Paris
Bel Ami: top-of-the-range long stays and chic meetings
Le Bel Ami, the chic boutique hotel in Saint Germain des Prés, is converting in part to long stays. At a time when extended business trips seem to be a possible post-Covid trend, this five-star hotel on the Left Bank, just a stone's throw from the Café de Flore, has entrusted architect-designer Pascal Allaman with the task of...
Demeures de Campagne seminar business: interview with Arnaud Feucherolles
Has the resumption of seminar business at your hotel, the Château de Maffliers Demeures de Campagne, lived up to your expectations? Arnaud Feucherolles - We're fairly relaxed about the months ahead, especially as we've been almost overwhelmed by requests since 19 May. I've even had to...
Royaumont Abbey prays for a lasting recovery in business tourism
Just a 50-minute drive from Paris and thirty minutes from Roissy airport, Royaumont Abbey is not just a cultural and artistic centre dedicated to dance and music. Founded in 1228 by Louis IX, the future Saint-Louis, it is also a major venue for seminars and events. This activity...
Is Paris lagging behind as a destination for mobile workers?
"Work from anywhere": that's the promise of the new working environment that is taking shape - for some - since the health crisis. It's also the title of the index recently published by Nestpick. The on-demand accommodation platform listed 75 destinations worldwide, and ranked them according to various criteria...
The InterContinental Paris - Le Grand is back in style
The InterContinental Paris - Le Grand has just completed the third and final phase of its renovation. Led by interior architect Pierre-Yves Rochon, this renaissance has already seen the launch of new rooms and suites, the transformation of meeting rooms and redesigned public areas in recent years. This time, the hotel's...
Business customers, recovery, comfort: interview with Bruno Dierickx (Thalys)
The number of trains offered by Thalys increased from 6 to 11 daily journeys in mid-June. Is this a sign of a sustainable recovery? Bruno Dierickx - As customers return to our trains, frequencies will indeed increase. In June, we increased to 50% our...
CitizenM arrives on the Champs-Elysées
Of course, there's everything you could want on the Champs-Elysées, and soon even a citizenM. Expected to open on 1 September 2021, this fourth Paris hotel from the Dutch group specialising in affordable lifestyle hotels will be located on the corner of the famous Parisian thoroughfare, at 138 rue de la Boétie. After Paris-CDG, La Défense and...
New brands and trends in France: interview with David Heijligers (Hilton)
Is the development of the Hilton Group, and all its brands, being held back by the crisis? David Heijligers - On the contrary. Despite this unprecedented crisis, Hilton has continued to grow, whether globally, in Europe or in France. Last year, which was a difficult year if ever there was one, we still managed to...
"Bonjour": the RATP app gets a makeover and switches to MaaS
"Getting around as simply as Bonjour" is the punchline accompanying the launch of the new identity unveiled by RATP for its mobile application. From 15 June, users will be able to discover the new face of Paris transport on their smartphones. A simple update to the app will unveil this "Bonjour...
Châteauform' sets up in the Netherlands and strengthens its offering in the Paris region
And that's seven for Châteauform'. This October, the group specialising in seminars and training courses will be adding a seventh destination to its range: the Netherlands. Already present in Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Switzerland, as well as France, Châteauform' is rolling out its seminar concept "just like home" near Amsterdam. The venue is...
Hilton: carbon-neutral meetings, notably in La...
As part of its "Travel with Purpose 2030" environmental and social strategy, the Hilton Group is offering companies and organisers the chance to reduce the carbon footprint of their business meetings involving 10 or more participants. To achieve this, the American group has entered into a partnership with the carbon finance consultancy South Pole, which is committed to...
France's four InterContinentals ready for hybrid meetings
The IHG Group is rolling out its hybrid meetings offer in France. The British hotelier presented its "Meet with Confidence" programme last March. The programme is based on five basic principles: cleanliness and security, of course, with check-in/check-out without...
Hilton launches its lifestyle brand Canopy in Paris
Hilton is expanding its range of brands in Paris with its first Canopy hotel, a lifestyle brand that now has around thirty hotels worldwide. This move comes ahead of the arrival in the summer of another of the American group's brands, the Tapestry by Hilton collection, with the openings of the Belgrand Hôtel Paris Champs Elysées and the Hôtel Camille...
Interview with Shaun Nelson, CEO of Keeze
How does a new player like Keeze intend to carve out a place for itself in an increasingly crowded coworking market? Shaun Nelson - Well, we're a fairly new player. The Keeze concept is to offer private 100% spaces, with the distinctive feature of having totally integrated the design, with teams in charge of...
New Paris address for Wojo
Wojo is further expanding its network with the announcement of a new coworking space. Expected to open in 2022 and billed as a "new flagship" for the Accor group brand, it will be located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, on rue de Calais to be precise. Business customers will find private offices and shared workspaces, as well as a range of other...
Ile de France-Mobilités confirms the end of paper tickets
Everyone has had the misfortune of seeing their metro tickets demagnetised because they have been exposed to another magnetic source. And, as more and more cards have magnetic strips, this type of incident has become a recurring occurrence. But the end of demagnetised tickets is approaching. The Board of Directors of Île-de-France Mobilités has approved...
Territorial confinement, inter-regional travel limited to business trips
Jean Castex made it official on Thursday: since the evening of 19 March, confinement has once again been in force in 16 French departments, in Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France, as well as in Alpes-Maritimes, Eure and Seine-Maritime. The measure will apply for at least four weeks, "unless positive results are observed in the meantime" ....
CNIT Forest: a future meeting place combining high-tech and...
A forest in the heart of Europe's leading business district may seem a surprising idea at first glance. But a forest that lends itself to business meetings in a green, high-tech atmosphere - so very much in tune with the times - all under the graceful canopy of the CNIT, makes more sense....
French air transport posts record losses
No real surprises on the financial results for French air transport. 2020 has been confirmed as the worst year ever for Air France-KLM. The bi-national tandem suffered a historic loss of 7.1 billion euros. By way of comparison, the biggest loss recorded by the group in the 2009-2010 financial year was "only" 1.6 billion euros....
Accor: lifestyle in Paris with the first Maison Delano
It's no secret, given the multitude of recent announcements: Accor has made lifestyle and the very high end of the market the spearheads of its development. This strategy is being deployed around the world, but is also taking shape in Paris, where, paradoxically, the French group's luxury offering is...
