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Elegance, comfort and ergonomics: this is the trilogy promoted by the new cabins currently being deployed in the 95 medium-haul Airbus aircraft in the British Airways fleet. At the rear of the aircraft, the airline intends to resolve the dilemma between economy and comfort. Designed by B/E Aerospace, the new Euro Traveller economy class seats...

A new mobile application is making its appearance in the world of business travel in France. The new tool is the brainchild of BCD Travel: the Netherlands-based Travel Management Company (TMC) has just made official the French version of TripSource, available from now on from the App Store, and soon on Android and mobile Internet. The mobile application - and...

How is the MICE market evolving in France, particularly compared with its European neighbours? Mark Watkins - No crystal ball can tell us today how the market will evolve, but a minimum of constant demand will continue: companies need to get together. We have no visibility on the level...

The new Common Check-in area will be inaugurated in mid-June by Aigle Azur and Aéroports de Paris in Orly airport's South Terminal. It will face the main entrance to the Departures Terminal, close to the airline's sales counter. [gallery exclude="36631"]

Opened at the beginning of June, the new Air&Rail terminal is dedicated to passengers travelling by TGV to Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol airports to make a connection. Six daily connections are offered from Brussels to Paris CDG and 10 to Amsterdam. The terminal has a check-in area, a relaxation area and a travel agency...

Window seat or aisle seat? That's the question deciphered this week by EasyJet, which tried to analyse travellers' preferences for their seat in the aircraft. The first finding is that window seats are preferred by 59% of European passengers, compared with 38% for the aisle option. This figure is largely due to...

Programme Dublin, its cathedrals and pubs, the River Liffey and its popular thoroughfares. A diversion through County Wicklow for a walk in the great Irish green, culminating in the monastery of Glendalough and a gala dinner at Powerscourt Estate. Client profile: a major player in the industrial sector. Incoming agency: Abbey Incentive...

Saturday, market day in Ljubljana. Like every weekend, the ritual is unchanging. From the Krakovo and Trnovo districts, or from Miklosiceva Street with its Art Nouveau facades, the crowds inevitably converge on the right bank of the Ljubanica, the river that winds its way through the Slovenian capital. Everyone is...

With 204 congresses listed for 2013 alone by the ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association), the benchmark institution in the market, Paris is the leading destination for the organisation of international congresses. The French capital is ahead of Madrid (186 conventions) and Vienna (182 conventions). More than the growth in the number of conferences, it is the...

"Can you feel the crisis? I mean as a foreigner. Without in any way proselytising, I can say that if you travel around the country, you won't notice anything; which is obviously not the case for us Greeks. But for tourists, everything is as it was in the best of days: the restaurants are full, the streets...

Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc, who has been a partner of Eurostar for two years, has been working on the railway's catering offer. From the UK, Business Premier passengers travelling on the lines at the start of the day will be able to choose between a traditional "English breakfast", with Yorkshire bacon and Surrey sausages, and a lighter offer,...

Etihad Regional operates two flights a week between Toulouse and Geneva, every Tuesday and Thursday, pending the arrival of a third flight in June. This new route is part of Etihad's development plan following the launch of this new subsidiary, operated by Darwin Airline, in January. It will soon...

On 27 November, Marseille will become the 16th French destination to be served by Volotea. The young Spanish airline will link the city of Marseille to Strasbourg, with four flights a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. "Volotea is delighted to announce its forthcoming arrival in Provence and to add the city of Marseille to its list of destinations...

In 2015, Thalys International will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary. What has changed in two decades? Franck Gervais - For a long time, we were identified with our initial core business, which was to offer a link between Paris and Brussels in 1 hour 22 minutes, compared with 2 hours 40 minutes previously. But this is no longer the case. Over the last few years, we have...

Eurostar is off to a good start in 2014. The railway company is reporting an upturn for the first quarter of 2014, both in terms of sales (+7% to £227 million) and traffic (+3 %), with 2.3 million passengers recorded. "The improvement we have seen in business travel these...

For its arrival in the Spanish capital, the Hotel Indigo brand has opted for a sure-fire hit with business travellers: a strategic location. When it opened its doors yesterday just a few metres from Gran Via Avenue, the new representative of the InterContinental Group (IHG) was keen to pay tribute to the famous...

It cost Emirates no less than 2.53 million euros to create this new area dedicated to business travellers at the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome. A sum which now enables the airline to boast the largest dimensions in terms of space in the Roman airport, served by Emirates from...

"Results in line with targets": this is the message sent out by HOP! on Monday, to mark the first anniversary of its operations. The Air France Group's regional airline has carried more than 7,700,000 passengers since April 2013, while flights operated under its own flag have posted...

Don't call it Barajas any more... This week, Madrid airport, one of Europe's main hubs for business travellers, changed its identity. No major changes for business travellers heading for the Spanish business destination, as the IATA code remains unchanged (MAD). Adolfo Suárez, who died on 24 March, was considered to be the...