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Some cities just don't speak to visitors. Düsseldorf is no exception. Perhaps this is the best reason to discover this city on the Rhine, one of Germany's largest metropolises. Perhaps the reason for Düsseldorf's relative lack of image is that the city has still not succeeded in...

Designed to support passengers on a daily basis, SNCF Connect is now more than just a leisure or home-work service: more than a million customers have already used it for their business trips. From home to long-distance travel, the service also offers real-time passenger information and options for professionals. To find out more...

How would you sum up the first half of the year? Zahir Abdelouhab - The overall trend is clearly towards an increase in business travel expenditure. There is also confirmation of older trends, with more and more bleisure, and we expect this activity to double by 2029. In this...

Specialist - and world leader - in the field of hybrid work, IWG has scrutinised 40 destinations to draw up its "Tracances" list for 2025, its 3rd "Work from Anywhere" ranking. Climate, Internet connectivity, availability of flexible workspaces, price of digital nomad visas and proximity to beaches: 12 criteria were...

Slight though it may be, business travel is definitely on the up, according to figures published on 21 August by Airplus. The AirPlus Business Travel Index report shows an estimated increase of 1.7 % in business travel expenditure on air tickets over the period...

Almost all hoteliers agree that the bleisure trend has become a reality in their establishments. Arriving earlier to discover the city, following up a business trip with a weekend of leisure, sometimes with the family: according to a recent study by SAP Concur, carried out in...

315.30 billion dollars: that's how much Allied Market Research estimates the bleisure market will be worth in 2022 alone, according to a study published on 5 September. This is already a significant financial windfall, and one that could well take on new dimensions over the next ten years. According to the report, soberly entitled "Bleisure...

The "Portrait of European Meeting and Convention Travel" report was published at the end of August by MMGY Global, a marketing agency specialising in the world of travel, tourism and hotels. The report paints a very positive picture of activity in the European market, even going so far as to describe it as a "year of...

This is now a well-established event. Since the upheaval caused by the Covid crisis, Accor has been going out to meet its corporate clients, bringing together European leaders in the technology, legal, energy, engineering and pharmaceuticals sectors for the Masters of Travel. Held this year in Brussels, this advisory board...

Bleisure, Bizcation or even Tracances (sic): whatever the label attached to this practice of extending a business trip for personal purposes, it is becoming increasingly common. To find out for sure, Kyriad turned to OpinionWay to survey a thousand people in France over the summer. The study combines a number of different...

Longer and fewer trips, an increasingly common combination of business and leisure stays: most hoteliers are seeing this trend in their establishments, which is becoming more and more pronounced with the spread of teleworking and increasingly nomadic lifestyles. According to Amadeus, the...

British business travellers are getting ready to go back to business, but with a change of habits: this is the message sent by American Express in a new study published on 3 October. A survey of 1,000 professionals in the UK - 500 business travel decision-makers and 500 business travellers - was carried out between 25 and 29 October....

In a report published at the end of July, the Accor group outlines the future prospects for business travel in Europe. The report is part of Accor's Master of Travel series. These meetings regularly bring together business travel managers to share their views on future demand. In her latest series, Sophie...

"Business travel has picked up more quickly than we expected in 2022, especially when you consider that we are still only running around three quarters of our pre-pandemic transport plan". François Le Doze, Eurostar's commercial director, makes this positive assessment for the business travel ecosystem, and says he is "convinced that this recovery will have a positive...

Regularly cited as a priority by companies in the field of business travel, the issue of business travellers' well-being is more topical than ever. A study by BCD Travel, carried out in February and March this year, provides some insights into the current situation of business travellers, the measures taken by companies to improve...

Bologna's tourism industry has flourished in the shadow of a deep-rooted certainty among many Italians and Europeans. That of being a city totally focused on business. This is not untrue. With a population of 390,000, Bologna is one of Italy's major economic centres, with a dense network of companies in the agri-foodstuffs, electronics,...

Five years after the release of the M10, which marked a return to the original dimensions of the 'M', Leica's prestigious range of rangefinder cameras has been enriched by a new guest star. On Thursday, the German manufacturer unveiled its new star, the Leica M11. Unsurprisingly, it continues the tradition of the M range, retaining its original...

If you have an hour... Easily accessible between two meetings, Abidjan's Saint-Paul cathedral is the main architectural attraction in the business district. Another option is to take a look at the cultural programme at the Institut Français de Côte d'Ivoire, where exhibitions, lectures and film screenings are regularly organised. [gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="89865,89867,89869"] ......

The 'bleisure' dimension of the Eternal City is certainly not lost on business travellers to the Italian capital. This is the niche that the online platform Weekend in Rome is aiming to fill by offering a different way of discovering the city, beyond the great classics such as the Colosseum, Piazza Navona and the Fountain of...

"Happy are those who, like Ulysses...". If the latest CWT survey is to be believed, business travellers are also happy to see new places on their business trips. According to figures recently published by the CWT, the positive aspects of a trip outweigh the negative. Enthusiasm even peaks in the American market,...