Lyon

Launched in 2019 in Beaune by the Accor group, the Greet brand has just rolled out its sustainable, designer concept in Lyon. Following openings in Marseille Centre Saint Charles and Marseille Provence Aéroport, the budget brand has set up shop in another key thoroughfare for business travellers, just two minutes...

Sytral, the operator of the Rhônexpress tram link between Lyon-Part Dieu station and Lyon Saint-Exupéry international airport, has announced that it is lowering its prices for SNCF passengers. Rhônexpress is offering a reduced fare of €10 for a single journey, down from €16.30 (€15.20 on the internet). The return fare will be 19.50 euros instead of...

A biometric journey from home to the plane: that's the promise of Mona, the new high-tech travel companion offered by Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. Thanks to this free 100 % service, travellers will be able to pass through the various airport checkpoints, from baggage drop-off to boarding, without any physical contact, simply by presenting their faces...

The uncertainty surrounding the resumption of air traffic due to the persistence of the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing Finnair to suspend a number of its international routes. However, the airline has set a deadline for these suspensions: March 31, the date on which the summer timetable officially begins...

COVID-19 weighed heavily on the Air France-KLM group's results in the first half of 2020. The number of passengers carried collapsed (-62% in the first half of 2020) while capacity fell by 53% for the group (including -89% in the second quarter alone). [link-block prefix="See also:" post="90597"] The losses are therefore...

Barely open, already closed. A few months after its inauguration in June 2019, the InterContinental Lyon - Hôtel-Dieu was forced to suspend its activities due to a pandemic. We were going at 500 an hour and had to come to an abrupt halt," says Madelijn Vervoord, the hotel's general manager. The evening we were told we had to close...

One - the Radisson Hotel Istanbul Sultanahmet - is more intimate with its 28 rooms, historic ballroom and 19th-century Ottoman-French meeting room. The other, the Radisson Hotel President Beyazit, is more contemporary, with 201 rooms and suites in grey and beige tones, five bars...

It's time for Lyon airport to start operating again, with the gradual reopening of flights to business and leisure destinations. Since 8 June, Air France has resumed domestic flights to Nantes, Bordeaux and Toulouse, in addition to the KLM flight to the Amsterdam hub. The Air France group...

France's leading business hub after La Défense, the Lyon Part-Dieu business district is entering the 21st century and becoming a testing ground for the city of the future. A responsible smart city where quality of life will be enhanced by public spaces, including the planting of 600 trees, and the creation of...

Emirates already had a monopoly on routes between Lyon and the Gulf States since the end of 2012. Now it's Qatar Airways. At the Kuwait Air Show, the airline's flamboyant CEO, Akhbar Al Baker, announced the launch of eight new routes. The honour...

Volotea launched its first flight to Lyon in April 2018 and already serves Prague all year round, as well as Venice for the past few weeks. The niche regional airline also offers routes to Cagliari in Sardinia, Palma de Mallorca, Palermo, Split and Valencia in high season. The announcement to base an Airbus A319 at...

Last year you inaugurated Hall 7 at Eurexpo Lyon. What are the advantages of this new venue? Anne-Marie Baezner - Designed by AIA Architectures, Hall 7 is linked to Hall 6 by two footbridges. This means that the two halls can be linked up to make it easier for visitors to get around the large exhibition areas...

Like a long ship floating above the Rhône, Lyon's Hôtel-Dieu is today beginning a new life with the official opening of the Intercontinental. The 5-star hotel has taken over the 360-metre façade and 18th-century dome designed by Soufflot, the architect of the Pantheon in Paris. Over a period of six years, the project gave rise to...

Business travellers in Lyon will soon be able to meet Stan. Over the next few weeks, this car-sharing robot will be introduced on a large scale, covering 500 spaces in the P5+ car park at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. Four examples of the system developed by Stanley Robotics will be operating simultaneously, with twelve...

With more than 172 million passengers using its airports in 2018, France is one of the five largest air transport countries in Europe, along with the UK, Spain, Germany and Italy. And yet, if you take a closer look at the figures for air transport in France, you will see that the country is an exception in Europe for its extreme centralisation...

With a record 11 million passengers handled in 2018, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport has recorded spectacular growth of 25% in three years. Last year, the Lyon hub broke the symbolic 10 million passenger mark for the first time. [caption id="attachment_81911" align="aligncenter" width="670"] Another record year...

The directors of Aigle Azur may be thinking big - with the launch of long-haul flights to China and Brazil - but they are nonetheless keeping a close eye on Franco-French opportunities. The French airline has just unveiled its first domestic route, scheduled for 28 October. Aigle Azur will link Nantes and...

Since 26 March, easyJet has been operating four flights a week between Rennes and Lyon airports. This cross-functional route clearly targets business customers, who will be offered no fewer than 75,000 seats in 2018. "The economic development of the city and its airport offers opportunities...

Spurred on by the "start-up" spirit, coworking spaces are multiplying in France, offering a wide range of formats. Many of them focus on the aesthetics and comfort of their offices. Others offer the chance to meet new people and take part in the very popular "after-works". Nextdoor, the fruit of an alliance between AccorHotels and Bouygues, is entirely...

The new Lyon-Helsinki flight will officially start on 11 December 2018. The Finnish national airline is planning two routes per week. An Embraer E-190 with 12 seats in Business class and 88 seats in Economy class will operate the approximately 3-hour flight. Business travellers from Lyon will thus be able to reach the Finnish capital, as well as continuing their...