Marseille

"That I, me, love Frida." By choosing the new hotel opened by the lifestyle brand Ruby for their next business trip to Stockholm, business travellers will undoubtedly have a tune by Brel in mind, imagining themselves in this house "where it will be good to be". And if it's not certain, when is it...

Marseille and the surrounding areas of Parc Chanot are definitively in the sights of the Assas Group for densifying its network. Less than a year after the inauguration of the RockyPop, in July 2025, it is the turn of the Soléo Prado to open its doors. And once again, the French hotelier has chosen to convert a Citadines residence into a hybrid hotel, which...

Air Transat is launching two new flights to France. The Quebec-based airline – which will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year – has been serving Marseille Airport since 21 May. Nantes Airport will follow from 2 June. However, the schedule is reduced: only one flight per week is planned on both routes...

The work carried out by SNCF Réseau is incessant, some of it with significant implications for TGV and TER (regional train) traffic. The latest announcement from SNCF is that they plan to replace no fewer than 9 points at the entrance to Marseille Saint-Charles station in May. This will have an impact on...

A convention and exhibition centre in the city centre, just a few minutes by metro from the station, in a fast-growing destination - and next door to the Stade Vélodrome - the Parc Chanot has big ambitions for the MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events) sector in France and far beyond. The arrival of a new...

On 29 June 2025, Transdev took over the operation of the Marseille-Toulon-Nice line following the successful tender launched by the Sud Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region. It thus became the first contracted line in France to be opened up to regional competition. At the end of the first six months of operation, an initial assessment...

Volotea is clearly counting on connections between France and Algeria. And what better place than the capital to assert this ambition, especially from a leading airport for the business, leisure and affinity markets? The inauguration of a flight from Marseille to Algiers is the logical next step in the company's expansion...

High-speed development before a phase of consolidation in the years to come: Trenitalia has taken stock of a year 2025 full of new developments for the Italian company. Celebrating four years on the French railways this month, Trenitalia's first event in April was the reopening of the...

Officialised last February, the cable car project to link Marseille-Provence airport and Vitrolles SNCF station has just been given a boost with the publication by the Metropolitan Authority of a call for tenders for project management assistance. The bidders - undoubtedly including France's Poma - have...

"We will RockyPop you": the promise emblazoned on the 96 keys of RockyPop Marseille sums up the establishment's philosophy pretty well. Like the brand's three other addresses - in Chamonix, Flaine and Grenoble - the new star in Marseille plays the card of musical culture, the 7th art and...

Transavia has just published its programme for summer 2026. The most important event is the takeover of the last three major domestic routes from Air France, which is now concentrating exclusively on its Roissy CDG network. Transavia, which had already taken over the routes to Biarritz, Montpellier, Perpignan and Toulon, will now operate the routes to...

According to the latest figures released by Marseille airport, summer traffic did not reach last year's record levels due to external events in July. The air traffic controllers' strike and the huge fires around the airport led to the cancellation of almost 400 flights. But the airport also points out that...

Updated on 11 September at 11am The refurbishment of the Campanile network continues. The new impetus given by Louvre Hotels to its historic brand is reflected in a vast renovation programme throughout France, as part of the five-year strategic plan of the second-largest hotel group in France and Europe....

Marseille Provence airport is breaking new ground by introducing an intuitive voice assistant based on artificial intelligence. The result is a dozen "conversational agents", in the form of human-sized signs. They are located in strategic areas of the terminal, to answer passengers' practical questions: "Where is the gate?

Competition is good for rail fares. And now on the Paris-Marseille route since the arrival of Trenitalia's Frecciarossa trains on 15 June. According to a study based on tickets booked on Kombo, a platform for booking train, bus and plane tickets, SNCF has lowered its fares...

On Tuesday lunchtime, traffic was interrupted at Marseille Provence airport. The cause: a fire at Les Pennes-Mirabeau (13) which broke out in the morning, coupled with gusty winds. Take-offs and landings are currently suspended. Marseille airport stated on its website: "Due to a fire at Les Pennes Mirabeau, all flights...

Updated on 2 July at 8:30 pm The attempt at conciliation by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on 25 June has failed. The call for strike action on 3 and 4 July issued by the UNSA-ICNA union, the second largest among air traffic controllers, has even been joined by a...

It's probably not the arrival of Trenitalia's first TGV trains at Saint-Charles station, from 15 June, that can explain the wave of hotel openings in Marseille today. Rather, it's the attractiveness of a major metropolis that is constantly advancing its position on the tourist map. By the end of May, Villa M had set up shop...

This is a new stage in the battle between Trenitalia and SNCF on its most profitable routes. After the Paris-Lyon service launched at the end of 2021, on Sunday the Italian company began its 3.5-hour high-speed services between Paris-Lyon and Marseille-Saint-Charles stations. The inauguration was held with great pomp and ceremony...

A healthy mind in a healthy body: that's the philosophy behind the Villa M health and well-being hotels. First appearing in Paris in 2022, in an establishment designed by Philippe Starck, this hotel concept, supported by the Pasteur Mutualité group, has just seen a new development in Marseille. While in...