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China Eastern is opening a direct service between Marseille and Shanghai from 2 July, with 3 weekly flights on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The service is expected to be seasonal during the summer, but could be extended throughout the year depending on the success of the route. The flights will be operated by Boeing Dreamliner...

Partnerships between hotel groups and airlines are nothing new, or very surprising. Accor, IHG and Marriott on the one hand, and Air France, British Airways and United on the other, for example: these cross-relationships between these essential links in the travel chain now revolve around their loyalty programmes, organising links between points and...

Adagio recently presented excellent results for 2023, with occupancy close to 80%. What are you expecting in 2024? Xavier Desaulles - First of all, a return to normal. With an occupancy rate of 79% in 2023, it will be difficult to do much better in terms of passenger numbers, while at the same time...

China has extended its visa-free policy to six other European countries on a trial basis. They are Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said last Thursday. From 14 March until 30 March, the...

Adagio is part of a buoyant trend in the hotel industry. After an already good 2022, Europe's leading apartment hotel recorded record results last year, with an occupancy rate of just under 80 %, at 79 %. Benefiting in particular from the bleisure trend and, more broadly, from the attraction of urban residences for...

With the gradual upturn in international travel since 2023, China remains an attractive destination for hotel groups. Marriott recently announced a partnership with the Delonix group, which operates more than a thousand hotels in the country under a dozen different brands. The plan is to affiliate around a hundred hotels over the next few years...

Will China end up giving lessons to the rest of the world for opening its borders to travellers? Practically every month, China's leaders announce new measures to simplify entry for international travellers. China recently abolished the requirement for visas for a period of one year for a dozen...

AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1 Hotel Melbourne (2024)Set on the banks of the Yarra River, this new hotel embodies the arty, eco-friendly spirit of the 1 Hotels chain. By way of regeneration, the luxury brand launched by former Starwood boss Barry Sternlicht is taking part in the Seafarers project. In other words, the metamorphosis of a former industrial...

Being Hong Kong's flagship airline must seem like a real priesthood. That's what the directors of Cathay Pacific must be thinking, as they continue to face political, social and economic crises. Since 2019, Cathay has had to adapt to the takeover of Hong Kong by the Chinese authorities -...

It was the media centre for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. It will soon be one of the world's largest convention and exhibition centres, when it opens in 2025. It will be a place to welcome heads of state to international summits held in the Chinese capital, as well as the world's leading...

Rabat, the new hot spot for luxury hotels? Looking at the developments underway, we can only believe so. After a Fairmont opened at the end of 2022, and a Ritz-Carlton expected in the course of next year, the Moroccan capital is set to welcome another big name from the first quarter of 2024: Four Seasons. In addition to...

The Mercure Tokyo Haneda Airport has just opened its doors, becoming the first international chain hotel close to the runways of Haneda airport, the departure point for many domestic flights and increasingly for international routes due to its greater proximity to the centre of the Japanese capital....

Five countries have been chosen by the Chinese government to be able to enter China for a period of one year without needing a visa, a procedure that is usually complicated by the number of documents required - particularly for business travel. Citizens of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom will be able to...

Airlines flying to China can offer more flights this winter, according to China's civil aviation authority CAAC. The increase in capacity mainly concerns domestic flights. The number of domestic flights is up by 34% compared with the pre-Covid period. This represents almost 97,000 weekly frequencies. Internationally, capacity to...

With its fiftieth hotel just opened and almost as many more to come by 2030, the Novotel brand has been present in China since 1984, with its first establishment in Beijing, and is continuing to expand in this key market. "Over the last few years, we have seen a real surge in the development of Novotel establishments," said Gary...

With a new hotel opening almost every three days in China, the Hilton Group is one of the world's leading hotel operators in this key market. This pace of growth will be reinforced by new projects signed during the first half of 2023. "We're very proud of this series of recent signings, as...

The Mercure family of brands - the brand itself and its upmarket Grand Mercure variant - is set to double its offering in Japan. As part of a partnership with Japan Hotel Reit Advisors (JHRA), Accor will take over the management of 23 hotels under the Daiwa Resort banner located in emblematic locations across the country,...

Since 21 July, the Chinese government has allowed visitors to link their Visa and Mastercard accounts to China's most popular mobile payment platforms. This measure offers visitors the convenience of paying for a multitude of services online. These include booking taxis, taking...

It's called the Comac C919 and it's the latest commercial jetliner. But its difference from other aircraft is already causing a stir. It is the first commercial aircraft from a Chinese manufacturer. The C919 marks China's entry into a market essentially dominated by the giants Airbus and Boeing....

After the euphoria of China's reopening to the rest of the world at the start of the year, the time has now come for uncertainty and doubt. While air traffic between China and Europe has picked up again, it is still well below the initial post-reopening estimates... The consultant OAG, which analyses...