Paris

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...

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...