Paris

Paris, which used to top the ICCA convention city rankings, is no longer in the top three for 2021. Is this a bad thing for the destination? Corinne Menegaux - This in no way detracts from the fact that Paris is a prime convention destination. Apart from the last few complicated years, the 2023-2025 schedule...

The Spaces coworking brand has added a new business address, in an environment that is no less businesslike: Amsterdam Schiphol airport. Located on the third floor of Departure Hall 1, the hall used for Schengen flights, this shared workspace is in a public area, and therefore accessible to all....

Armani, Baccarat, Bulgari, Camper, Fauchon, Muji and Maisons du Monde are just some of the famous names in fashion and interior design who have showcased their art of living in hotels that, at one time or another, have graced the pages of lifestyle magazines. Is this a logical continuation of the story? Because...

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...

Since its inception, La Compagnie has worked with the former Chef de Matignon, Christophe Langrée, to develop menus with unique flavours. Since 2017, other renowned chefs have also been offering signature dishes to complement the menu for a month. For the coming weeks, La Compagnie has given carte blanche to the following chefs...

While previous strikes have tended to affect the SNCF and spared the Ile-de-France network, the mobilisation on Thursday 10 November is likely to have the opposite effect, significantly disrupting travel in Paris and the Ile-de-France region, while mainline trains will be running normally and InterCités and TER trains will only be affected...

The Cloche d'Or in Luxembourg, a major urban development project that is already home to major companies such as PWC, Intesa San Paolo, Deloitte and IWG, the world leader in shared workplaces, will continue its development with a B&B Hotels hotel. Expected to open in the first half of 2025, the hotel will complete the contemporary development of this...

The British group edyn, which specialises in long-stay hotels, is preparing to make a big splash in Paris and France. Hitherto developed in the British Isles and Germany, its upmarket lifestyle brand Locke is expected to open in 2024 a stone's throw from the Panthéon and the Sorbonne, in the 5th arrondissement. A location...

Growing rapidly around the world, the contemporary voco brand is undoubtedly one of the brands of which the IHG group is most proud with, since its launch in 2018, some forty hotels already open and almost as many more in the pipeline for a presence in more than 25 countries. If this expansion were...

It's official as of 12 October: Uber is launching its Uber Taxi service in Paris, with an initial roster of some 500 drivers. The managers of the multimodal platform are describing it as a "historic launch", just a few months after making the same move in New York and San Francisco. A few months after the arrival of Freenow...

It is the second most developed brand in the Marriott International portfolio. Positioned in the mid-range segment, Fairfield by Marriott has 1,230 hotels open worldwide, representing more than one eighth of the American group's total portfolio. Surprisingly, however, it is still unknown in Europe and the Middle East....

More than 13,000 m2, nearly 1,600 workstations, 41 meeting rooms and a myriad of phone boxes for discreet telephone conversations: the new Wojo Montparnasse is one of the largest shared workspaces in France. Open since 26 September, the new Wojo Montparnasse is the...

Marriott has set its sights on Paris Basketball for its entry into the arena of French sport. The partnership between the Marriott Bonvoy programme and the Paris club was made official on 29 September. "We've been looking for a sports partner in France for some time, and we've found the right one...

With a nationwide strike looming on 29 September, those involved in business travel are beginning to assess the potential impact on passengers. RATP has just released its initial estimates, which are reassuring for users. Normal traffic levels are expected on the Paris metro. And even...

This hundredth hotel symbolises the links between lifestyle hotelier Ennismore and its main shareholder, Accor. It was in Paris, on the banks of the Seine, that its subsidiary dedicated to developing contemporary hotels passed the 100-establishment mark with the unveiling of SO/Paris at the beginning of September. Part of the project to transform the...

The plan has been known for several months, and on Tuesday Comet confirmed the imminent arrival of a new site within its Paris catalogue. The new Comet Lumière site will be located at 40 avenue des Terroirs de France in Bercy, "at the end of 2022", according to management. It will be housed in the eponymous building, presented...

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...

Their leaning, unstructured, almost ramshackle forms stand out from the centre of Paris all the way to the ring road on the edge of which they have risen. The Duo towers, designed by Jean Nouvel and boasting the most demanding environmental labels, offer the 13th arrondissement a new architectural signature in dialogue with the neighbouring BNF. "Like two balancing dancers"...

Taxi company G7 is offering new digital services to its subscribers following an overhaul of its application dedicated to businesses and their employees. Now that G7 has 10,000 corporate subscribers, business customers will have a wider choice for ordering a means of transport to suit their needs, whether...

The towers of La Défense may be less crowded than in the pre-covid era, but the business district's hotel scene has been busy this year. After Mama Shelter in March, and Tribe in May - two Accor group brands that set up shop on the Esplanade and Pont de Neuilly...