France

In 2017, SNCF recorded a profit of €1.5 billion. This year, the national rail carrier broke that record. According to revelations in the daily Le Parisien, SNCF will have made a record profit of €2.2 billion this year. This information is due to be officially confirmed by the rail operator next February, at its annual...

On Thursday 15 December, Transavia France announced the reinforcement of its 2023 summer schedule. The low-cost subsidiary of the Air France group will be launching 7 new international routes. From its Paris-Orly base, the airline is offering flights to four new destinations for the first time. Paphos (Cyprus) will benefit from one flight a week...

On 7 December, easyJet announced a number of flights about to be launched from French airports. While some of the routes were already known - the airline had already announced its Nice-Copenhagen route last October - it had a few surprises in store for French travellers. Starting with two domestic routes which will be offered in...

The European Commission has approved the French government's intention to limit short-haul flights on its domestic network. Its decision was published at the end of the week in the EU's Official Journal, and welcomed by the Minister in charge of the dossier. "Mr Clément Beaune, the French Minister for Transport, welcomes the decision of...

At the end of the year, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions met in Paris to promote their major MICE destinations through workshops for professionals. This was an opportunity for them to highlight the current and future developments in business tourism in their main cities. New infrastructures, new offers...

hotelF1 is undoubtedly the Accor group brand with the strongest "business" customer mix, even more so than Novotel, Pullman or Ibis. Even more so than Novotel, Pullman or Ibis. In fact, 80% of its sales come from business bookings. Its low-cost accommodation attracts a large number of construction and public works workers and sales reps passing through, the...

From major international hubs to smaller hubs, the decarbonisation drive at French airports is mobilising the entire industry. So much so that international bodies are now hailing the exemplary role played by French airports, as was the case at the fourth annual congress of French airports &...

Nice-Côte d'Azur airport is facing a veritable festival of new and reopened routes this winter. The programme, which includes 22 new routes, confirms the upward trend at France's second-largest airport. In fact, over the first ten months of 2022, Nice welcomed 10.57 million...

In a video posted on YouTube on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron announced his desire "to fulfil our ecological ambition [...] that we have a major national ambition, to develop an RER network, urban trains in 10 major conurbations, 10 major French metropolises". The President wants "a real urban transport strategy" to be put in place,...

The French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) continues to note the upturn in air traffic in France. In its latest economic report for October, it states that the traffic rate corresponds to 89.5% of that recorded for the same month in 2019. This is the best monthly traffic recovery rate recorded since...

Oil prices have risen by 50% in the space of a year, salaries have been revised upwards in the face of inflation, and the dollar - the sector's currency of exchange - has appreciated by 40% against the euro: like all economic players, the air transport sector is experiencing strong pressure on its production costs. "Faced with...

Beauvais Tillé considers itself to be the "third Paris airport", despite its rather considerable distance - the hub is 77km from Paris itself. With no dedicated rail transport, the airport is accessible by shuttle bus from Porte Maillot. The journey generally takes 1 hour 15 minutes or more. So what are the advantages of...

With Paris hotels recording 88% in occupancy, over 80% in Bordeaux establishments and a similar level in the major French cities, the results presented by In Extenso Tourisme, Culture et Hôtellerie (TCH) for the month of September confirm the return of business travellers to the...

Wojo has teamed up with Mama Shelter to develop the hotel chain's coworking brand, Mama Works. The flexible workspace specialist now has a brand licence to roll out Mama Works in France and Europe, including the UK. It's a logical move, given that the two brands have been...

An apartment hotel is being prepared in Paris, a new brand strategy is being considered, and massive investment is being made in the renovation of its establishments: Appart City intends to maintain its pre-eminent position in the French long-stay accommodation market. With its hundred or so city residences positioned in the budget and mid-range segments, Appart City is one of the...

The Mama Shelter brand's expansion into French provincial cities has been in the pipeline since the announcement at the end of last year of new hotels in Nice, Dijon and Rennes. Among these destinations, Brittany is set to launch this salvo of openings by welcoming, from March 2023, the ninth hotel in the lifestyle brand created...

At a time when the French government is urging French people and businesses to reduce their energy consumption, there are countless companies involved in business travel that are implementing energy-saving plans, particularly in the areas of transport, accommodation and Mice, such as the SNCF, the RATP and the hotel chain...

Air traffic in France continues to improve, according to the latest statistics from the DGAC covering the period January-August. The number of passengers in mainland France in August represented 87.5% of its 2019 traffic level and 77.1% cumulatively since January. This translates into traffic of 94...

The project to extend Terminal 2 at Nice airport was presented in 2018. At the time, the traffic outlook remained positive, as the Covid crisis had not passed. By 2019, Nice's two terminals had almost reached saturation point, with 14.5 million passengers. Theoretical capacity is set at...

Marriott has set its sights on Paris Basketball for its entry into the arena of French sport. The partnership between the Marriott Bonvoy programme and the Paris club was made official on 29 September. "We've been looking for a sports partner in France for some time, and we've found the right one...