Paris

What does the inauguration of the Welkin & Meraki space at La Défense on 1 November represent? Alain Brossé - We're very proud to be moving into this building at La Défense, with its perfect location on the forecourt. The Trinity Tower is a magnificent building, with terraces on every floor. It makes the...

A fireplace to welcome guests as soon as they walk through the door, the sight of guests wandering off into the distance towards the bar, to the left towards the lounge, and to the right towards a room where local residents come to sit down for free and work for a few hours: as soon as you enter, the Maison Mère hotel sets the tone...

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...

Forced to scale back its ambitions in the face of the crisis, Keeze is moving forward again with a strategic inauguration just off the Champs-Élysées. Having entered the coworking market in 2017, this French player is continuing to move forward on a roadmap that is ambitious, to say the least, with plans for around a hundred new spaces between now and...

G7 is continuing its transition to green mobility. Having launched the development of a "green" fleet in 2007, the company announced in 2019 its ambition to have 50 % hybrid or electric vehicles by 2021. This target has been met, and of the 9,000 drivers affiliated to the platform, more than 4,500 have a "green" vehicle, which is very much in line with the...

Suites that can be transformed into meeting rooms with a view of the Eiffel Tower, a rooftop cocktail bar and a strong emphasis on Italian cuisine: former Novotel Vaugirard regulars won't recognise their former Parisian base. And neither will the locals, who are cordially invited to...

Updated on 1 October at 15:05 Coworking, food court, clubbing: by integrating all these elements within its walls, the Accor Arena will soon be more than just a sports and concert venue. Hitherto dedicated to major musical events and competitions, the venue will be transformed into a living space open to the city...

"Is business travel making a comeback? This is the question posed by Uber in its survey of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region, unveiled on 27 September. It's a debate that has been stirring up business travel professionals week after week, and one to which the American giant intends to...

The inauguration of Montparnasse station was impeccably timed and, like all the work completed on schedule, started exactly on time, to the minute. Even the incursion of the CGT railway workers failed to derail a timed organisation bringing together the major players in the French rail sector. Unfortunately...

Updated on 21/9 at 13:30 One of the major projects planned for the 2024 Olympic Games. The transformation of the Gare du Nord will not happen after all. Or at least not right away, and not in the way envisaged in the concession contract awarded in February 2019 to...

You've just opened your fourth CitizenM in Paris, this one overlooking part of the Champs-Elysées. How did this project come about? Robin Chadha - It was quite a challenging project to develop, as it involved transforming an old office block into two buildings. At the start, we weren't quite sure how we were going to go about...

It's certainly a meeting place in tune with the times, at a time when companies and organisers are looking to strengthen the sustainable dimension of their events. A huge rooftop combining spaces for conferences and cocktails, as well as a trendy restaurant and bar - Le Perchoir -, all extended by a terrace of...

The Hilton group is adding a new brand, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, to its Paris offering. Launched in 2017, this brand designed to welcome independent hotels into the fold of the American group had made its European debut last June, in Madrid. And as in Madrid, where the hotel is next door to the...

As well as the workspaces in the hotels, the "Le Bureau des Princes" operation that you are organising this week in the PSG stadium is further proof of the synergies between Wojo and Accor, your shareholder and also sponsor of the Parisian club. Stéphane Bensimon - This is indeed one of the advantages of...

The business travel sector meets up every year at IFTM Top Resa, which has become a key marketplace for bringing together its players and working on its major challenges. Over four days, you'll find : The Business Club Every year, this special area brings together the key players in the business travel sector: business boards, travel agencies,...

With business virtually at a standstill from March to December 2020, and the halls desperately empty in the first half of 2021, the Paris Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) has drawn up a bitter assessment of the past few months for the exhibition and congress market. For those who still have doubts, which are doubtless extremely rare, the CCIP confirms, with figures...

After 15 months of closure, how do you see the business resuming? Pablo Nakhle Cerrutti - For Viparis, 2021 will be very much like 2020. Last year, we worked from January to mid-March, i.e. for two and a half months, with some additional activity in September. In 2021, we'll be...

The new season in the Paris hotel industry has been marked by two contemporary openings. The Kimpton St Honoré Paris, part of IHG's premium lifestyle brand, which has 75 hotels around the world, had long been announced. The hotel is located on boulevard des Capucines, almost opposite the group's Paris flagship...

It's not quite the loft spirit they're used to in coworking spaces. The atmosphere is more sporting. Mobile professionals who are football fans will soon be able to work in the stands of the Parc des Princes. Not that Paris Saint Germain's famous stadium has any intention of...

Signs of a recovery in air traffic have been multiplying in Paris since the start of the summer. Even if the results posted by Paris's two airports, Orly and CDG-Roissy, are still well below what they were in 2019. The two hubs welcomed a combined total of 2.2 million passengers, a figure that nonetheless marks...