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Ryanair will open a new base at Paris-Beauvais on 3 December. The ultra-low-cost carrier will base two aircraft there. The total cost of the investment is €175 million. Ryanair will use the opportunity to launch two new destinations, Paphos and Manchester. Both cities will be linked to Beauvais by two weekly frequencies....

Marcel is extending its footprint in green mobility by launching a range of electric scooters with drivers. The VTC operator, founded in 2014, has teamed up with Felix Citybird, which operates motorbike taxis in Paris and its inner suburbs, to develop this e-scooter offering integrated into its app. In practice, the range comprises...

Paris's top-of-the-range hotels are back in business after months of closure. While some hotels took the gamble of reopening their doors at the start of the summer, such as the Hôtel Fauchon on 1 July and the Hilton Opéra on 10 July, most of the four and five-star establishments kept their doors open...

Air France is gaining momentum at Orly by resuming services to Nice as well as Biarritz and Montpellier. On the latter two routes, however, it will have to rely on the return of EasyJet. This August, EasyJet is launching a regular service between Paris airport and Biarritz and Montpellier. The decision...

Plexiglas protecting the reception area, masked staff, gloves for those carrying luggage: there's nothing very glamorous about the sanitary measures needed to combat the current pandemic, nor are they in line with luxury hotel standards. "It's a bit the antithesis of our hospitality business. And yet, if...

It was one of the sectors most rapidly paralysed by the health crisis, and it will be one of the very last to be able to resume its activity: the events industry will finally be back in action on 1 September, as the National Defence and Security Council recently made official. Viparis is Europe's leading conference and trade show host...

Now that the recovery has begun, is the upturn in activity noticeable in the La Défense district? Franck Boucher - The return is gradual, but things are starting to move. We can see it in the figures for people leaving the transport network, but also in the number of people visiting the shops and the restaurant terraces. The Cœur Défense building,...

When will the capital be holding another trade fair? This is the big question that prompted the managers of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau (OTCP) to carry out a survey. Its first Barometer on the outlook for business tourism in Paris targeted seven priority markets, namely the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Italy and the United States.

In these particularly difficult times for the tourism and events sectors, let's start with some good news. Paris has retained its top spot in the ICCA rankings, with 237 revolving congresses hosted in 2019. Pablo Nakhle Cerruti - We're obviously very pleased that Paris is at the top of this ranking. It's worth noting...

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...