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Aurora Group announced on 15 August that construction of its double hotel in London has entered its final phase. It is due to open its doors this year. The building will bring together two establishments: the Crowne Plaza London and the Holiday Inn Express London hotel. Business travellers will be able to reach their rooms from the terminal...

Britain's planned withdrawal from the European Union in March 2019 - two years after it officially began the process of leaving the EU - could have led to a slowdown in passenger numbers on air routes between France and the UK. On the contrary, according to...

For the first time in more than a decade, Barcelona is back in first place in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) rankings of the world's biggest convention cities. The Catalan metropolis had not enjoyed such an honour since 2004. With 195 major international events, it moves up from third to first place...

How would you sum up the 2018 edition of the Business Travel Show? David Chapple - It was an unqualified success. You only had to stand in the main aisle to see that: the stands were bigger, more creative and livelier. The number of participants rose again, from 7962 to 8608 visitors, an increase of 8%....

Already present in terminals 2 and 5 at Heathrow airport, Regus took up residence in terminal 3 on 6 February. Located just ahead of the security checkpoints, this new Regus Express business centre covers more than 450 m². It boasts twelve meeting rooms, a wi-fi network and a range of services including...

Mama Shelter will be making its London debut in 2019-2020. Property investor Crosstree has just appointed the brand founded by the Trigano family to manage a recently acquired 178-room establishment in the Shoreditch district. Before being handed over to Mama Shelter, the RE Hotel will embark on a programme of...

The Business Travel Show has been bringing business travel professionals together in London for 24 years now. The 2018 edition is fast approaching, with the event opening its doors on 21 February. It will bring together in one place - Olympia London - the key players in international business travel, bringing together suppliers and...

Following on from the Old War Office, which is to be transformed into a Raffles hotel, it has been announced that another British royal landmark is to be converted into a hospitality centre. And not the least, since it is the famous Admiralty Arch in London, designed by Sir Aston Webb, who also designed the façade of its neighbour, the...

To say that London rhymes with prestige is almost a pleonasm. The British capital's hotel offer is constantly being enriched by new establishments housed in locations steeped in history. In recent months, for example, Four Seasons has set up shop at Ten at Trinity Square, behind the monumental neo-classical façade of the former headquarters of the Port Authority, or...

Uber will no longer be able to operate in London. The British capital's public transport authorities, Regulator Transport for London (TfL), have just announced that they will not be renewing its operating licence, which expires on 30 September. The main complaint against the world leader in VTC is that Uber is not complying with safety standards...

What is London's strategy for developing the MICE sector despite Brexit? Barbara Jamison - We're waiting for the visa issue to be clarified; the government needs to clarify this point as quickly as possible. This is very important, whatever the sector of activity: Fintech, technologies linked to the...

According to UK national statistics, the UK welcomed 37.61 million visitors with at least one overnight stay last year, an increase of 4.13% on the previous year. London alone accounted for 50.7% of market share, confirming its position as Europe's leader with 19.06 million tourists...

After the Paris-London route, the new Eurostar e320 trains are starting to run between London and Brussels. To accommodate these higher-capacity Siemens trains, the terminal at Brussels-Midi station has had to be reconfigured, with an enlarged departure area and an optimised check-in area for the installation of passport control...

After making their debut at the end of 2015 on the Paris-London route, Eurostar's new e320 trains will enter service on 28 May on the London-Brussels route. Passengers travelling between the British and Belgian capitals will be able to enjoy the enhanced comfort offered by these trains developed by Siemens and designed by the Italian company Pininfarina....

If Paris is the world's conference capital, London is now the world's connectivity capital. This is the message sent out by London's tourism bosses on 10 May in a study by fDi Benchmark. The study points out that the capital's six airports link it to 336 destinations around the world:...

The year 2017 marked the return in force of British Airways to French skies. After a remarkable comeback at Nantes airport after a nine-year absence, the airline landed in Montpellier on 3 May. Business travellers in the Languedoc region had not seen a BA aircraft land for ten...

Eurostar has just opened a new business lounge in the Gare du Nord. Had "The Lounge", designed by Philippe Starck in 2008, become outdated? Nicolas Petrovic - The inauguration of this new Business Premier lounge is part of a wider investment in the Gare du Nord, particularly in the area dedicated to Eurostar, and...

The figures for the Business Travel Show 2017, held in London on 22 and 23 February, are now in. For its 23rd edition, the British business travel show brought together 437 European buyers - there were 399 a year earlier - and recorded an increase in attendance of 3%. "We have...

The Warwick Hotels group is making its London debut with the acquisition of The Capital hotel in upmarket Knightsbridge and its neighbour, the Hotel Levin. Located on Basil Street, near Hyde Park, these five-star establishments have an intimate, typically British feel. While The Capital has 49 rooms and...

Four Seasons now has a second London hotel, adding to the luxury Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane. This time, it's not the edge of Hyde Park that welcomes the Canadian group, but the City's business district. Housed in a listed building - the former headquarters of the Port of London Authority which...