France

The knife has fallen. After threatening to drastically reduce its offer in France as a result of the increase in air taxes, low-cost carrier Ryanair has taken action. The airline has announced a 13 % reduction in its capacity in France this winter, resulting in the loss of 750,000 seats, the cancellation of 25 routes and...

"Ready to pull on the yellow jersey? Pavel Pogacar will no doubt be unmoved by the invitation from Lease a Bike, the sponsor of his main rival Jonas Vingegaard's team for overall victory in the Tour de France. Europe's leading company bike hire company took advantage of the exhibition at the...

A three-star acquisition. The Logis Hotels Group has announced an important addition to its portfolio with the integration, currently under discussion, of the Teritoria chain, backed by Alain Ducasse and founded in 1975. Previously known as Les Collectionneurs, Teritoria boasts 316 upmarket hotels and restaurants in Europe, notably in France and Italy,...

After Brittany and the Liziec estate near Vannes, opened at the end of last year, the MGallery Collection of hotels is heading further south along the Atlantic coast this summer, to the Basque Country. The Accor Group's intimate luxury brand has just set up shop in Biarritz, just a stone's throw from the ocean and...

Here's some news that's going to spoil the holidays for the French air transport industry. The government, still desperate to make up the public deficit, is considering taxing... air transport! The idea is extremely original. But it is true that the measure is well received by some sections of public opinion,...

On Tuesday lunchtime, traffic was interrupted at Marseille Provence airport. The cause: a fire at Les Pennes-Mirabeau (13) which broke out in the morning, coupled with gusty winds. Take-offs and landings are currently suspended. Marseille airport stated on its website: "Due to a fire at Les Pennes Mirabeau, all flights...

Updated on 2 July at 8:30 pm The attempt at conciliation by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on 25 June has failed. The call for strike action on 3 and 4 July issued by the UNSA-ICNA union, the second largest among air traffic controllers, has even been joined by a...

In the end, it will be Velvet, the trade name chosen by the Proxima group from among countless proposals for its high-speed trains, due to run along the Atlantic seaboard from 2028. It is the most advanced project of the SNCF's competitors, starting from scratch, with Proxima having announced last June that it would...

The Campanile Perpignan Nord and Toulouse Balma - Cité de l'espace and the Kyriad Prestige in Compiègne and Saint-Malo: these recently renovated establishments all embody the expected renewal of Louvre Hotels. Last year, the group re-launched a new dynamic by rethinking its brands and transforming them accordingly....

Next autumn, on 17 October to be exact, Bergerac will take on a new dimension on the events scene in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as our colleagues from Déplacements Pros have spotted. The Etincelle space will be inaugurated with great fanfare and a concert, before hosting more studious MICE operations throughout the year. The new centre will replace...

The new Factories Malakoff address will officially open its doors on 1 July, just outside Paris. To be precise, at 1 rue Augustine Variot, in the central square of Malakoff. Business customers will discover a 967 m² space, with 56 fully-equipped offices. The Factories Malakoff site will also offer...

The aim of the conciliation meeting organised by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) with UNSA-ICNA on Wednesday 25 June was to avoid a mobilisation "with serious consequences for users and those involved in air transport, at both national and European level". UNSA-ICNA is the second-largest union among air traffic controllers, but it is in the minority. It is well-established in some...

Being the leader in your own country always leaves room for improvement. Accor demonstrated this in the first half of the year with the opening of more than twenty new hotels in France, providing more than 1,700 new rooms. "France continues to offer a wealth of development opportunities for the Group, as demonstrated by this extremely buoyant first half of the year.

"Fabrice Collet, Chairman of B&B Hotels, is very proud of the work accomplished over the past 35 years and very enthusiastic about everything that remains to be built. The future of a group that was founded in Brittany in 1990 and has gradually established itself as one of the world's leading...

At the height of the summer heat, low-cost carrier easyJet has just published its programme of new services for the winter season from France and the UK. From France, the airline is strengthening its network, in particular at Paris CDG and Strasbourg, in addition to a number of routes around the Christmas period to Bordeaux and...

His love of the sea. Georges Pernoud shared his love of the sea with millions of French people through his television programme Thalassa for decades, until his death in 2021. La Rochelle Tourism & Events is paying tribute to this emblematic figure of France's maritime heritage by renaming one of its meeting places, the Forum des...

Here's a survey that has certainly pleased the aviation world and challenges the idea that the French are increasingly hostile to flying. A survey carried out by the FNAM (Fédération Nationale de l'Aviation et de ses Métiers) in conjunction with the Union des Aéroports Français and with the support of Air France-KLM has analysed...

Welcome Family" and pet-friendly offers, special rates for senior citizens... And what about business travellers? Without, far from it, turning its back on its main clientele, Appart'City is relying on the growing recognition of aparthotels to strengthen its appeal to the general public. We have a lot of room for growth in the leisure sector," says...

Laurence Gaborieau, Managing Director of the IFTM, chose the Embassy of the Dominican Republic as the venue for the announcement of the latest news and developments for IFTM 2025. The Dominican Republic will be the guest of honour at the next show, which will be held at Paris Expo from 23 to 25 September. "There is a very good dynamic. The 2025 edition is looking very promising...

Air traffic in mainland France over the first four months of the year continued to grow at a more than respectable rate. Between January and April 2025, France recorded 51.8 million passengers, an increase of 5.3% compared with the same period in 2024. We can see that the increase in air taxes, effective...