Europe

The arrival of the St. Regis brand in Istanbul is part of a recent agreement between Starwood and the Demsa Group, which could well lead to other projects in Turkey. The American hotelier already has nine addresses on the Turkish market, including four in Istanbul. The St. Regis hotel will be added to the Istanbul portfolio as of next year, when it...

The result of a collaboration between Accor and Russian developer Patero, the new Moscow hotel complex is due to open its doors by the end of 2015, in the Kievskaya station district. It will include the Novotel Kievskaya (200 rooms), the ibis Kievskaya hotel (350 rooms) and the Adagio Kievskaya (150 flats): in all, Accor...

The "ibis BUSINESS" card unveiled on 9 September is aimed, as its name suggests, at business travellers in the Accor group's economy range. Business travellers on the move will be able to purchase the new pass from 25 September, for an annual subscription fee of €59. This introductory offer will rise to €90 from...

Since Monday, the TGV from Paris to Freiburg im Breisgau has served Dijon, Besançon-Franche-Comté TGV, Belfort-Montbéliard TGV and Mulhouse stations. It takes 3 hours 47 minutes to reach its German destination from Paris, 2 hours from Dijon and just over an hour from Belfort. The service operates six days a week, with fares starting at €30. [gallery...

On 21 August, Starwood announced that it had signed a contract to open its first Aloft hotel in Ukraine. The 320-room hotel, including ten suites, will be located in a new building in the heart of the capital's business district. It will have a total of eight meeting rooms and a function room equipped with...

The new Regus Lyon Ouest Verrazzano business centre is located in Lyon's ninth arrondissement. Easily accessible from the A6 motorway or the North ring road, it features high-speed Wi-Fi access, videoconferencing facilities and a multilingual reception and assistance team. The first floor of the Regus Centre is equipped with private offices and...

Spas, thalasso and bal-néo-therapy centres, thermal spas... the habit of taking the waters, so dear to the aristocracy of the 19th century, has been widely democratised since the beginning of the 21st century. According to a study by Raffour Interactif for the Thalasseo.com agency, more than nine million French people took advantage of a wellness offer in 2011. Among these enthusiasts, men, women and children...

It's true that, discovered from this third floor, behind the windows of this incredibly well-located, hyper-contemporary flat that can be privatised for small groups of around thirty people, it's true that, looking down on the decor of Brussels' famous Grand Place, you can't help but be struck by the fact that you're standing on one of the most beautiful...

Telephone: +49 (Germany), (0)40 (Hamburg). Getting there AIR FRANCE offers four daily flights from Paris CDG, with a flight time of 1? hours. In addition, the national airline operates three flights a week between Toulouse and the German city, both of which are Airbus headquarters. Journey time: 2h15. All...

Transforming a former industrial district, now the uncertain heart of alternative Berlin, into a mixed-use district on the banks of the River Spree, where the stars of the international media industry and other companies attracted by this 'trendy' environment would set up shop: that was the whole point of the project launched at the turn of the millennium... Where,...

You have to weave in and out of the street artists, weave around the watercolour artists, elbow your way through the crowds... Just like every day, Charles Bridge echoes to the beat of tourists. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of them, walk the 516 metres of Prague's most famous landmark, a link that...

Since 1 March 2008, Hamburg has been home to a new district: HafenCity, a succession of islands reclaimed from the Elbe. The destiny of this laboratory for the future of the great Hanseatic city changed in 2000, when it was decided to convert the docks of Germany's largest port into offices and flats. The idea is obviously not new,...

Cultural, lively, festive: Turkey's business capital continues to attract foreign investors as well as tourists from all over the world. The proof: off to an excellent start, 2011 is set to end with a 15 % increase in the number of foreign visitors. But the Istanbul craze is not just about capital movements...

Identity card Currency: euro. Time difference: none Area code: +34 (Spain); 91 (Madrid) Getting there BY PLANE: AIR FRANCE operates three daily flights from Paris CDG to Madrid Barajas. Tel: 0820 320 820 Internet: www.airfrance.com AIR EUROPA operates three flights a day from Paris...

Identity card Currency: In August 2011, 1 pound sterling = 1.14 euros Area code: +44 (United Kingdom); 20 (London) View London Practical Guide on a larger map Getting there Eurostar links Paris Gare du Nord with London St Pancras in 2 hours 15 minutes, every half-hour at rush hour and every hour at night....

Behind the greatest discretion sometimes lies the greatest daring. Sweden is a perfect illustration of this paradox. Since the invention of the match, the zip fastener and dynamite, this country of barely 10 million inhabitants has made a habit of offering the European market some of its most innovative products. Better still! This...

They will discover a setting that seems to have come straight out of a 3-D project, an urban planner's dream full of new-generation buildings, large mineral masses and green spaces. "Paris Rive Gauche" is the name given to this major project stretching from the Gare d'Austerlitz to the Paris ring road. Launched in 1994...

And there's a plethora to choose from, to say the least. Armani, Versace, Prada, Valentino, Trussardi, Ferrè, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino, Missoni, Miu Miu and all the others... The city's ability to bring out a new world-renowned creative talent every few years leaves us breathless. But there are...