Paris

While the airline industry has been in the doldrums for many weeks, good news from airport operators is rare enough to merit a mention. On Tuesday, the ADP Group congratulated itself on the encouraging performance of the two Paris hubs, following the publication of the Skytrax 2020 rankings. Indeed, Paris...

13,254 meetings of rotating associations worldwide last year. This record figure recorded by the ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) is not about to be equalled, at least not in 2020. With a further 317 events recorded in 2019, the number has never been so high, following a particularly prolific 2018....

The metamorphosis of a major business hotel at the heart of a district that is itself in the process of being completely transformed: the transformation of the Pullman Montparnasse, which began in late summer 2017 and is now nearing completion, is part of a vast urban project led by Unibail-Rodamco. A legacy of the 1970s, the Gaîté block is in the midst of a...

Between 1 and 14 March, the estimated fall in passenger traffic and the number of aircraft movements accelerated at the Paris airports, according to ADP, with an estimated decline of 29 % for the combined traffic of the two airports. But the decline has since accelerated, with the authorities estimating that air traffic...

Alongside its expansion in the American and Asian markets, CitizenM is continuing its Parisian offensive with the announcement of a new prestigious address at the end of 2020, confirmed on 5 March. In December, the Dutch brand will set up shop just a few metres from the Champs-Élysées, at 128 rue de la Boétie to be precise. Business travellers will be able to...

Hilton is continuing to grow in France at an accelerated pace. From 15 establishments at present, the American group is preparing to double in size by 2022. And this after having already doubled its offering over the last four years. Hilton is proud to have opened more hotels in France than at any time in its history.

Following on from the Nolinski on the Avenue de l'Opéra, the Brach near the Trocadéro and more recently the Sinner in the Marais district, the Evok group has taken over the former Hôtel de Montbrun, adding a touch of 1970s design to its listed 17th-century walls. With high ceilings, painted beams and period terracotta floors, architects Lecoadic...

Is the new face of La Défense key to the future of the district? Franck Boucher - It's necessary if we want to remain competitive. We are putting a lot of effort into creating living spaces, a point on which we were lagging behind. We are also bringing in new forms of hospitality such as Citizen M and soon Mama...

"You can't be and have been. Well, you can! All over the world, the world's major business cities are putting the popular saying to rest. What were the key metropolises at the end of the 19th century? New York and Chicago in the United States, London, Paris, Berlin and Moscow in Europe, Tokyo in Asia,...

Among recent examples of hotel 'combos', in November the Louvre Hotels group set up its Campanile (budget) and Golden Tulip (top-of-the-range) brands opposite Montpellier station, in an architectural complex designed by Manuelle Gautrand. Similarly, Mercure and Ibis have been sharing their...

Is it a hotel, a trendy bar, a quirky meeting place or an urban garden where you can relax over a coffee? Or is it simply a new place in Paris that aims to reinvent "urban living"? Opened at the end of November in the 10th arrondissement, rue de Nancy, the Grand Quartier...

While the strike action on 5 December highlighted the need for third-party spaces to offer an alternative to professionals, two new addresses are launching themselves on the French coworking scene. In Paris, Comet opened its doors on 2 December in La Défense. This is already the fourth such...

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, which embarked on a ten-year project in 2013 to present itself in all its splendour on the eve of its centenary in 2023, has just completed a project to open up to the city as well as to the latest trends, be they roof terraces, an urban farm or architectural gestures...

As part of the inauguration of the Crowne Plaza Paris République coworking spaces, the IHG Group hotel chain questioned 2,000 French full-time employees about their expectations in terms of flexible working. It turns out that 70% of the employees surveyed "aspire to a wider choice of flexible working environments"...

Don't call it a "VTC platform" any more: Uber has been diversifying for a long time now, with the launch of its famous self-service scooters and bicycles. Today, Uber is even getting on board electric scooters: a first for the American giant, which has chosen to team up with France's Cityscoot, whose vehicles will "soon" be available for booking via...

The launch of the CDG Express, which was due to coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has finally been postponed. But business travellers can rest assured that the players in the mobility sector intend to take advantage of the sporting event to make a big splash, and turn the French capital into a laboratory for urban travel....

What characterises the new Okko Hotel at Paris-Est station? Solenne Devys - This ninth hotel is unique in that it is located on platform 1 of the Gare de Paris-Est, which meant that it had to be built to a very high standard. With its 170 rooms, each measuring 18 sq. m, it will enable Okko Hotels to...

Constantly growing and estimated to be worth almost €30 billion in France in 2019, the business travel sector meets every year at IFTM TOP RESA, which has become a key market place for bringing together its players and working on its major challenges. To keep pace with this growth, IFTM TOP RESA is launching a...

As announced at the end of April, Wheely has its eye on the Paris travel market. It's official as of 16 September: the VTC service is making its debut in the capital, having already refined its offering in two other business destinations: London and Moscow. The service will be available...

It's going to be a black day for travellers in Paris and the Ile-de-France region this Friday 13 September. According to forecasts published by RATP, traffic will be disrupted on the vast majority of metro lines. Only the automatic lines (1 and 14) are expected to operate, but with a logical risk of saturation. As for the...