Frankfurt

And one, and two, and three Scandic hotels in Frankfurt. The hotel group has just officially announced on Wednesday the arrival of a new recruit on the German hotel scene. Expected in 2027, it will clearly target business customers. Its proximity to Messe Frankfurt already guarantees it continuous demand in the business tourism market. CEO Jens…

"After more than 30 years of intensive use since its inauguration in 1994, Terminal 2 was in need of a deep refurbishment": this is how Fraport management summarises the challenge of this transformation, which was initiated by Frankfurt Airport on 9 June. It added: "thanks to the recent inauguration of Terminal 3 and the capacities...

It took 11 years for the terminal to welcome its first passengers and aircraft. A duration that, in fact, corresponded to the planning and which Fraport did not fail to proudly highlight. Indeed, it's a far cry from the dithering and delays of Berlin Brandenburg International Airport; or the construction of the...

The BDL - Bundesverband der Deutschen Luftverkehrswirtschaft (Federation of the German Air Transport Industry) - has just published its annual review of German air transport. It's a gloomy assessment, even if there are signs of a timid recovery. The findings are bitter indeed. According to Joachim Lang, Managing Director of the BDL,...

Lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary is now being deployed in Frankfurt, after Munich. The carrier launched the first flights of its City Line subsidiary on 10 February from its main hub, complementing its Munich base. The latter was inaugurated in the summer of 2024. Lufthansa City Line is stationing 13 aircraft there, having...

Frankfurt airport retains its pre-eminence as Lufthansa's central hub. And as such, it remains the focus of the airline's attention. Lufthansa has just reopened its Premium Check-In area. This area is reserved for First Class passengers, as well as for customers with a valid...

An internal Lufthansa document has been leaked to the business daily 'Handelsblatt'. The document refers to a complete reorganisation of the group's corporate structure. According to Handelsblatt, the beginning of 2026 should mark a mini-revolution. The head office in Frankfurt will take on more responsibilities. While the...

With the purchase of 50 trainsets due for delivery in 2030, Eurostar has unveiled the three new services that could be offered between now and then: London-Frankfurt, London-Geneva and Amsterdam-Brussels-Geneva. The number of Eurostar cross-Channel rail frequencies will also be increased, with the aim of boosting traffic by 2 million passengers...

From 20 to 22 May, all eyes in the MICE and business travel sectors will once again be on IMEX Frankfurt. All the big names in business tourism will be at Messe Frankfurt. Once again this year, the promise of ambitious business meetings. Proof, if proof were needed, of the prospects opening up for...

It would be hard to find a more symbolic location in the heart of Frankfurt's financial district: the former headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Kimpton, the luxury and lifestyle brand of the IHG group, is part of the transformation of the office tower which, until the middle of the last decade, housed the staff of Germany's leading bank. The first...

This is one of the latest trends in additional services. After considering on-board baggage as a financial windfall by imposing it as an ancillary charge to the detriment of the passenger, airlines are now turning it into a source of satisfaction. Their aim is laudable, to say the least: to lighten the burden on passengers. Lufthansa is...

ADP and Fraport, the operators of the Paris and Frankfurt airports, have released their figures for January. Two opposite trends emerge from these figures. Paris Airports recorded an increase in passenger traffic of 8.7% compared with January 2024. This increase was driven by the performance of Paris CDG (+10.5%) rather than by...

We know that Deutsche Bahn is facing enormous difficulties in ensuring the punctuality of its trains. This is confirmed by a recent ranking by Transport & Environment (T&E), which analyses the performance of 27 European rail operators. DB is ranked 23rd out of 27. One piece of good news is the reopening on 14 December of the...

Already well represented in Frankfurt with eight establishments, the Hilton group has found a new address of choice in Germany's main business metropolis. A green hotel, set in a 10-hectare park, frequented by visiting stars and celebrities, from Bill Clinton to Michael Jackson, from Mikhail Gorbachev to the football team...

Providing an ad hoc response to the sector's new needs: this is the credo of the IMEX Frankfurt event, to which business travel and MICE professionals will be converging from 14 May. With a global representation in terms of exhibitors, conferences covering the most topical issues and opportunities, IMEX Frankfurt will be the place to be...

A new MICE centre will soon be appearing at the Frankfurt hub, more precisely next to the Lufthansa Aviation Center (LAC). The German airline made the start of construction official on 12 April, with the aim of opening in 2026. The inauguration will coincide with the airline's centenary. The brand new...

Comparison is not reason for Europe's main airports, which are still looking nostalgically at the 2019 statistics. On the road to recovery, these international hubs are making progress, and prefer to look to the figures for 2022 for a more flattering benchmark. With 79 million and 59.4 million passengers respectively...

After Vienna and soon Paris, the lyf brand, part of the Ascott group, will be adding Frankfurt to its list of European destinations. Located in the lively Ostend district, home to numerous theatres and cultural venues as well as the new headquarters of the European Central Bank, lyf Frankfurt will embody this new generation of aparthotels tailored to the expectations of a clientele...

Frankfurt International Airport's future Terminal 3 will be open to competition, while Terminals 1 and 2 will be left to the Lufthansa group and its Star Alliance partners: this is the future of the German hub. Terminal 3 will open its doors in the summer of 2026, offering airlines additional capacity of 19...

Determined to maintain its status as one of Europe's leading hubs, Frankfurt airport is pursuing its policy of investment and innovation. The latest milestone was the announcement on 26 October that the airport now has full biometric coverage. In other words, all the airlines at the German airport can now use facial biometrics as a means of identification, and...