Lisbon

A return to normal, or almost. Paris, which fell to 6th place in the 2024 ICCA rankings, with many organisers avoiding the capital in the Olympic year, has regained its position among the world's leading congress cities in 2025. In the musical chairs game played with Vienna…

A breathtaking view: this is one of the key promises of many hotels around the world. The one offered by this new Hyatt Regency in Canada stands out in this regard, opening onto the exceptional panorama of Niagara Falls. The American group's business-oriented brand is indeed embracing the unique location...

The long-awaited project for a direct rail link between Lisbon and Madrid took a major step forward on 30 October with the signing of an agreement involving the Portuguese and Spanish governments and the European Commission. The service will initially take 5 hours by conventional train between Lisbon and Madrid by 2030, a time that will be reduced...

The IHG group is continuing its expansion in Portugal. Having recently added a number of fine hotels to its portfolio, such as the luxurious Vignette Collection hotels, the Casa da Companhia in Porto and the Convent Square in Lisbon, which revisits a former Dominican convent dating back to the 13th century, the group now has around twenty...

The Vignette Collection is set to double in size within a year. This grouping of non-standardised luxury hotels, launched in summer 2021, currently comprises 11 hotels, including the Casa da Companhia in Porto and the Convent Square in Lisbon, the Sindhorn Midtown hotel in Bangkok and the Yours Truly DC in Washington....

Ponte Aérea, the air shuttle linking Paris Orly to Lisbon, offers business travellers a choice of 16 daily flights operated by TAP Air Portugal between the two capitals - 8 from Lisbon and 8 from Paris. Spread throughout the day, these flights offer a wide choice of...

The Hilton Group, which has been present in Lisbon since 2013 with a DoubleTree hotel, will shortly be expanding its footprint in the Portuguese capital. The hotelier had two establishments there with the addition in early 2022 of a member of the Curio Collection, The Emerald House. It will soon have five with the announcement of three new signings. In spring 2024, the Curio...

Updated on 24 May at 2pm Back to the old days. Although the ICCA presented a list of the major convention cities last year, it was heavily skewed by the large number of events that had to switch to virtual or hybrid formats as a result of the pandemic. With the gradual resumption of 'in person' events throughout...

Melia International has its sights set on Portugal, and Lisbon in particular. A virtual neighbour, the Spanish hotelier has nine hotels in the country, as well as seven under development. Of these, two are due to open in the Portuguese capital next year: a contemporary hotel for its mid-range Innside brand and, above all, a new hotel for its...

The next logical step for this brand inspired by Japanese-style capsule hotels, Yotel is due to open in the heart of Tokyo in 2024, in the Ginza district. Like a return to the seeds of the concept. "The importance that Japan places on technology and innovation has been an important source of inspiration for Yotel since its inception," says Yotel's CEO,...

With around twenty luxury hotels around the world today and another thirty or so to come, the Six Senses brand, which became part of IHG following its acquisition in 2019, has no shortage of ambition. Not least because the future of this brand, launched in 1995 around exclusive resorts with a focus on sustainability and well-being, is being written...

It's almost astonishing, but until now a group on the scale of Hyatt had no presence in Portugal, either in the Algarve, Porto or Lisbon. This anomaly is no longer so with the debut of a Hyatt Regency in the Portuguese capital. To make its entry into the Portuguese market, the American hotelier has set up on the...

EasyJet will be stepping on the toes of its rival Ryanair this winter. The low-cost carrier will be landing at Beauvais, a stronghold of the Irish airline. easyJet's arrival will be a gentle one. It will be offering three flights a week to Lisbon from 1 November from this airport, positioned as the "ultra low-cost hub of Paris". The privatisation...

On 30 October, a new business route will be added to easyJet's Paris catalogue. The airline will link Paris-CDG airport to Liverpool. The daily frequency is expected to attract business customers. The flight programme will run until 23 March. At the same time, easyJet is also planning to...

The opportunity offered by the European Commission's award a month ago of 18 new slots at Lisbon airport has not escaped easyJet. On Wednesday, the airline unveiled its new roadmap for the Portuguese capital. Three additional aircraft - Airbus A321neo - will now be based there, bringing the total number of...

TAP Air Portugal's hub in Lisbon is a key European gateway, at the crossroads of the different continents served by the airline for your business trips. Operating from Paris, as well as Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse, the positioning of the Portuguese national airline often offers the shortest route to its destinations...

A year as troubled as 2021 could only result in a shake-up of the ICCA rankings. The International Congress and Convention Association has just published its benchmark rankings, showing profound changes among the major MICE destinations. The top three no longer include Paris, which has held one or other of the top two positions since...

After Porto in May 2021, Lisbon will soon have a Yotel establishment. Known for its innovative hotels, combining small, high-tech rooms with designer communal areas, the brand initially developed in airport areas is continuing its urban expansion. After Geneva and London this year, Yotel will be setting up in the Portuguese capital in 2024, with a...

Portugal remains one of Europe's most popular destinations for both leisure and business travellers. In fact, the country benefited from the authorities' relative flexibility in welcoming international visitors during the Covid pandemic. It has also benefited from the transfer of leisure travellers to the destination with the closure of destinations...

Mama Shelter is proving popular in southern European cities. After opening in Rome last October, the lifestyle brand will be setting up in Lisbon on 12 January. For this Portuguese foray, Mama Shelter has found an address in the heart of the capital, Rua do Vale de Pereiro, close to the emblematic...