North & Central America

The Audi on demand service has recently been trialled in San Francisco, enabling users to reserve the vehicle of their choice - from among the German manufacturer's various models - for a maximum of 28 days via the eponymous application. The vehicle is then delivered to the user's home, office or home address...

 From 16 November 2015, Lufthansa will connect Frankfurt and Panama five times a week. The flight will leave the German hub at 10:15 and land in Panama at 16:40. On the return leg, business travellers will take off from Panama in the early evening, returning to Frankfurt the following morning. A total of 298 seats will be available...

Already announced at the end of 2014, the London-New York flight will become a reality from 24 April this year, as confirmed on 3 February by the airline's management. The 100% business carrier will then be offering 74 reclining business seats to business travellers in the UK market. [gallery exclude="39947"]

Far from the more or less haphazard predictions that regularly fuel the business travel news, American Express has opted for the concrete, by interviewing its own teams who are confronted every day, in the field, with the desiderata of business travellers. This infographic, published in its original version under the title "U.S. Travel Counselor Survey Report", compiles...

Air Canada's B787 - better known as the Dreamliner - is due to make its first flights between Paris and Toronto on 2 December, "subject to last-minute changes to the aircraft's assignment", as the airline points out. The Boeing will then operate daily services between the two business destinations until 28...

ME by Melia is continuing its international expansion. In spring 2015, the Spanish hotel group will inaugurate the brand's first representative in the United States. Located at 1100 Biscayne Boulevard, on the site of the current Casa Moderna Hotel, the ME Miami will have 129 rooms and more than 450 sq. m. of space dedicated to restaurants and...

ID CARD Formalities: valid biometric passport or machine-readable passport. An ESTA electronic travel authorisation is also required (https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta). Otherwise, a visa is required. Time difference: -6 hours. Currency: US dollar ($). 1 euro = 1.36 $ (June 2014). Area code: +1 (United States), 212 (Manhattan), 718...

Some business travellers will see this as a glass half empty, while others will be satisfied with the initiative taken by the New York airport authority... On 25 June, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey re-examined the terms of the contract between the Big Apple airports and the supplier Boingo Wireless Inc....

Curio will bring together city hotels and four-star plus resorts, and even five-star resorts. Five establishments in the United States have already expressed an interest, including the SLS Las Vegas, a casino hotel with over 1,620 rooms due to open at the end of the summer. But the brand is also looking to establishments...

The new oneworld Business Lounge in Los Angeles was inaugurated this week by Qantas, British Airways and Cathay Pacific, within the Tom Bradley International Terminal. Its initial capacity of 400 seats will soon be doubled, thanks to the 200 new seats that will be added to the lounge next year, and the 200 other seats that will soon be added...

The two new routes operated by Air France between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Panama City will take off on 27 October for the entire winter 2014 season. The airline will operate five weekly flights between the two capitals, which have been linked since 25 November. The flights will be operated every Monday, Saturday and Sunday...

In two years' time, Melia will be entering a new dimension on the international hotel scene. The Spanish group will inaugurate its first American address, in the business destination par excellence: New York. On Friday 20 March, the leading Spanish hotel group made its American ambitions official, announcing the opening of Innside Manhattan in 2016. "It's been a long time...

The Crowne Plaza JFK Airport New York City has 330 rooms spread over nine floors, and is - quite naturally - aimed particularly at corporate customers. We are delighted to see the Crowne Plaza brand being developed in such a convenient location for business travellers," says Gina LaBarre, vice-president in charge of the hotel's...

The future Edition hotel unveiled by Marriott on 15 January will be located at 701 Seventh Avenue, within a new building - the first of this size to be constructed in over twenty years. A strategic location in the heart of Times Square, which Marriott intends to exploit to the full: 70% of the 452 rooms that will be housed in the...

The TripSource app was launched on the AppStore by BCD Travel on 15 January for the US and Canadian markets, but its French version and arrival on Android are already planned for later in 2014. The new tool aims to "help travellers stay calm, relaxed and connected", according to the credo...

American business travel professionals are approaching 2014 with optimism. At least, that's what the "Top Business Travel Trends for 2014" study published on 10 January by Travel Leaders Group seems to indicate, according to which a majority of companies expect their travel spending to increase (38.4%) or stabilise (39.4%) in the...

1717 Broadway in Manhattan has recently become home to not one but two new Marriott properties, with a total capacity of 639 rooms. Following a total investment of some 320 million dollars (235 million euros), the Courtyard and Residence Inn hotels have been integrated into the building constructed by G Holdings, in...

We will have to wait until spring 2014 to see the first Air Canada Dreamliners make their appearance in the airline's fleet. For those who can't wait, however, the Canadian carrier has just released the first details of the layout of these 37 B787s, which will be configured in three classes - International Business Class, Business...

Viceroy has taken up residence on West 57th Street in Manhattan. The luxury brand commissioned the same firm, Roman and Williams, to design the exterior and interior architecture of this sophisticated establishment. The hotel offers 240 rooms and suites. [gallery exclude="34021"]

Air Europa will be offering three flights a week between Madrid and Miami, every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, from 30 May. The route to Florida will be operated by an A330-200 with 275 Economy seats and 24 Business seats. The carrier put this route on hold at the beginning of 2012. [gallery...