announced the resumption of its service between Paris-Orly and the Malian capital Bamako. A route that the airline was unable to resume because of the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020. [link-block prefix="See also:"...