France

"A very, very good year", as Olivier Cohn, General Manager of Best Western France, describes it. Unsurprisingly, in line with the results published by other major players in the global hotel industry, Best Western had a very positive year in 2022. The reservation centre's worldwide sales rose by...

How would you present the advantages of the Logis Hôtels Group to a business customer who doesn't already know you? Karim Soleilhavoup - An extraordinary network, with a hotel every 11 km throughout France, an experience that will be different every time, a guarantee of a good night's sleep and good food, particularly through...

B&B Hotels has just announced its expansion ambitions in the United States. Why has the time come to tackle this market? Fabrice Collet - It's always time to lay the foundations for our future growth. Historically, B&B Hotels has always set its sights on new territories, be it Germany in 2000, Italy in 2010,...

Hyatt and Marriott are continuing to develop their brands outside Paris, particularly in Normandy. Already announced in 2018, the opening of a Hyatt Place in Rouen will take place at the end of this year. The result of the transformation of a former school building dating back to the 19th century, the École normale d'institutrices, this new hotel is part of a project to...

On Friday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne made official what she described as the "new deal for rail". And she confirmed the figure that had already been circulating for a few hours - and even for several months, in Jean-Pierre Farandou's speech - i.e. 100 billion euros. "We are choosing to give priority to investing in...

The B&B Hotels group is preparing to cross the Atlantic. This is not a first, since the budget hotel specialist has already set up in the West Indies, with a first establishment in Martinique, Fort de France, as well as in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in particular. But this time, the challenge is huge....

Eklo is currently setting up near Paris CDG airport. What other developments can you expect? Emmanuel Petit - After Eklo Roissy, this year we will open our tenth establishment in Montpellier, opposite the TGV station. And we now aim to double in size over the next five years....

The Air France-KLM group has announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2022 and for the past year. The Group made a profit: total Group sales reached 26.4 billion euros, while operating income amounted to 1.2 billion euros. This generated an operating margin of...

Let there be no mistake: SAF made in France is "in the pipeline". At least judging by the list of participants at this "Meeting on sustainable fuels for aviation", held on the morning of 14 February. All the decision-makers involved accepted the invitation of three ministers: Agnès Pannier-Runacher to...

According to In Extenso, the French hotel industry is set for a strong recovery in 2022. What do you expect for the current year? Olivier Petit - Even if the macroeconomic forecasts are difficult at the moment, we are expecting further growth in revenue per room in 2023 of +4% in the regions, +4.5% on the Côte d'Azur and...

As it does every year in February, In Extenso drew up a report on the state of hotel activity in France over the past year, with STR adding its international perspective. Unsurprisingly, both analyses confirmed a widespread recovery. Admittedly, demand was down 8% on a worldwide basis,...

The partnership signed with the German low-cost carrier Eurowings gives Volotea its first presence in Germany. Until now, the airline has only operated scheduled charters on behalf of Airbus between Toulouse and Hamburg. Volotea will be offering eight new routes from Germany to France and Italy, where it operates bases. The...

Will a single ticket (and possibly a single fare) for public transport be the big idea for European transport in 2023? Following the introduction of the €9 ticket last year in Germany - a promotion allowing travel for a month on all regional public transport - the success of the operation has led...

B&B hotels continue to expand in France. At the end of last year, the budget hotel chain strengthened its offering in the Grand Est region with the acquisition of several Roi Soleil establishments from the Nehô group. Located in Mundolsheim, Holtzheim and Schiltigheim near Strasbourg, and in Sausheim and Kingersheim near Mulhouse, the...

The need to (re)travel will have boosted La Compagnie's business in 2022, according to CEO Christian Vernet. "We carried 49,000 passengers last year, with an average load factor of 75%. This result enabled us to post our first ever profit of one million euros", he points out. A number of factors explain...

The announcement was made official on 31 January by the Metropolitan Council. Rouen is to get a Convention Centre by 2030-2031. The "Lapeyre" site has been chosen as the location for this new infrastructure, which will contribute to the transformation of the west of Rouen. It will include an amphitheatre with a capacity of 1,000 seats,...

It's time to take stock at Caen-Carpiquet airport, whose management presented its 2022 results on 31 January. The Caen hub had a good year, welcoming no fewer than 301,395 passengers last year. Caen-Carpiquet therefore significantly exceeded the traffic forecast for 2021, with growth of almost 33%. Above all,...

With around twenty luxury hotels around the world today and another thirty or so to come, the Six Senses brand, which became part of IHG following its acquisition in 2019, has no shortage of ambition. Not least because the future of this brand, launched in 1995 around exclusive resorts with a focus on sustainability and well-being, is being written...

Updated on 19 January at 12 noon. Budget chain B&B Hotels closed out 2022 with the inauguration of several establishments, notably in Bourg-en-Bresse, but also in Toulon with an 82-room hotel conveniently located for business travellers. Featuring the B&B urban concept with contemporary furnishings and refined graphics, the new hotel is...

When they opened their email inboxes this morning, passengers found a message from SNCF inviting them to "go for it" and take advantage of Connect Days and its 150,000 Inoui TGV tickets sold on SNCF Connect from €29 one way to Dunkirk in particular, €35 to Rennes and Nancy, and €49 to...