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Qatar Airways is continuing to rebuild its network this season. The carrier has just announced that it will be offering more than 1,200 flights this summer, an increase of 20% compared with the winter season. Qatar Airways will in fact be serving 140 destinations during the summer peak, offering flights from 43 cities in Europe and the Mediterranean basin....

The Wyndham group, one of the world's largest franchisors, is extending its Trademark Collection in Europe with the opening of a new establishment in Brussels, expected in March. The Hôtel Avenue Louise Brussels, located just off the Belgian capital's main shopping street and easily accessible from the Gare du Midi station, has been selected as one of the...

So it's in a destination that's well known to French business travellers, and in the prestigious epicentre that is Avenue Louise, that Comet's international career will begin. The meetings and events specialist started the countdown on 6 January: "Passport expired? Fear of flying? Card?

How has traffic in Brussels fared since the start of the pandemic? Léon Verhallen - It will come as no surprise to anyone that traffic has literally collapsed. At the end of September we welcomed 5.85 million passengers, compared with 20.1 million for the same period in 2019. We had seen a recovery with the...

The Nightjet service, inaugurated in December 2016, continues to expand. The night service operated by ÖBB, Oesterreischiche Bundesbahn (Austrian Federal Railways), is proving to be a real success story for the company, one that is underpinned in particular by Europeans' growing awareness of their environment. According to the OBB, its network of night trains in Europe has...

Faced with the collapse in tourism in 2003-2004 as a result of the avian influenza epidemic (SARS) - which hit Hong Kong and Singapore particularly hard - Singapore Airlines decided to cancel services to half a dozen cities, including Brussels, Madrid and Vienna airports in Europe. While Madrid and Vienna will still have to...

They are the largest foreign population in Belgium in general, and in Brussels in particular. While around 130,000 French nationals are registered with the consulate, it is estimated that between 250,000 and 260,000 live in the country's flat, a large half of them in the capital. "The official figure, which is quite low, is explained by the fact that the whole...

Brussels has its classics: the famous Steigenberger on Avenue Louise and the Amigo near the Grand Place, one of its most luxurious establishments and a member of the Leading Hotels of the World. But unlike other capitals, Brussels prefers to take its time rather than opening one new restaurant after another. Sometimes it even opts...

"I live in a former fur coat factory in the Schaerbeek district, with plenty of space, light and even a bit of greenery. But when I need nature, I go to Josaphat Park. It's one of the city's smallest parks, and looks a bit like the Buttes-Chaumont. There,...

When you read the names of the neighbouring streets, it's easy to imagine a monastic, rustic and even drinking past: rue des Chartreux, rue des Remparts aux Moines, rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains, rue des Poissonniers or rue du Houblon... It's hard to imagine that these same streets, where trendy boutiques now line up, were once flirting with the underworld in the...

On an early afternoon in late summer, the Place Jourdan in Etterbeek is packed to the rafters. Not a free table to be found, hardly a chair to be rounded up. It's like a village square on a feast day. It's hard for visitors to imagine that they've just plunged straight into the heart of...

The year 2019 clearly marks a milestone for Brussels: thirty years have passed since the creation of the Brussels-Capital Region. These three decades have seen major changes, starting with the development of the European institutions, followed by the demographic boom of the 2000s, the numerous reforms that have helped to attract...

"Committed to creating a more sustainable future for air transport", KLM has announced the abolition of one daily rotation between Brussels Zaventem and Amsterdam Schiphol airports from 29 March 2020, replaced by 25,600 seats in Premium or Standard classes on board Thalys TGVs. The Dutch company, which currently operates five routes between...

Belgian long-haul carrier Air Belgium has confirmed the launch on 7 December of two weekly flights - on Wednesday and Saturday - linking Brussels South-Charleroi with Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France on a triangular route. From Brussels South, passengers will first land at Fort-de-France in Martinique before departing for Guadeloupe. From Pointe-à-Pitre, the aircraft...

On 13 February, Belgium will be affected by a national strike, which will have an impact on business travellers. Brussels Airlines has been forced to cancel its entire flight schedule. Company officials explain: "On the basis of additional information received recently concerning the likely scale of the national strike on 13 February, Brussels Airlines is currently considering...

Will 2019 see the disappearance of Uber vehicles from the streets of Brussels? That seems to be what the Belgian media have been saying since 3 January, based on a decision by the Brussels Commercial Court dating back to last December. No immediate impact on our activities For their part, Uber's managers have stated that the decision...

A sculpture of Big Ben transformed into a rocket in the middle of the lobby, rooms with a punk and street art feel, a pub in flashy colours, the impudent gaze of Henry VIII contemplating travellers on the bathroom wall: the future London nhow due to open its doors next summer is playing with icons...

From 2019, Brussels Airlines will offer business travellers a daily flight to the Gambian capital Banjul. In addition, three of the seven weekly flights to Dakar will be direct. To support this expansion of the African network, the carrier has decided to abandon the Brussels-Mumbai route, which was not giving satisfaction....

The Loft, Brussels Airlines' business lounge, will be taking on a new dimension in June. The airline has just unveiled the new face of its lounge, whose capacity will be significantly increased (+66%). With its additional 800 m², the lounge will have a surface area of 2040 m², enabling it to accommodate 500 passengers...

2017 ended on a high note for Brussels Airport, which welcomed no fewer than 1,717,855 passengers (+2%) in December: a record for the last month of the year. This monthly result is in line with the Brussels hub's annual results, which set a whole host of records in 2017. In total, the airport...