lounges

Regarded as one of the essential elements of its professional offering, the 11 Grand Voyageur Le Club lounges are receiving particular attention from SNCF Voyageurs. Following the renovation of the Gare de l'Est lounge in January, the company has just reopened access to the one at Paris-Lyon after a nine-week facelift…

After more than two months of work to extend its ground-floor surface area, SNCF has reopened its Grand Voyageur lounge, Le Club TGV Inoui, located in the frescoes gallery between halls 1 and 2 of Paris-Lyon station. This lounge now covers 630 m² after gaining 20…

For over a week now, Paris Est SNCF station has had a completely refurbished TGV Inoui lounge to cater for the 14,000 passengers who use it every month. Located opposite the tracks, right in the heart of the station, the Salon Grand Voyageur Le Club TGV Inoui has undergone major work to make it...

For those involved in business travel and decision-makers in the hotel industry, this is now a must-attend event, where the challenge goes beyond simple fleet management to become a lever for building customer loyalty and generating revenue through electric recharging. A new venue for increased ambition at Le Bourget For this 2026 edition, the event is changing its...

The SNCF operates 11 Grand Voyageur lounges in France, which are one of the key elements of its commercial offering for business travellers. They are regularly updated and even extended. This will once again be the case for the Paris lounge at Gare de Lyon, the busiest...

More space, more services, more comfort: that's the promise made to passengers on the Paris - Clermont-Ferrand line. Not on board the trains, but on the platform at Paris Bercy Bourgogne - Pays d'Auvergne station. The SNCF has just completed a major refurbishment of the Intercités lounge, with...

Eurostar is reopening its Premier Lounge at Gare du Nord after a total renovation. Located at 22 rue de Dunkerque, in the immediate vicinity of the station, this lounge is intended for passengers in the new Premier class deployed on the ex-Thalys European routes - France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany - as well as members of the Eurostar...

Cathay Pacific reopened its most iconic lounge in Hong Kong on 7 May. The Bridge, located at the heart of the airline's hub, has been redesigned with many new features and familiar iconic elements to offer customers an enhanced pre-flight experience. Located in the immediate vicinity of the...

After a recovery phase in 2022, followed by a gradual return to normal in 2023, Paris Region trade shows are now almost all back to pre-Covid levels. Activity in the first half of 2024 is in line with that seen in 2018, the last even-numbered reference year, according to the latest indicators for Paris Region trade shows...

The Air France lounge in San Francisco reopened its doors on 16 June. Highly-anticipated by business travellers, this makeover has seen the lounge gain ground, still at gate A of the international terminal. It now welcomes passengers in an area of 565 sq. m. - 90 sq. m more than the previous...

Signage is not one of Paris-Montparnasse station's strong points, so you have to look hard to find the new Bonport waiting lounge for the first time. Situated in the shopping aisle opposite track 21, this 60 m² space has around twenty seats, in a variety of configurations, so you can be alone or work with others...

The business travel sector meets up every year at IFTM Top Resa, which has become a key marketplace for bringing together its players and working on its major challenges. Over four days, you'll find : The Business Club Every year, this special area brings together the key players in the business travel sector: business boards, travel agencies,...

With business virtually at a standstill from March to December 2020, and the halls desperately empty in the first half of 2021, the Paris Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) has drawn up a bitter assessment of the past few months for the exhibition and congress market. For those who still have doubts, which are doubtless extremely rare, the CCIP confirms, with figures...

After 15 months of closure, how do you see the business resuming? Pablo Nakhle Cerrutti - For Viparis, 2021 will be very much like 2020. Last year, we worked from January to mid-March, i.e. for two and a half months, with some additional activity in September. In 2021, we'll be...

Just as airlines are gradually reopening their premium lounges to business travellers, rail companies are also reopening their lounges. This was the case on Thursday at the Thalys lounge next to the Gare du Nord in Paris. This 180 m² space is once again open to passengers travelling with...

The big event in the meetings & events sector is approaching: IMEX 2018 kicks off in Frankfurt on 15 May. For three days, the various players in the market will be meeting as usual at the Messe Frankfurt exhibition centre. Buyers, suppliers and other specialists in the MICE industry will have the opportunity to...

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%....

The SkyTeam alliance is expanding its range of business lounges with the expected opening of its eighth and ninth worldwide by the end of the year. These new additions come on the heels of the inauguration of a new lounge in Vancouver last November, and following on from North America, the alliance will now be offering its South American business lounges in Santiago,...

On 22 March, Cathay Pacific's brand new Business Lounge will open its doors in Hong Kong. Located on the 7th floor of Terminal 1, at Gate 16, The Deck will welcome First and Business passengers, as well as certain members of the Marco Polo Club and oneworld frequent flyer programmes. It will be...

Business travellers flying to Sydney will soon have access to a revamped Business Lounge. Qantas announced on 22 February that a multi-million dollar refurbishment plan would be launched in the airline's Business Lounge. The design of the new space, conceived by David Caon and Bates...