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Air travel could be disrupted this Wednesday following the evacuation of six French airports on the morning of 18 October. The airports of Beauvais, Lille, Lyon (Bron), Nantes, Nice and Toulouse are affected, with varying levels of disruption. Threats of attack have reportedly been sent by email to staff at certain hubs, according to the...

The news came on Wednesday, in a completely official statement from the airline: Air France will indeed be leaving Orly. The timetable drawn up by Air France management has made 2026 the pivotal year for turning this page in history. By this date, the airline plans to operate all its flights...

Unsurprisingly, the 46th edition of KPMG's annual survey of the French hotel industry gives a positive assessment of business in France. Despite the relative absence of Asian tourists, largely offset by a still solid domestic market and the contribution made by customers from North America and the UK, the French hotel industry is on the up...

The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau has just unveiled a study packed with information. The Managing Director of Paris je t'aime makes the first observation in her introduction: "2022 marks a return to a situation close to normal for conventions in the Paris Region", Corinne Menegaux sums up. The figures are...

The IFTM Top Résa event closed its doors on Thursday evening, at the end of three days rich in information for professionals in the sector. Alongside the presentation of the first Meetings & Events barometer published by Kactus, another study looked at the major trends in business travel. Based on...

New York's ban on renting out entire homes on a short-term basis is certainly a wake-up call for private rental platforms. Indeed, many critics of this participatory economy model accuse platforms like Airbnb of drying up the rental market. In the United States, there is a lot of talk about...

Guillaume Confais-Morieux, the SNCF's Travel Agencies Market Director, was all smiles when he unveiled the results for business traffic at the IFTM Top Resa tourism trade fair. "While 2022 was a record year for leisure travel, 2023 saw a recovery in business traffic, with a small increase in the number of business travellers....

The government's budget announcement of a special tax on airports (as well as on motorway concession companies) should inevitably result in higher air fares. The government estimates that this green tax will bring in €600 million a year. This sum will be allocated to modernising the network...

Antoine Dupont, Jonathan Sexton, the Barrett brothers, Eben Etzebeth, Owen Farrell... Business travellers who are rugby fans may come across one or other of these big names when they travel to France. All 20 teams have set up base camps in a number of hotels. An establishment like the Relais...

If even the Dutch get involved... Among the team-building activities offered by the hotels of the Dutch Bilderberg group, the haka features prominently. From New Zealand to Zeeland, from the homeland of the Maoris to the other land of cheese - but certainly not rugby! - the vibrations of...

Founded in Strasbourg, the Plainitude events agency has changed latitude in recent years, setting its sights on Toulon, its new home in 2022. Local fervour and the agency's tenuous link with the world of sport have led it logically into the world of rugby. Plainitude is now the link between the...

Temples of rugby during the weekend, France's rugby stadiums also vibrate - differently - during the week. As well as the grandstands that naturally allow them to host large-scale events, these multi-purpose venues invest in more exclusive areas. Here's a six-stop tour of France, before finishing with a...

Last March, your Group symbolised the handover from Frédéric Oudéa to Slawomir Krupa at the head of the Executive Board with a rugby match in the salons of the Stade de France. Was this a coincidence? Katia Lazarew - The date of the France-Wales match did indeed coincide with...

How do you explain the strong link between rugby and the corporate world? Jad Zoghbi - Rugby and the corporate world go together extremely well. Their values are quite similar, whether it's cohesion, solidarity or the team taking precedence over the individual. For managers, rugby illustrates what they are trying to achieve...

A rugby pass: to coincide with the France-Wales match in March, the Société Générale group staged a theatrical handover between Frédéric Oudéa and Slawomir Krupa, the new head of the Paris-based bank. It was a publicity stunt that drew on the strong links between the...

Friday 8 September, 9.15pm, Saint-Denis: it's time for the tenth Rugby World Cup, organised in France for the second time in its history. With a choice match-up: France-New Zealand. The excitement generated by the competition, the magic of the haka and the performances of the French team should all contribute to a...

The President wants it and the government will make it happen. For more than a year, Emmanuel Macron's government has been dithering over the benefits or otherwise of a single-price ticket for the use of regional trains. It would be inspired by the model launched by Germany - with a €9 ticket in 2022 during the summer. Since 1 May...

A taste for others. Against its better judgement, the pandemic had the politeness to demonstrate a human need, a very human need: the need to meet others. The strong upturn in business seminars as soon as the restrictions were lifted could only attest to this. A desire to exchange ideas and enjoy conviviality, where the table obviously plays an eminent role. In this...

The start of the new school year is just around the corner, and with it strike action in French skies, scheduled for Friday 15 September. Advance notice has just been given by the Syndicat National des Contrôleurs du Trafic Aérien (SNCTA). The union's national committee met by videoconference on 23 August, and "calls on all air traffic controllers to...

Political relations between France and Africa may be a bit of a rollercoaster ride, but there is at least one segment where everything is going swimmingly: air transport. The number of passengers flying from France to Africa is showing the strongest growth of all international routes. According to...