Paris

Signage is not one of Paris-Montparnasse station's strong points, so you have to look hard to find the new Bonport waiting lounge for the first time. Situated in the shopping aisle opposite track 21, this 60 m² space has around twenty seats, in a variety of configurations, so you can be alone or work with others...

While Mama Shelter is due to open in March, another contemporary hotel brand, Okko Hotels, is preparing to open in the La Défense business district on 1 June. This fourth address in the Paris region - after Rueil-Malmaison and Porte de Versailles, and Gare de l'Est in Paris itself - will be...

Business travel in the Paris region is likely to be chaotic, to say the least, on Friday. A major strike is forcing RATP to recommend that "all passengers who are able to do so [should] postpone their journeys on the network that day". And with good reason: metro lines 2, 3bis, 5, 7bis,...

From autumn onwards, business travellers passing through Paris for a while will be able to discover the innovative concept of long-stay brand Zoku. Launched in 2016 in Amsterdam and this year in Copenhagen and Vienna, this brand of Dutch origin stands out for its loft-style studios with designer, modular furniture where the...

Mama Shelter has already demonstrated its expertise by opening a hotel next to the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in 2019. For its third establishment in Paris, the brand launched by the Trigano family, and since integrated into the Accor-Ennismore JV, is continuing to...

How would you assess Trenitalia's first steps in France? Roberto Rinaudo - We have exceeded our launch targets. That's very good news. Trenitalia has been very well received, particularly for the very good value for money of our offer. Our trains are full, with a 98% occupancy rate for the...

The MOB concept has now found its long-stay incarnation with the inauguration of MOB House, right next door to the first MOB Hotel launched in 2017 by entrepreneur, philosopher and designer Cyril Aouizerate. Always in the heart of the Puces de Saint-Ouen, always in a lifestyle spirit and always with the support of Philippe Starck for the design...

Two aircraft based, 35 destinations this winter and for the summer 2022 season. Ryanair has become a major player in air transport in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The investment for this new base, opened in November, amounted to 200 million dollars. The carrier has added 17 new destinations to its existing network...

Is the office as a place of work still as attractive today? Christophe Burckart - Yes, and I'm even surprised by its resilience, because it's a place where people socialise. Even if company employees were not very present in our spaces, their occupancy rate has never fallen below 70 % since March...

"It was with great pleasure that Sébastien Bazin and I welcomed our first customer this morning to the opening of the new Pullman Paris Montparnasse": Maud Bailly, Accor's Managing Director for Southern Europe, announced on LinkedIn on 27 December the completion of a long and vast project that began at the end of...

The best of the hotel, the aparthotel and the coliving flat, nothing more, nothing less. That's how Ascott describes the lyf brand, which will be making its Paris debut in 2024 in a lively, dynamic district that reflects its image: the 20th arrondissement. The future lyf Gambetta Paris residence, located five minutes...

Emblems Collection at Accor, Vignette Collection at IHG or Melià Collection among the latest additions: there's a lot of talk about collections in the hotel industry. It's a chic word, with a touch of fashion and a whiff of the exceptional. But there's one that's more cultural, more Gallimard, Flammarion or Grasset than Dior or Chanel: the...

Meliá Hotels International is no exception to the rule: every hotel group needs to have a collection of iconic luxury hotels in its portfolio. Accor, with the announcement of the Emblems Collection, and IHG, whose first Vignette establishments are starting to appear, have recently embarked on this path previously taken by Radisson, Hyatt, Hilton and Marriott....

The Eklo group is aiming to carve out a place for itself in the urban hotel sector with a range of products that are both economical and ecological - with eco-designed buildings, low-energy operation, short supply chains and waste reduction, among other features - all backed up by a design and lifestyle spirit. From six addresses in...

What is the role of French Event Booster? Jeanne Choffé - French Event Booster is an accelerator for several types of player: for start-ups of course, who we help to access the events market, to grow, create jobs and create value for the end user. But we are also innovation partners...

It's now official: the long-rumoured Bulgari Hotel Paris will open its doors on 2 December. Located at 30 avenue George V, almost opposite the Four Seasons and very close to the Prince of Wales, the hotel intends to establish itself as a new competitor on the Parisian palace scene with its...

While Deutsche Bahn was expected to take over the Paris-London/London-Brussels routes a few years ago, it is now Renfe that is embarking on the cross-Channel rail adventure, which weighed in at some 9 million passengers before Covid. The Spanish carrier confirmed its ambitions yesterday, with the aim of competing with Eurostar on the Paris-London route....

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...