Germany

Without triumphalism, but nevertheless with a healthy dose of optimism. This is what the press release from the German Airports Association ADV suggests, as it has just presented its traffic forecasts for the year ahead. The association estimates that passenger traffic growth should be around 4.2% this year. This represents a 0.7 point...

Business travellers visiting Germany's 7th largest airport clearly missed the Lufthansa lounge in Stuttgart. Heiko Reitz, Hub Manager Munich and CCO of Lufthansa Airlines, has this to say: "Many privileged customers sorely missed 'their lounge' in Stuttgart during the closure. So I'm all the more delighted that we can...

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is significantly boosting services on its busiest routes with the introduction of its new 2026 timetable on 14 December. In total, 21 cities on the ICE high-speed network will now benefit from half-hourly service, almost double the number of services offered last year. The German rail company...

In the end, there will be no Deutsche Bahn (DB) ICE 3 trains in London as envisaged by the German rail company in 2013. However, DB is reviving its plans to link the British capital to Germany by signing a memorandum with Eurostar to launch London-Frankfurt services in early 2030...

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...

It has been a struggle that has lasted several years, but it has finally borne fruit. After demonstrating for almost a decade that rising air taxes and operating costs were endangering German air transport - and the country's competitiveness - the airline industry has finally convinced the German federal government. The government...

Some cities just don't speak to visitors. Düsseldorf is no exception. Perhaps this is the best reason to discover this city on the Rhine, one of Germany's largest metropolises. Perhaps the reason for Düsseldorf's relative lack of image is that the city has still not succeeded in...

From January to June 2025, the German Airports Association (ADV) recorded 99.43 million passengers at German airports. This is +2.8 % more passengers than the previous year. Nevertheless, passenger traffic is still 15.8% lower than in the same period of 2019. Total commercial aircraft movements, at 0.89 million,...

Richard Lutz, the boss of Deutsche Bahn (DB), is being pushed out because of the German rail company's recurring problems with train punctuality. The company has come under fire from users, but also from the German government, which has opted for this radical decision...

Lyft's ambitions for the European market are becoming clearer by the minute. The acquisition of Freenow, made official last April, promised the VTC platform a solid network on the Old Continent. Now Lyft is sending a promising technological message to European users. Lyft is planning to launch...

Almost the hundredth. The Motel One Paris-Porte de Versailles, which has just opened its doors, could have symbolised the passage of a milestone for the German hotelier. Instead, it was in Munich, in the city where it all began 25 years ago, that the group passed this milestone a few weeks ago with the opening of its...

Waldorf Astoria is heading north. This year, the Hilton Group's luxury brand is set to make its Scandinavian debut in Helsinki. The American hotelier has just signed a management agreement with M&L Group to integrate the Hotel Maria, soon to be renamed Waldorf Astoria Helsinki, into its portfolio. Located in the...

"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...

Flixbus is asserting its rail ambitions in Germany with an order for 65 high-speed trains for its subsidiary FlixTrain. Worth €2.4 billion, the order will be split between carriages assembled by the Spanish company Talgo and locomotives built by the German manufacturer Siemens. The contract also includes maintenance of the Talgo 230 trainsets...

"We are a nature and culture destination, with a strong urban identity due to Germany's decentralisation". This description, as told by the Director of ONAT in France, Bénédicte Richer, positions Germany as an excellent alternative for MICE organisers and French business travellers. Béatrice Richer, Director of the Office de...

On the fringes of the IMEX event in Frankfurt, German MICE professionals examined the figures for a market that has overtaken France in the Top 5 of the latest ICCA rankings. The Meeting & Event Barometer, the result of this detailed analysis of business tourism in Germany, is a compilation of data collected over the last...

As part of its expansion in Germany, the IHG group is to roll out a new extended-stay brand hitherto unknown in Europe: Candlewood Suites. Launched in 1995 by Jack DeBoer, one of the pioneers of the extended stay concept and the man behind Residence Inn by Marriott, the brand was taken over by IHG in 2004 and now boasts...

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...

German newspapers point out that the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who is due to take office on 1 May, is an unconditional air traveller. And that he would have a sympathetic ear to the air industry's recriminations about over-taxation in Germany, a factor that discourages airlines from landing...