Lyon

Twin Jet, the French airline specialising in regional transport, is expanding its network and from 17 April will be offering flights between Lyon and Lille airports. The airline will be offering 9 weekly flights with two frequencies per day from Monday to Thursday and a single frequency on Fridays. This route, mainly...

Air Transat has just announced that it will be offering direct flights between Lyon and Montreal next winter. This decision transforms a seasonal flight into a permanent service between the two cities. The airline, which operates up to one daily flight between the two cities during the summer season, will be offering three flights a week in winter. The frequencies at...

Qatar Airways is returning to the ambitious annual growth targets it set every year before the Covid crisis. Fiscal year 2023-2024 will see the opening of seven new destinations around the world. France is one of the markets best served by the rise of Qatar Airways. It will...

Business travellers who pass through Lyon Part-Dieu on a regular basis have been able to watch this new skyscraper, the Tour To-Lyon, rise gradually, almost right up against the station. Designed by architect Dominique Perrault, the 170-metre-high, 43-storey tower is a new focal point for the city. Overlooking the railway hub, it is...

The opening up of the French rail system to competition is gathering pace. Following in the footsteps of Trenitalia, the first AVE (Renfe's high-speed train) from Barcelona arrived in Lyon at midday on Monday for a "dry run", a trial run without passengers in preparation for the imminent arrival of the Spanish national rail company...

Embodying this new hybrid hotel model combining traditional rooms with user-friendly accommodation solutions, Eklo has just added an eighth address in France, in Lyon. After Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Marne-la-Vallée and Toulouse, the group is continuing to expand with a new 111-room, 278-bed establishment in Vénissieux, on the outskirts of Lyon.

Paris/Ile de France Maison Delano Paris (February) American-born luxury lifestyle brand Delano, now part of the Accor group, is coming to Paris. To mark the occasion, an intimate version of its concept, called Maison Delano, will be opening early this year on rue d'Anjou, in the 8th arrondissement. The establishment revisits a former...

On 7 December, easyJet announced a number of flights about to be launched from French airports. While some of the routes were already known - the airline had already announced its Nice-Copenhagen route last October - it had a few surprises in store for French travellers. Starting with two domestic routes which will be offered in...

French cities have no reason to be ashamed of their environmental commitment when it comes to business tourism. The latest Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) shows that Bordeaux has climbed from 9th to 5th place, while Paris has jumped from 55th to 25th. Of course, this ranking, which...

Admittedly, the programme announced by Transavia to Dakar and Istanbul is still too timid for most business travellers. And the low-cost airline makes no secret of the fact that it is targeting "passengers who want to meet up with family and friends and get away to the sun in winter". But the announcement of these two...

Week after week, Freenow's diversification is giving more substance to its ambition to establish itself as Europe's 'Super-App' for mobility. Less than two months ago, the roll-out of a taxi service was announced - a minor revolution for the multi-mobility platform. And now it's the turn of car-sharing...

The title of top city in France - and seventh in the world - won by Lyon in the GDS Index 2021 (Global Destination Sustainability Index) could have marked the culmination of the destination's efforts on the long road to sustainable development. But this is not the case. On the contrary, Lyon's managers are accelerating their efforts with...

DoubleTree by Hilton is continuing its European expansion. First appearing last year in Germany, in Frankfurt, and in Belgium, in Brussels, the business and upmarket brand will be adding to its list of addresses in the continent's business metropolises with six new openings, some of which took place at the very end of last year. For example, in Sittard in the Netherlands,...

A few days after announcing new business routes from Perpignan and Pau in particular, Transavia is adding another new destination to its catalogue. This time, the Air France subsidiary is adding a new destination, Stockholm, on departure from Lyon. Operations began on 29 January from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry. The service is limited to...

How would you assess Trenitalia's first steps in France? Roberto Rinaudo - We have exceeded our launch targets. That's very good news. Trenitalia has been very well received, particularly for the very good value for money of our offer. Our trains are full, with a 98% occupancy rate for the...

Is the office as a place of work still as attractive today? Christophe Burckart - Yes, and I'm even surprised by its resilience, because it's a place where people socialise. Even if company employees were not very present in our spaces, their occupancy rate has never fallen below 70 % since March...

Saturday 11 December marked the return of Air Canada to Lyon, after an absence of exactly 634 days. This absence was obviously due to the Covid pandemic. An Airbus A330-300 landed at Lyon Saint-Exupéry at exactly 8.14am after a flight lasting 6 hours and 21 minutes. This return was eagerly awaited...

The Eklo group is aiming to carve out a place for itself in the urban hotel sector with a range of products that are both economical and ecological - with eco-designed buildings, low-energy operation, short supply chains and waste reduction, among other features - all backed up by a design and lifestyle spirit. From six addresses in...

Adagio made its debut in Lyon in October. Following on from Suresnes, London and Zurich, this new development by the aparthotel brand is located in the fast-growing Confluence business district. Located close to Lyon Perrache station, at 50 cours Charlemagne, the hotel residence offers a range of facilities for business travellers as well as...

The Paris-Lyon TGV line is one of SNCF's historic routes, and is still the focus of the rail carrier's attention. At the heart of its traffic and above all the income of the Voyages SNCF branch, it now accounts for 24 daily return TGV services (including two OUIGO services), compared with 13 when the line was inaugurated by President François Mitterrand in September...