France

From 2 to 100. The Radisson group is stepping up its efforts to make hotels carbon-free by rolling out its Verified Net Zero (VNZ) hotel programme. To date, the Radisson Manchester City Centre and the Radisson RED Oslo City Centre have served as tests of this policy, highlighting their environmental commitment through 100 % renewable energy, zero...

SNCF Voyageurs has just renewed its partnership agreement with CFF, the Swiss railways, until 2032, to develop rail links between Switzerland, France and neighbouring European countries. The honeymoon between the two carriers has been going on for 45 years, particularly within TGV Lyria, which has...

The Union des Aéroports Français (UAF) has drawn a bitter conclusion from the 2025 results for French airports. France's air transport industry is in a bad way. And the outlook is hardly encouraging, particularly in view of the rise in oil prices. By 2025, French airport traffic had barely reached 210.5 million passengers...

The milestone of 150,000 rooms in Europe has been passed, with a total of over 1,200 hotels open or under development in some forty countries: the IHG group, already among the main players in the hotel industry on the continent with Accor and Louvre Hotels, has further expanded its footprint. Over the course of...

The Yotel group, but also many other establishments. With around a hundred contemporary hotels currently under development, the Hilton group intends to double the size of its lifestyle offering across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. While its portfolio has already doubled over the last three years to reach...

Transavia's expansion at Orly, Air France's low-cost subsidiary, is pushing easyJet to adopt more aggressive marketing tactics to preserve its market share on domestic routes. The orange airline has thus announced an exclusive offer to Flying Blue members, offering them a 50%% discount on any new subscription to…

You recently communicated on a trend: historical sites being redeveloped to host corporate events. Is this really new? Laurent Gabard - No, not really. Personally, I used to work for an operator who, in Lyon with the Hôtel-Dieu, or in Marseille, would seek out iconic heritage sites to turn them into hotels, completely...

Change of strategy for Le Train. While the future rail company was aiming to operate direct high-speed train services between the major cities on the Atlantic seaboard, with Bordeaux-Nantes and Bordeaux-Rennes at the forefront, it has just announced that it wants to operate on the Paris-Nantes and Paris-Bordeaux routes. Two framework agreements have been signed with...

Has 2025 lived up to your expectations? Olivier Cohn - It turned out to be better than we thought. A year ago, we were on the back foot, anticipating a slight fall in our results. Or, at best, stability. In the end, we recorded growth in revenue per room of around 1.5...

Almost every year sees the Eklo group add to its portfolio. After the opening of its Parisian flagship in 2024 in direct proximity to the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre, followed by the expansion of its hotel in Bordeaux in 2025, the budget and eco-friendly chain has just added another major French city to its list of...

Volotea is wasting no time. Less than a month after making Limoges its 12th base in France, the roadmap is taking shape. And the ambition is growing. The carrier has unveiled its flight plan for the French airport. Seven new destinations in addition to Paris Orly. Limoges, the new stronghold...

"The most solid year in the city's history": that's an assessment that, as Toulouse Team celebrates its tenth anniversary, has every reason to be satisfied. If the results unveiled by the city's attraction agency are anything to go by, all the lights are green for the pink city, which has climbed to the top of the...

Trenitalia continues to grow in Europe. The Italian company, part of the FS Group, has just unveiled a revamped logo and a new brand image to accompany the arrival in its fleet, by 2030, of 74 Frecciarossa 1000s, its high-speed trains with a red livery and a single "F"...

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Pierres d'Histoire inaugurated its tenth and largest address to date in the summer of 2024, the Domaine de Richebourg near Houdan in the Yvelines department. True to its principles of safeguarding endangered heritage, this time the accommodation provider has set its sights on an old mill whose...

Two rooms, two atmospheres: while the United States is working on additional constraints for travellers, and the United Kingdom is targeting dual nationals, France is preparing a smoother travel experience at airports. Passengers will be able to use their smartphone to check in and board their flight, thanks to the France Identité application. In practical terms, passengers will be able to use...

The directors of Aéroports de Paris (ADP) - Philippe Pascal, Chairman and CEO, and Justine Coutard, Deputy CEO - presented a good balance sheet for 2025 at a press conference. The ADP Group posted consolidated revenues of €6.7 billion, up 8.91TP3Q compared with 2024, and an increase of 2.6% compared with 2025....

A story of tears, of a tomb of tears as a cradle. The tears shed by the fairies, saddened to have been driven from the forest of Brocéliande, which gave birth to the Gulf of Morbihan. Flooding the land, this lachrymal flow has given rise to a string of islands in which to take refuge, Île aux Moines and Île d'Arz. In...

The Lyon idyll continues for Spark by Hilton, which is keeping the flame alive with a new opening. On 16 February, the Spark by Hilton Lyon Eurexpo hotel, formerly the ParKest hotel, became the third representative of this still recent brand, positioned at the top end of the budget segment. It could quickly become a benchmark address for MICE...

Two years ago, Louvre Hotels Group launched an in-depth transformation plan. How far have you got with this programme? E.B. - To date, 70 subsidiary hotels and 130 franchise hotels have already been renovated. Now that we have achieved the transformation of half of our subsidiary establishments, our...

Despite an international profile that grows stronger every year - 20 countries on five continents - GL events has not forgotten its roots: Lyon. A destination whose appeal the events giant continues to nurture, as confirmed by the results of the past year. By 2025, the group's four Lyon-based venues - Eurexpo Lyon,...