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Transavia is strengthening its Montpellier base for the winter season with the launch of daily flights to Orly. The airline will be offering up to 25 flights a week with Boeing 737-800s equipped with 189 seats. Sales of these flights began on 2 August. This new route completes the airline's winter schedule...

The decisions taken by the various health authorities are hardly favourable to French bee, which has been forced to adapt its timetables. Two events are affecting the airline's traffic. On 26 July, the American authorities announced that the possibility for Europeans to travel to the United States had been postponed until...

Since 19 July, European citizens have once again been able to travel to the Republic of Ireland in accordance with European Union rules. Conversely, Irish citizens can once again leave the country. People who are vaccinated or negative simply need to prove their status on the European health passport. A simplification of the rules that allows the company to...

The French government has taken measures to restrict movements in response to a new outbreak of Covid-19 in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion. A number of measures have been in place since 30 July. Guadeloupe A curfew has been in force in Guadeloupe since Friday 30 July. Faced with a surge in...

There is a little more clarity about the application of the health pass to transport. Jean-Baptiste Djebbari spoke on the subject on 28 July, suggesting that it would come into force between 7 and 10 August. "For aircraft on domestic flights and for long-distance trains, i.e. the...

Positioned on either side of Rue Nationale, one of Tours' main thoroughfares, the new Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton by Hilton seem to be talking to each other about the city's future as a tourist destination, which has become even more promising since their openings on 30 June. Developed by the Naos Hôtel Groupe and featuring two fast-growing brands...

The government of the hilarious Prime Minister Boris Johnson is never short of a contradiction. After announcing that vaccinated travellers from countries on the 'amber' list (countries with limited covid risk) would be accepted without quarantine, the British government made a U-turn that only it knows the secret of. The European Union was in...

Presented to the National Assembly for a vote on 20 July, the Macron government's "Climate and Resilience" law was born out of the report by the Citizens' Climate Convention. In the end, however, few of the proposals were adopted. According to the follow-up to the Citizens' Climate Convention, 22% of the measures...

Has the resumption of seminar business at your hotel, the Château de Maffliers Demeures de Campagne, lived up to your expectations? Arnaud Feucherolles - We're fairly relaxed about the months ahead, especially as we've been almost overwhelmed by requests since 19 May. I've even had to...

The President's address on 12 July set out a series of new health-related measures. Emmanuel Macron intends to step up the pace of vaccination. "Depending on how the situation develops, we will undoubtedly have to raise the question of compulsory vaccination for all French citizens", he even warned.

"For the past week I've been receiving messages from organisers, all pointing in the same direction: they're talking about postponements and marketing at a standstill. Exhibitors are putting their commitments on hold in the face of the uncertainty surrounding the health situation at the end of the summer": Frédéric Pitrou, general delegate...

It will be a sad tenth anniversary for Thello rail services, a subsidiary of the national railway company Trenitalia. Present in France since 2011, Thello has just announced that it will cease operating services between Paris, Nice, Milan and Venice from 1 July. Thello operated a daily night train service between Paris and...

For all travellers who have not yet been doubly vaccinated against Covid-19, the tests will remain a must for some time to come. Not only are they required to cross borders, they are also the passport to a major event or domestic flight in France and, from 9 July, to a nightclub. In this...

Budget brand B&B Hotels has just added the Netherlands to its list of destinations with its first 93-room property in Zaandam, near Amsterdam. The hotel is currently being modernised to incorporate the new urban design imagined by interior architects Agence D'Istria Studio. This first step in the Netherlands will be followed by others. "In addition to...

Is the development of the Hilton Group, and all its brands, being held back by the crisis? David Heijligers - On the contrary. Despite this unprecedented crisis, Hilton has continued to grow, whether globally, in Europe or in France. Last year, which was a difficult year if ever there was one, we still managed to...

From 9 June, Europeans who have been fully vaccinated will no longer be required to present a negative PCR test to enter France. As the date previously set for the reopening of borders approaches, on 4 June the French government set out the arrangements for the flow of travellers between France and...

"Here we are!" With a tweet, Emmanuel Macron kicked off the second stage of deconfinement symbolised by the reopening of the terraces, with the President of the Republic taking to the stage seated at a café table to materialise the moment. The social network is teeming with examples of personalities who, despite...

What is Lille Grand Palais' strategy in launching this new hybrid offering? Hervé Vauvillier - We could have positioned ourselves on a new purely digital offering, but we opted for the hybrid approach. This can be explained by the DNA of Lille Grand Palais: a convention centre is there...

Before the covid pandemic, Nice-Côte d'Azur airport was linked to some 120 destinations in 44 countries around the world. It was also the airport - outside Paris - with the highest number of long-haul flights. The airport now hopes to quickly regain this status. The 2021 summer schedule seems to support this recovery strategy. The...

The deconfinement process is taking shape in France. A week after Jean Castex's speech, which set 3 May as the start of the relaxation, Emmanuel Macron took up the issue in the regional press. The President confirmed this starting point, which will mark the end of travel restrictions. He also set out the stages...