Bordeaux

When you're an airport, there's always a risk in linking up with Ryanair. The Irish carrier is certainly an undeniable factor in the growth and development of passenger traffic. Many regional airports are courting the low-cost carrier with subsidies. The latest to do so is Trieste airport in Italy,...

Last July, OK Mobility made its debut in France with the opening of its first branch at Nice airport. Since then, the rental company has also set up in Lyon, and is now tackling a third business destination: Bordeaux. A new OK Store has just opened at the airport, in the presence of local managers....

Its IATA code will be VL. Lufthansa City Airlines, the new Lufthansa subsidiary announced at the beginning of 2023, has just announced its first destinations. The regional airline, based in Munich, will initially serve German cities as well as three European destinations. Its initial fleet will comprise four Airbus A319s. These will be replaced as the fleet expands.

Bordeaux airport is looking to the future. In October, work will begin on the Bordeaux hub as part of a five-year project. "Our new-found investment capacity will enable us to upgrade our infrastructure to the highest European standards, while continuing on our path towards becoming a world leader in air transport.

33: this is the number of destinations served by easyJet during the summer of 2024 from Bordeaux airport. This number will be reached thanks to the addition of a route to a leading leisure destination: Athens. Flights will start on 4 April, and will operate on Thursdays and Sundays, as in the past.

The first and the last (to date). Philippe Starck was at the genesis of the Mondrian brand, creating its first establishment in Los Angeles in 1997. The world-famous design star is back with a new creation, the Mondrian Bordeaux Les Carmes. Expected to open in mid-November in the lively Chartrons district, this...

Updated on 11 October at 2pm Ranked fifth in the GDS-Index last year, Bordeaux is back where it was in 2021, in ninth place. A disappointment? Not necessarily, as Bordeaux's score has risen from 85.10 to 87.10, reflecting the city's growing commitment to a sustainable tourism strategy...

The opening of the FirstName hotel last year, the new lifestyle face of the Burdigala, which is due to return to business this month, and soon a Mondrian establishment designed by Philippe Starck: contemporary hotels are all the rage in Bordeaux. This autumn, the Gironde city will have the privilege of welcoming the Hotel Indigo brand, part of the...

The Burdigala, long Bordeaux's leading upmarket hotel, is getting ready to regain its status. Closed since October 2021 to embark on a renovation programme, the hotel is set to reopen in early September. Redesigned by interior architect Fabien Roque, the hotel will oscillate between luxury and lifestyle. With a boutique feel too...

The Tribe brand will be adding a new hotel in Lyon at the end of the summer, its 6th establishment in France and the 11th in the world for this lifestyle brand from the Accor group. As in the Batignolles and Saint-Ouen districts of Paris, Tribe will be setting up in a place that reflects its image, lively and bohemian, the...

With another day of strikes against pension reform scheduled for Tuesday 6 June, business travel in France is likely to be only slightly disrupted, with the exception of air travel. The French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has asked airlines to reduce the number of flights on many platforms....

The Mondrian brand is set to almost triple its number of hotels by 2025. With eight hotels around the world - in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, London, Doha and Seoul, as well as Cannes and Mexico City - this top-of-the-range lifestyle brand is looking forward to fourteen more. Taken over by Accor in...

29 April saw the official arrival of the tramway at Bordeaux Mérignac airport. It took four years of work and an investment of 95 million euros to build this infrastructure. Bordeaux thus becomes the 7th airport in France to benefit from a rail link. The other airports are...

As the French market prepares for the warmer weather, Transavia is looking ahead to the winter season. Air France's low-cost subsidiary announced a number of new services on Wednesday. And business travellers will benefit from a reinforced offer on the France-Senegal route. From 31 October, Transavia will be operating on the Bordeaux-Dakar route. Two new...

The Hilton group is adding a second address in the heart of Bordeaux. Following the opening of a Hilton Garden Inn in 2018 not far from Saint-Jean station, the American hotelier has just unveiled a Tapestry Collection hotel in the Mériadeck business district, on rue Georges Bonnac. This recent brand, made up of upmarket independent hotels in the...

With another day of general protests against pension reform - the tenth - scheduled for Thursday 6 April, business travel in France is likely to be disrupted throughout the week. Not least in the skies, where the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has asked airlines to...

Delano, Mondrian: both of these brands play on the aura of their original hotels, pioneers in the 1990s of what was not yet called the lifestyle hotel industry. The Delano, in Miami South Beach, and the Mondrian, in West Hollywood near Los Angles, were two urban resorts that bore the...

With another day of general protests against pension reform - the tenth - scheduled for Tuesday 28 March, business travel in France is likely to be disrupted throughout the week. Not least in the skies, where the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has asked airlines to...

Updated on 24 March at 1pm While industrial action against pension reform has been causing disruption in French skies since the start of the week, it is expected to continue until at least 27 March. And not just at Paris-Orly and Marseille-Provence, the two airports which have seen the most disruption...

After Bordeaux Tourisme & Congrès, which will receive ISO 20121 certification in 2021, have other event venues in the destination followed your example? Amélie Déchénais - Indeed. All our conference venues are either already certified or have been awarded the label, or are committed to doing so. In 2022, Beam (editor's note: Bordeaux Events & More, formerly...