North & Central America

Delta Air Lines has decided to finance 40 automatic passport-reading machines for New York's JFK airport to speed up immigration formalities. For the moment, the machines can only read US passports, but they have already contributed to a significant reduction in queues. Entry formalities at JFK were recently described...

Business travellers in the United States will soon be able to use their digital tablets on board aircraft, including during take-off and landing. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) made the decision on 31 October, putting an end to years of prohibition. Nevertheless, passengers will not be...

The DoubleTree by Hilton Gatineau-Ottawa hotel opened its doors in mid-October in the centre of Gatineau - Quebec's fourth largest city - some 20 kilometres from Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. The 125-key establishment takes over from the Château Cartier and its 18-hole golf course. Nearly 2,000 m² of...

Already present in Chicago, New York, Houston, Washington and soon Philadelphia - the first flight is scheduled for April - Qatar Airways will be setting off for Florida in June. The new direct flights will connect Doha to Miami every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. They will be operated by Boeing 777-200LR aircraft equipped with...

The Holiday Inn Mexico Buenavista hotel has 143 rooms near the Chopo Museum in Mexico City's city centre. The arrival of this new IHG address in the heart of the Mexican capital required a renovation plan costing more than €6.5 million, thanks in particular to the work of architects Enrique...

According to a study published on 11 October by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), almost half (40%) of business travel professionals have already been adversely affected by the shutdown that has been affecting the US administration since 2 October. The majority of those surveyed (57%) said that the shutdown had led to the cancellation of meetings or...

Since 10 September, The Langham has been offering a new business address of choice to international business travellers visiting Chicago. Opened at 330 North Wabash Avenue, in a 52-storey building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the hotel has 316 rooms and some 1,400 m² of meeting space, including the vast...

New York has been named the best business destination in a survey of 18,000 people in 24 countries conducted by Ipsos Mori. The Big Apple came in ahead of Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Tokyo and London as the city best suited to business. Paris, for its part, came top of the list of destinations for...

Members of the Marriott Rewards loyalty programme can now check in using their smartphones, an innovation that is being rolled out to 325 Marriott hotels in North America. All they have to do is check in the day before their arrival and, once in the hotel, collect their room cards from the check-in kiosks. A little extra...

Only four of them managed to break into this ranking in 2013. The first of these was Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International, which snatched 30th place, followed by Denver International (36th), San Francisco International (40th) and Atlanta Hartfeld (48th). Further down the rankings, Dallas Fort...

"Delta staff, our international customers and the people of New York now have the state-of-the-art international terminal they have been waiting for. Terminal 4 is a symbol of our commitment to investment in New York and around the world," said Richard Anderson, Delta's Chief Executive Officer. Renovated at a cost of 1.4 billion dollars, the terminal has gained 32...

The new Holiday Inn Hotel Guayaquil Airport joins Holiday Inn Express Quito in the company's Ecuadorian portfolio. The seven-storey building - including an Executive Floor at the top of the building - has a total of 122 rooms and eight meeting rooms for business customers. The...

Identity card Formalities: valid passport Currency: Canadian dollar (CAD). 1 euro = $1.31 (January 2013).time difference: -6h.area code: +1 (Canada), 514 (Montreal). Getting there AIR FRANCE operates two flights a day between Paris and Montreal. At Paris CDG, business passengers can take advantage of terminal 2E...

ID CARD Formalities: Valid biometric or electronic passport or individual machine-readable passport (Delphine model) issued before 26 October 2005 + ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) electronic travel authorisation, to be completed on the esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta website. Currency: 1 dollar = 0.78 euro (January 2012). Time difference...