Amsterdam

Traffic at Amsterdam Schiphol airport rose last year by 18% compared with 2022. But there is still a long way to go to get back to the figures achieved prior to the health crisis, especially in a highly sensitive political context. For several months now, the KLM hub has been torn between its quest...

Maison ELLE has just launched the second edition of its hotel concept. Following its launch in Paris in 2022, a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe, a new chapter in its history is opening in Amsterdam with a chic, trendy hotel in line with the lifestyle spirit of the famous fashion magazine. For the first time outside...

We now know a little more about the timetable for the gigantic renovation work to be undertaken at Amsterdam Centraal station, which is squeezed between the city and an inlet as part of its expansion. This will have a major impact on Eurostar trains from Amsterdam to London, with the suspension of services...

Over the last few weeks, Voyages d'Affaires has been reporting extensively on the authoritarian reduction in the number of aircraft movements at Amsterdam airport. This decision came into force with the start of the winter season. However, the gradual reduction in the number of annual movements from 500,000 to 452,000 has meant a great deal of work...

Ever since the Covid crisis, Amsterdam Schiphol airport seems to have been in the eye of the storm, both from Dutch political circles and from the airport management. Nothing seems to spare the hub, which could ultimately suffer from a widely degraded image. The authoritarian reduction in the number of flights by the government...

What's going on in the minds of Dutch politicians? The environment is a major issue for the planet, but it also seems to be making the bed of local politicians with its one-upmanship. And it is threatening Amsterdam Schiphol airport, one of the two major hubs of the Air France-KLM group. A plan to...

Since 20 September, JetBlue has been operating daily services to Amsterdam from Boston. This is almost exactly one month after the launch of the flight between Schiphol and JFK in New York. The flight is operated daily by JetBlue with an Airbus A321 Long Range (LR). This aircraft has 114 seats in the cabin...

After Rome, Barcelona, Brussels and Berlin in recent years, The Hoxton is continuing its tour of major European cities by adding a second hotel in Amsterdam. Already established on Herengracht, in the Negen Straatjes district, nine typical, lively alleyways in the heart of the city, the brand has just set up in the docklands district...

The Rosewood luxury group was already comfortably installed in several major European cities, including Place de la Concorde in Paris, the Hôtel de Crillon, Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Villa Magna, and High Holborn Street in central London. Since last year, the...

Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), the Italian state-owned rail operator, is planning to launch a high-speed line linking a large part of Europe. Initially, this would be on the same route as Thalys/Eurostar, Paris/Brussels/Amsterdam. With the eventual possibility of integrating a service to both Barcelona and Berlin....

Following a successful launch at the beginning of the year, travellers at Amsterdam Schiphol airport now have the option of reserving security clearance slots for both Schengen and non-Schengen destinations. The extension of this service came into effect on 6 July. Reserving a time slot allows passengers to...

After Anantara, the Thai group Minor is pushing ahead with another of its brands in Europe, Avani. Owner of the Spanish group NH Hotels since 2019 and of the Portuguese hotelier Tivoli since 2016, Minor had already started to build up the network of its Anantara luxury brand some time ago with the takeover of The Marker hotel in Dublin,...

Hardly a week goes by without Amsterdam airport making the headlines. This time, it is the presentation of a new plan to reduce activity by the Royal Schiphol Group airport authority and a ruling by a Dutch court that have put the spotlight back on the Air France-KLM hub. On 3 April,...

Amsterdam Schiphol airport has clearly been struggling to get back on its feet since the Covid period. Air France-KLM's second intercontinental hub, Western Europe's third busiest airport with 52.5 million passengers, went through a black year in 2022 due to platform management problems. Understaffed staff at the hub led to...

This is a world first. In Amsterdam, cycling has always been an integral part of everyday life. According to municipal statistics, almost 36% people use bicycles to get around, making some 665,000 journeys every day. And that includes the businessmen who are regularly seen out and about...

Things are - at last - getting back to normal at Europe's airports. At least, that's the message from Schiphol's management. Amsterdam airport will soon be lifting the restrictions that still cap its traffic. With the start of the summer season on 26 March, the Dutch hub will no longer be setting any limits...

The Spaces coworking brand has added a new business address, in an environment that is no less businesslike: Amsterdam Schiphol airport. Located on the third floor of Departure Hall 1, the hall used for Schengen flights, this shared workspace is in a public area, and therefore accessible to all....

A contemporary design, a real coworking space, a sustainable spirit: the Ruby Hotels chain is deploying all the components of its affordable lifestyle offer within the walls of an existing hotel in Amsterdam. To make its debut in the Netherlands, the German-born hotelier is integrating the walls of an existing hotel, the first project of its kind in...

While Ennismore, Accor's lifestyle hotel subsidiary, has just passed the 100-establishment mark with the opening of the SO/Paris, its brand The Hoxton is already preparing new developments. Seven new hotels are due to open in Europe between now and the beginning of 2024, adding to its network in the major business cities, whether...

Who would have thought that one day Amsterdam Schiphol airport would be pilloried by hordes of passengers furious at the way they are treated? And by its main customer, KLM? Since this spring, nothing has gone right for the airport. The fault lies with a lack of foresight following the covid crisis....