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While Transdev has been operating the Marseille-Toulon-Nice line since June, the Southern Region opted on Friday to keep SNCF as operator of the East Provence and Alps lines, following the call for tenders launched in 2024 as part of the opening up of rail competition. Passengers should therefore see no real difference in...

Strasbourg's Palais de la Musique et des Congrès (PMC) celebrated its 50th anniversary this weekend with a series of conferences dedicated to MICE, a grand concert of Mahler's 1st symphony and a Saturday opening to the public. Inaugurated in 1975 as the home of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and...

Radisson is stepping up its expansion in France. After recently announcing several key developments, including the takeovers of the Pullman at Roissy CDG and the Banke Opera hotel in Paris, the group is conquering a new major regional city with the opening of a hotel in Clermont-Ferrand. After Reims in 2024, then Montpellier last spring, and before Cannes and...

"We will RockyPop you": the promise emblazoned on the 96 keys of RockyPop Marseille sums up the establishment's philosophy pretty well. Like the brand's three other addresses - in Chamonix, Flaine and Grenoble - the new star in Marseille plays the card of musical culture, the 7th art and...

How is La Compagnie's traffic between France and the United States currently performing? Christian Vernet - Our results differ somewhat from those of other carriers, since our fiscal year runs from November to October. For the 2024-2025 financial year, we've got off to a very strong start, with significant growth in sales and excellent traffic forecasts. However...

IHG Hotels & Resorts is setting out its ambitions for voco in Southern Europe. The hotel group has just announced nine contracts for future openings, bringing its European network to 35 properties in operation and 22 under development. "We are delighted to see voco continue its impressive growth," commented Eric Viale, President of IHG Hotels & Resorts.

France has narrowly escaped further chaos at its airports. On Sunday evening, following last-minute negotiations, the main air traffic controllers' union announced that it was abandoning the strike planned for 7 to 9 October. This decision means that hundreds of flights will not have to be cancelled across the country...

The Best Western network has added nine new establishments in France since the start of 2025, while a number of new openings are scheduled for the second half of the year, with three new hotels due to open in the coming weeks. This expansion covers the whole of France, from Brittany to the Côte d'Azur, and...

On the sidelines of the strike on 2 October - which will not affect the airline industry as a whole, except at Beauvais - another strike is in the offing. On 29 September, the Syndicat National des Contrôleurs du Trafic Aérien (National Union of Air Traffic Controllers) issued a notice of strike action. The SNCTA is calling for strike action on 7, 8 and 9 October, and specifies "For...

According to the latest figures released by Marseille airport, summer traffic did not reach last year's record levels due to external events in July. The air traffic controllers' strike and the huge fires around the airport led to the cancellation of almost 400 flights. But the airport also points out that...

Volotea's rise to power on the domestic network is confirmed. The low-cost airline's offensive in French airspace is now moving westwards. The low-cost carrier inaugurated the Rennes-Toulouse flight on 1 September. "We're delighted to announce the inauguration of this new route linking Toulouse to Rennes", says Gilles Gosselin, Director France...

Blockades of stations, roads and airports: the consequences for business travel on 10 September of a multi-faceted social movement, including raids here and there - update: and which included an attempted break-in at Paris Gare du Nord and various incidents blocking train tracks in...

Updated on 11 September at 11am The refurbishment of the Campanile network continues. The new impetus given by Louvre Hotels to its historic brand is reflected in a vast renovation programme throughout France, as part of the five-year strategic plan of the second-largest hotel group in France and Europe....

After establishing a website for the general public in 2024, Nouvelle-Calédonie Tourisme is launching a new website dedicated exclusively to travel professionals and influencers. This site brings together the strategic content needed to understand and work on New Caledonia as a destination. It includes A presentation of the archipelago, its attractions and tourist targets. It contains themed fact sheets...

Business travellers may not have realised it, but the Hilton group now has a new brand for its expansion in France: Spark by Hilton. Launched in Lyon in mid-summer, on the banks of the Saône, this brand positioned at the top end of the budget segment...

With the reopening of the Cour des Loges in Lyon as the Radisson Collection, new hotels in Montpellier and Reims, and the addition of the Relais de la Malmaison in the Paris region, the Radisson group has already expanded its portfolio of hotels in France in recent months. This expansion will continue in the coming years...

While we wait for a clearer picture of the consequences of the "Let's block everything" strike on 10 September, another date could be black in the diaries of business travellers. The Syndicat National des Contrôleurs du Trafic Aérien (SNCTA) is calling for strike action on 18 September. Strike on 18 September: the movement is gaining ground...

Dusit International, probably Thailand's largest hotel group with global operations, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SYDEL, a French property investment company. The agreement covers the creation of Dusit France, a joint venture that will launch the Dusit brand in France. It will focus on identifying opportunities for Dusit Hotels and...

With 2.5 million arrivals in 2024, France is the main European and world source market for Morocco. This represents a market share of 27.5 % of total international arrivals in 2024. The figure explains Royal Air Maroc's decision to reinstate four routes suspended in 2017 and...

A landing at Budapest airport, a new hotel in Pantin near Paris, a first establishment in Krakow, Poland: in recent months, the Tribe brand has been spreading its contemporary spirit in several major European destinations. Design, a "top-of-the-range style at a fair price", entertainment concentrated in...