Bordeaux

G7 celebrated its 120th anniversary last year. How would you summarise, in a few words, the positioning of the ‘made in France’ taxi service? Yann Ricordel – G7 is a taxi booking centre. We have two types of customers: passengers and drivers, all of whom are self-employed. 40 % of our business relates to journeys…

How is the events sector in Bordeaux performing? Amélie Dechénais - The destination has seen continuous growth since the pandemic. Between 2024 and 2025, we are observing a certain stabilisation, but at particularly high levels with trade fairs that are mainly national in scope, as well as international scientific and professional congresses. This momentum…

A transition to automatic writing. In three years, since its launch in January 2023, Accor's Handwritten Collection has reached around forty operational hotels and even more in development, with 45 establishments expected in France and internationally. Among the latter is a second address in Bucharest, the Tacadra hotel, but…

Change of strategy for Le Train. While the future rail company was aiming to operate direct high-speed train services between the major cities on the Atlantic seaboard, with Bordeaux-Nantes and Bordeaux-Rennes at the forefront, it has just announced that it wants to operate on the Paris-Nantes and Paris-Bordeaux routes. Two framework agreements have been signed with...

SNCF is not just focusing on the Mediterranean, one of its most profitable routes. The Atlantic route is also receiving a great deal of attention in the run-up to the expected launch of new rail competitors with Le Train theoretically in 2027 and Velvet in 2028. The national company is preparing for the arrival of these possible challengers by...

The Bordeaux-Lyon service is back in the spotlight. This time, it's not by conventional train, via Limoges, Montluçon and Roanne, as in the days of the late Railcoop, but by TGV via the Ile-de-France region, at the initiative of the SNCF. The national railway company is reportedly planning this new high-speed line for 2027 to...

With a hotel opened last year at Porte de Versailles in Paris and another in the pipeline for the end of the year on the Ile de Nantes, Eklo is continuing to expand its offering in France. But the chain, with its economic and ecological positioning, is not just opening new hotels. It can also expand existing hotels. For example,...

The announcement was made on 3 April, and should be of interest to business travellers to Bordeaux. At the end of October, easyJet will be adding two European destinations from Bordeaux airport. Starting with Budapest, where operations will begin on 26 October with two flights a week (Thursday and Sunday). This route between the two...

From 9 July, Bordeaux airport will have a new flight to Toulon. Transavia is planning two flights a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Air France's low-cost subsidiary is of course banking on leisure customers, but business travellers could also contribute to the success of this new flight. The harbour of...

Against all expectations, it is the SNCF that will retain the operation of the Nantes-Bordeaux and Nantes-Lyon lines, the lots for which were put out to tender as part of the opening up of rail services to competition. The announcement was made by Philippe Tabarot, the French Minister for Transport. The offer from [SNCF Voyageurs] offers a better quality of service," he said.

While many new hotels are expected to open in Paris (see article) and the Paris region in 2025, here is the programme of openings expected this year in France's major cities. AMIENS YOU Urban Home (during 2025) The lifestyle brand You Urban Home will be continuing its development with a fourth establishment, contributing to the emergence of a...

It's going to be a busy summer for Transavia. The Air France subsidiary is preparing to add several routes - ten to be precise - from the main French airports to its catalogue. Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes and Lyon are all involved in this major offensive, which will begin on 30 March with the launch of the Orly-Amsterdam flight. The KLM hub will be...

Volotea's roadmap for 2025 is becoming clearer. Within a few hours of each other, the airline made two announcements aimed at French travellers. On Tuesday, the focus was on Bordeaux. Next May, the low-cost carrier will base a new aircraft (A320) there, its third, to further strengthen its offer...

Faced with steadily rising demand on its Atlantic network, and in order to prepare for the arrival of competitors such as Proxima and Le Train in three to four years' time, SNCF Voyageurs has decided to significantly increase its seat capacity to the South-West, Pays-de-la-Loire and Brittany. To achieve this, the railway company is counting on the use of...

And in the end, it's a major northern city that wins. After Gothenburg for the last two years, Helsinki has taken over the top spot in the GDS Index, the ranking of sustainable tourist destinations. Helsinki has consistently demonstrated its commitment to sustainability over the years," says Nina...

Proxima has made a good start on the €1 billion it received from the Antin Infrastructure Partners fund before the summer. For €850 million, the future competitor of the SNCF in the west of France has just ordered 12 Avelia Horizon high-speed trains from Alstom. Delivery is due to start in 2028, which suggests that the trains will be...

The announcement of Ryanair's withdrawal from Bordeaux in May came as a shock. During the summer season, the airline linked the south-western hub to 37 destinations. Many of these were seasonal flights (such as Figari, Ibiza, Faro and Trapani). But the airline also offered a large number of...

Since yesterday, business and leisure travellers have been able to book the latest addition to the Volotea network: a Bordeaux-Barcelona flight, which will make its debut on 20 February. The airline plans to operate two flights a week, every Thursday and Sunday. New routes this winter for Volotea from France The inauguration of the Bordeaux-Barcelona flight will bring to...

The easyJet offer at Bordeaux airport reached 33 destinations this summer with the addition of Athens to the carrier's catalogue. The carrier is now preparing for the winter season. It has just announced two new flights. A Bordeaux-Rabat flight is scheduled for 29 October. It will operate twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. As for...

This is not the first time that Ryanair has closed a base in Europe. The process is always the same: after promising an airport a great deal in return for financial incentives, the Irish airline is always quick to close one of its bases as soon as the airport mentions a tax increase. Bordeaux is no exception...