France

As one of the heavyweights in the global hotel industry, Accor is focused on its development on one continent or another, but it has not forgotten that it is also the leading hotel operator in France. The Group is continuing to strengthen its position in France, where it is originally based, with plans to open 29 hotels in the first half of 2024. And all this at a time when...

The Grand Ouest is attracting new rail operators. After Le Train, which plans to launch in 2026, another major competitor to the SNCF has today announced its arrival: Proxima. The project is being spearheaded by a number of industry heavyweights, including Rachel Picard, former director of Voyages SNCF, and Timothy Jackson,...

The proximity of the Olympic Games, and all that this event can attract in terms of VIP customers, is no stranger to the arrival on the French market of a new player in top-of-the-range private transport, LimoLane. Founded in Italy in 2021, this digital platform specialising in on-demand luxury transport reservations was...

Kactus is offering a new feature to the 10,000 venues listed on the platform specialising in BtoB events. A detailed dashboard of their activity, aimed first and foremost at developing their sales and, consequently, maintaining closer links with the 35,000 corporate clients of Kactus,...

With 69 hotels currently operating in France, Marriott is one of the world's leading hotel chains with the strongest presence in the country. Far, far away of course from Accor or Louvre Hotels, and also at a safe distance from another major American player, Best Western, whose French network includes almost 300 hotels. But its offer...

Setting up a railway company from scratch in France is an obstacle course. Following the liquidation of Railcoop in March, it is now the turn of the start-up Midnight Trains to call it a day. Launched in 2020 by three partners, its ambition was to create a higher-quality night train service, a veritable hotel on rails, with cabins...

A French alternative to Uber, Bolt and others. By acquiring its competitor Marcel, LeCab intends to establish itself as a major player in the VTC and taxi market in France. The merger, which is expected to be completed rapidly, will bring together nearly 18,000 drivers in 65 towns and cities, for "more than one million users"...

Why make things complicated when you can make them simple? That, in a nutshell, is the strategy of easyHotel, a distant offshoot of the low-cost airline, but which has had nothing to do with it since the hotel group was taken over by investors Ivanohé Cambridge and ICAMAP in 2019. Apart from a minority stake in their capital...

High up in the Paris skyline, with its convention space designed to accommodate up to 2,800 people, the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile keeps the flame of MICE alive within the Hyatt group. Like other hotels in Europe, moreover, well-equipped with meeting rooms of all sizes: the Grand Hyatt Barcelona, which has just...

Is it easy for companies to take their staff camping? Céline Bossanne - Let's be honest, there's always some apprehension. For organisers, even if more and more people have heard of Huttopia, without always taking the plunge, coming to us is a bit of a risk. Take...

Kevin Speed's ambition is to become "the" new player in high-speed rail transport by 2029. Its project has taken another step forward following the approval by the French Transport Regulation Authority (ART) of the framework agreement it signed with SNCF Réseau on 29 February. Signed for a renewable period of 10 years, the agreement...

While the situation remains critical in New Caledonia despite the imposition of a state of emergency, a curfew and the deployment of the army in the overseas territory, the riots have resulted in the isolation of the archipelago, which has been cut off from its airlines since 14 May. According to the CCI Nouvelle-Calédonie Aéroports website, air traffic remains suspended until further notice....

On Monday 29 April, SNCF unveiled the livery of its future Inoui TGV at Alstom's Belfort plant, where some of the trainsets are assembled. A little surprise: for the first time, the trains will feature a white livery with black accents on the nose of the power car, grey accents on each carriage and...

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Ouigo is giving its 38 low-cost TGVs a facelift. Already ultra-capacious, with capacity for 1,268 passengers - the equivalent of 6 B737-800 aircraft - they will soon be even more so. The interior refurbishment, scheduled to take place between 2025 and 2027, will make it possible to add a few more seats by doing away with the bench seats and...

Widely represented in the United States, Choice Hotels has made France one of its key markets in the EMEA region. Why is this? Ricardo Losada Revol - We've been present in France for over 30 years. It's one of the biggest tourist destinations in the world, with so much to offer the 63 million members of Choice Hotels...

The French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has just published its air transport price index for March and the first quarter of 2024. These passenger air transport price indices (IPTAP) are calculated using a methodology similar to that used for the construction of the air transport price index...

Passengers will be facing a major strike in French air transport on Thursday 25 April. The SNCTA (Syndicat National des Contrôleurs du Trafic Aérien - National Union of Air Traffic Controllers) is calling a 24-hour strike in protest at a new version of a protocol being negotiated with the French Air Transport Authority, which is deemed "unacceptable".

IWG opened 15 new sites in France last year, with around twenty more to come this year. This growth is also noticeable around the world. Your group seems to be on a very strong growth trajectory. Christophe Burckart - One figure alone illustrates this: IWG has started 2023 with a...

For almost ten years now, Nannybag has been giving its users peace of mind when travelling anywhere in the world, thanks to its collaborative luggage storage service provided by partner retailers. Now the start-up is offering a new option, this time for air passengers. It has joined forces with Safe Bag, a leading...

163 new air routes inaugurated by low-cost airlines for this new IATA summer season in Europe: demand for travel is strong and low-cost air transport, which is more flexible than traditional airlines, is responding. According to a study by the consultant Air Service One, some fifteen low-cost airlines have opened new routes this summer.