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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...

In Nantes, the MICE sector is undergoing a metamorphosis. The Cité des Congrès has embarked on a renovation plan, with two watchwords: performance and sustainability. Among the main innovations for event organisers to look forward to are a completely renovated Grand Auditorium, as well as a new opening onto a garden, allowing for the extension of events outdoors. The performances…

Change of strategy for Le Train. While the future rail company was aiming to operate direct high-speed train services between the major cities on the Atlantic seaboard, with Bordeaux-Nantes and Bordeaux-Rennes at the forefront, it has just announced that it wants to operate on the Paris-Nantes and Paris-Bordeaux routes. Two framework agreements have been signed with...

After annualising its flights between Nantes and Montreal, Air Transat is once again gaining ground at Nantes airport. On 2 June, the airline will be operating the Nantes-Québec route on its own. This seasonal service will end on 20 October. However, the airline will only be offering one flight a week, on Tuesdays, operated by Airbus A321LR....

The weather conditions will once again put travellers to the test on Wednesday 7 January, when 38 French départements have been placed under a vigilance orange for snow and ice. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot made it official today at a press conference: because of the snow, French airports will have to adapt. Paris airports...

Air Canada recently unveiled a major expansion of its operations at Toronto Island Billy Bishop Airport. The hub, which was originally the Canadian metropolis' historic airport, is built on an island in Toronto, opposite the city centre. The hub has undergone remarkable development since the beginning of the decade, exceeding the...

The two new routes unveiled by easyJet on Tuesday will make their debut on 27 October. They will enable business travellers to reach two business destinations from Nantes. These are Madrid and Budapest. The Spanish capital will be served every Monday and Friday. As will Hungary's main airport. EasyJet will be the only airline...

Against all expectations, it is the SNCF that will retain the operation of the Nantes-Bordeaux and Nantes-Lyon lines, the lots for which were put out to tender as part of the opening up of rail services to competition. The announcement was made by Philippe Tabarot, the French Minister for Transport. The offer from [SNCF Voyageurs] offers a better quality of service," he said.

While Nouvelair's summer timetable does not offer any new destinations, it does see a significant increase in flight frequencies from Tunis. The only recent innovation from Tunisia's main private carrier: the opening last winter of three weekly frequencies (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) between Tunis and Rabat in Morocco. For the next season...

While many new hotels are expected to open in Paris (see article) and the Paris region in 2025, here is the programme of openings expected this year in France's major cities. AMIENS YOU Urban Home (during 2025) The lifestyle brand You Urban Home will be continuing its development with a fourth establishment, contributing to the emergence of a...

Air Transat will now be present in Nantes "all year round", to use a very Quebecois expression. The airline will in fact be annualising flights from the metropolis in Western France to the city of Montreal. This strategy follows the conversion of two other seasonal routes, Lyon and Marseille, which will become permanent in 2023. The carrier will offer...

EasyJet is expanding its range of services from four French airports, with a number of routes that should be of interest to business customers - provided they can adapt to limited flight frequencies. For example, the airline will be linking Grenoble to Manchester from 10 December. However, only one weekly service will be operated, on Sundays... EasyJet outlines...

Since 26 March, KLM has also been on summer time with a new flight schedule. Nantes is one of the destinations benefiting from this reorganisation. Building on the success of its winter service to Amsterdam, Nantes airport has been selected for the summer programme. Three daily flights will be operated...

As a recent CWT study pointed out, the lifting of the administrative barriers that disrupted travel for two years is boosting the return to international mobility. This is particularly the case in the UK, and easyJet intends to capitalise on this phenomenon to make up for lost time. "The upturn in traffic has been boosted by the abolition of...

Volotea is preparing for the arrival of summer with the announcement of new flights from Nantes airport. While the destinations unveiled on 22 December are mainly aimed at leisure customers, business travellers in Nantes will be able to take advantage of a new route to a European capital. The low-cost airline is planning to fly to Rome. There will be two flights per...

By 2020, Nantes station, France's sixth-largest regional station, should be connected to the European transport network. That's why it was necessary to transform the station in order to accommodate the increased number of passengers. Currently used by 12 million passengers, it is expected to receive 25 million by 2030, especially as traffic, fuelled by...

Nantes airport continues to grow in popularity, particularly for Transavia, which is opening more and more routes. Almost ten years after the inauguration of its Nantes base, the carrier will soon be serving 29 destinations in 14 countries. Next autumn, Transavia will be inaugurating two new routes, to business destinations in...

easyJet's summer schedule is taking shape, with a host of sunny destinations. However, among the seven routes unveiled by the airline on Monday, there are a few new features likely to be of interest to business travellers. For the first time in easyJet's history, a domestic flight will be launched at Montpellier airport, with four weekly connections...

HÔTELS Okko [tararama ids="81713,81715,81717,81719" auto="true" pause="4000"] It was here, a stone's throw from the Château des Ducs de Bretagne, that the Okko brand opened its first establishment four years ago. Since then, the concept has spread throughout France, winning over business customers. And with good reason: the layout of the establishment is particularly well-suited to business customers, with...