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The long-awaited reopening earlier this year of the luxury Radisson Collection Berlin, after a dramatic incident that ravaged its lobby and destroyed its flagship attraction, its gigantic aquarium, crowned the hotel group's expansion phase after a historic year in 2024. Its best year ever in terms of openings, as...

Marriott's dominance of the luxury hotel sector is well established. But the American group also intends to strengthen its position in the mid-range hotel sector, by attacking it from its most affordable angle. While its portfolio already includes a number of brands in this niche, such as Fairfield Inn, Four Points by Sheraton and Courtyard, on the...

Novotel continues to expand its network in Europe. This summer, the brand, which is present in 24 countries with more than 300 hotels in the region, will discover two new countries, firstly Croatia with a first hotel in Zagreb. Located on the eastern outskirts of the Croatian capital, around fifteen minutes from both the city centre and the airport...

Verdi, the German transport union, is striking again. After two regional strikes in Cologne and Hamburg ten days ago, a new 24-hour "warning" strike by airport security staff is scheduled for Monday 10 March. It affects 13 airports in the country. Also...

The German transport union Verdi is striking again this February with its demand for a pay rise in the sector. It's almost become a classic, since it seems that every year now, the first quarter of the year equals a transport strike in the country. It began last Friday...

Air transport is growing in Germany, but perhaps not as much as hoped. These are the findings of the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), which has just published the results for 2024 for Germany's 22 main airports. These airports handled 211.4 million passengers. This represents an increase of 7.7 1Q3 on the previous year.

After the new hotels expected in 2025 in Paris and the major French cities, Voyages d'Affaires takes a look at the openings planned for this year in the major European cities. Part one: a selection of hotels in Northern and Central Europe. GERMANY Berlin Radisson Collection Berlin (first quarter 2025) Two...

84.3% of trains arriving on time. Deutsche Bahn can only dream of this figure: it was the figure 20 years ago, in 2004. Two decades later, the German rail company's record on train punctuality is appalling: 62.5% of ICE (high-speed) and IC trains arrived on time...

Châteauform' will get off to a good start in 2025 with the start of operations in January at 3 Mazarium, the Institut de France's events venue. What prospects does this award offer you? Benjamin Abittan - We have a lot of faith in it. It's a venue with the kind of character we like at Châteauform', even more steeped in history than usual. If we have...

Condor is one of the major German airlines specialising in flights to holiday destinations. Founded in 1955 with Lufthansa holding 26%, the airline has its main base at Frankfurt airport. It offers a wide range of flights to the Caribbean. But also to Africa, North America, Asia...

With more than 320 establishments in Germany, Accor will be strengthening its budget offering with several hotels in the ibis family of brands, perfectly positioned to cater for business travellers. Among the openings planned for 2025 is an ibis and ibis budget combo near Berlin-Brandenburg airport, marking the first time the French group has set up operations...

The EuroAirport is already linked by bus to the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways), SNCF and DB (Deutsche Bahn) rail networks via Basel, Saint-Louis and Freiburg im Breisgau stations. With the new "FREUND" (for "FRankreich-EUroAirport-Navette-Deutschland") link, the stations of Weil am Rhein (Basel) and...

This was a demand from business travellers who wanted cheaper rail fares that were nevertheless more flexible than the traditional "Sparpreis" reduced fares. This demand has been recognised by Deutsche Bahn (DB), which is launching a new offer, Sparpreis Business, on 1 January. Admittedly, passengers using the Sparpreis Business will only have to use the...

The IHG group is taking full advantage of its franchise agreement with the Novum Hospitality group to expand its position in Germany. Of the hundred or so hotels that have joined the group, some that previously carried the The niu brand are in the process of joining the Holiday Inn brand, while others are moving towards the long-stay Candlewood Suites brand....

We've often talked about it on the Voyages d'Affaires website: the increase in taxes on air transport in Germany is now having a major impact on the development of air travel in that country. The decision by the French authorities to multiply air taxes and charges between three and eight times through the "Solidarity Tax on...

With its mid-December timetable change, Deutsche Bahn (DB) will be offering more international train journeys. The range of services is up by 25% compared with 2019. This means more than 330 daily journeys linking Germany directly to twelve neighbouring countries. One of the highlights is the new daily ICE service linking Paris to Berlin via Strasbourg....

Since their launch in France last April, Michelin has been steadily expanding the range of its Clefs, the hotel counterpart to its starred restaurants. Following in the footsteps of Italy, Spain, Japan, North America and Thailand, several major European countries are now seeing their most prestigious or distinctive hotels recognised. At the beginning of October...

The airline industry is once again up in arms over an idea put forward by Michel Barnier's new government to reduce France's abysmal deficit: raising taxes on air transport. There's nothing original about this idea, which is often seen as an easy way to bring money into the budget....

IHG has passed the 200-hotel mark in Northern Europe, with almost the same number of establishments to come: IHG is strengthening its position in this key market which, for the British group, includes the countries of Eastern Europe as well as Scandinavia and Germany. In the latter country, the growth in the offer is particularly noticeable, with IHG beginning to draw...

The Deutschlandticket should cost 58 euros a month from January 2025, instead of the current 49 euros. This is the decision taken by the transport ministers of the various German Länder. According to Oliver Krischer, head of the transport department in North Rhine-Westphalia, "the agreement reached shows that the Länder want to maintain and develop the Deutschland Ticket in...