Europe

The business travel sector in Europe is getting organised and is determined to make its voice heard at the highest level: this is the message being sent out by five major business travel associations, which have just endorsed the new European Network of Associations for Corporate Travel (ENACT). Alongside...

With two new floors designed by Alain Carlier and integrated into the vast renovation plan, the Crowne Plaza Geneva is now one of the country's largest hotels. The hotel now has a total of 366 rooms, including 60 new rooms and suites, located just five minutes from Geneva International Airport, and ten...

How is easyJet developing in the business market? Sébastien Calmejane - The share of corporate business is increasing, particularly in France, and we are approaching 12 million business travellers. We had to develop specific offers without abandoning our business model, which is working very well. The work we've done over the last three years is bearing fruit...

The Citadines City Centre Frankfurt will open its doors on 1 March in the heart of the new Europaviertel European district in Frankfurt. The numerous business travellers and MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events) clientele will thus benefit from a new strategic address, just a few minutes' walk from Frankfurt Central station, as well as from the...

Ever more connected, business travel by Thalys is getting a new edge: the rail company is experimenting with new services to personalise the service offered to business travellers, particularly with regard to on-board catering. Holders of the Thalys TheCard Platinium and Platinium+ for Comfort 1 journeys can now take advantage of these new...

In less than a year of operation, the Marseille-Istanbul route seems to have convinced the management of Turkish Airlines. The Turkish carrier is preparing to increase the number of daily flights, operated by 737-800 and A 320/321 aircraft, leaving Marseille every afternoon at 2.35pm and Istanbul at 11.25am. [gallery exclude="35387"]

The 19th Regus business centre was opened in February at Squaire, the new business complex next to Frankfurt International Airport, Germany's main air hub. "We are always looking for opportunities to open up flexible workspaces in new locations, to enable our customers to make the most of their...

The first Okko hotel has just opened in Nantes. Is it the first of a long series? Olivier Devys - It's been six years in the making. After this first hotel in Nantes, we'll have two more openings this year, in Grenoble and Lyon, in a building that we've bought and that we're in the process of...

The Montpellier-Düsseldorf route will be part of Germanwings' summer schedule, and will therefore operate from 12 April to 19 October. The flights, scheduled every Saturday and Sunday, will leave Montpellier at 17:45 and reach Düsseldorf at 19:30. The return flight will leave the German airport at 3.15pm, arriving in Montpellier at 5.10pm. [gallery exclude="35287"]

The arrival of the m-ticket in France was made official on Thursday 6 February by Deutsche Bahn, which has already launched the service on its French website. Accessible right up to the departure time, the mobile ticket is operational on the Franco-German cross-border network, for journeys from France to all German stations, and for journeys within Germany.

With the arrival of some major new additions to its network at the end of 2013 - American Express Corporate Payment, Business Table and 3Mundi - and at the start of 2014 (Amadeus and Traveldoo), GBTA France reached the 100-member mark at the end of January. A major milestone for...

A new development in the dispute that has been raging for several months between taxis and Véhicules de Tourisme avec Chauffeur (VTCs): the Conseil d'Etat has just suspended the fifteen-minute time limit imposed since 1 January this year between the customer making a booking and the VTC picking them up. At issue: the distortion...

Focused on its domestic market since its inception in 2006, Hyatt Place is now looking to new horizons. With a portfolio of 180 hotels, the vast majority of which are in the United States, the mid-range brand is stepping up its projects in Latin America, Asia and Europe. The inauguration of the Hyatt Place...

The Hôtel du Collectionneur is preparing to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its inauguration. But it's also just over a year since the establishment, close to the Arc de Triomphe and Parc Monceau, went out on its own following the divorce between its owner and the Hilton group. "Its business logic was very different from that of the Hilton Group.

Programme A rejuvenating bath in the Blue Lagoon; a volcanic day in a Super Jeep; geology, history and snowmobiling in the Golden Circle, from Thingvellir to Geysir; a visit to Reykjavik and the Harpa conference centre. Client profile: an insurance company. Incoming agency : Iceland Travel DMC & PCO Skutuvogur 13A. 104 Reykjavik Tel:...

The new transfer and assistance service unveiled by SAS on 24 January is provided in partnership with First Limousine and Héline First. Business travellers can book transportation in a chauffeur-driven saloon car up to 48 hours before their departure, as well as an escort service that includes a meet and greet service on leaving the aircraft, followed by assistance throughout the flight....

EasyJet is continuing to expand its network of business destinations in Europe, with the launch of a new route to Rome from Montpellier. The airline will operate three flights a week from 15 June 2014, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. EasyJet hopes to carry 18,000 passengers between the two airports, according to the press release published...

Aix-en-Provence, its cobbled streets, its cathedral and... its Renaissance hotel. The Marriott group has chosen the city of Paul Cézanne as the location for a 133-room Renaissance hotel, just a stone's throw from the Grand Théâtre de Provence and a five-minute walk from the Cours Mirabeau. The hotel, designed by Claude Sabin Nadjari and Remy Saada, is...

With more than 133,000 passengers departing from Montpellier airport between April and December 2013, HOP! has achieved its annual targets in three quarters, with strong growth (+60%), explained in particular by the opening of the two daily services launched to Strasbourg and Lille, which joined in summer 2013...

The new mobile application unveiled by Lyria on 14 January is aimed at "frequent and business TGV Lyria travellers", enabling them to "access mobile services wherever they are". In particular, business travellers can exchange their Lyria Flex e-tickets, and be guaranteed a new seat on another train, or initiate a request...