Paris

A transition to automatic writing. In three years, since its launch in January 2023, Accor's Handwritten Collection has reached around forty operational hotels and even more in development, with 45 establishments expected in France and internationally. Among the latter is a second address in Bucharest, the Tacadra hotel, but…

While its AVE, its high-speed trains built by Talgo, already run between Lyon and Barcelona and from Marseille to Madrid, Renfe has been trying in vain for years to get these same trains approved for departure from Paris. Faced with these difficulties, as well as the lack of prospects for real progress on…

The opening of CDG Express is fast approaching, scheduled for 28 March 2027. For the first time, commercial representatives were present this week in Nice at the Rendez-vous en France trade show to present its future transport service between Gare de l’Est and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport to tourism professionals. The operator, Hello Paris…

After the pass of three, the transformation. Minor Hotels made its Paris debut just before the 2024 Olympics with the takeover of three establishments, but the Thai group, which has owned NH Hotels since 2018, has given all these addresses a facelift. Opened under the NH brand, the former...

The Yotel group, but also many other establishments. With around a hundred contemporary hotels currently under development, the Hilton group intends to double the size of its lifestyle offering across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. While its portfolio has already doubled over the last three years to reach...

For business travellers who don't give a damn about time. Opened last autumn in the Batignolles district, the Joli Môme hotel offers them a selection of wines and cheeses to share at the end of the day, between 6pm and 7pm, seated around a long table in the convivial basement area....

According to the latest figures released by the ADP Group, air traffic at the two Paris hubs of Orly and Roissy CDG slowed in February. The number of passengers rose last month by just 0.7% to 7.4 million. ADP attributes this to the Ramadan effect, which has been affecting demand since...

Change of strategy for Le Train. While the future rail company was aiming to operate direct high-speed train services between the major cities on the Atlantic seaboard, with Bordeaux-Nantes and Bordeaux-Rennes at the forefront, it has just announced that it wants to operate on the Paris-Nantes and Paris-Bordeaux routes. Two framework agreements have been signed with...

Following on from SNCF a few weeks ago, it is now Trenitalia's turn to unveil its transport plan for the May 1st bridge due to the closure of Gare de Lyon (and Bercy), where SNCF Réseau will be carrying out major work on the tracks and signal boxes. No trains will be running at...

Since the beginning of February, business travellers visiting the La Défense business district for a few days or weeks have had a new apartment hotel at their disposal, the Adagio Access Nanterre. This opening had been in the pipeline since the announcement of the partnership between the long-stay subsidiary of Accor and Pierre & Vacances and the property group...

Trenitalia will not be spared the closure of Gare de Lyon between 8pm on 30 April and 2pm on 3 May announced by SNCF Réseau a few days ago. The infrastructure manager, a subsidiary of the SNCF group, will be taking advantage of the 1st May bank holiday to carry out various works...

For a first truly 'normal' year after the disruption caused by the pandemic, and then the effect of the Olympic Games in 2025, the test has been a success overall for the French hotel industry. The results for 2025 were encouraging, with growth in RevPAR (i.e. accommodation sales) of 2% according to figures presented by In Extenso Tourisme Culture...

One - Milan Central Station - is used to seeing travellers pass through, the other - the BHV - Parisian shopaholics. But the two have just set themselves a common future, that of adding a touch of hospitality within their walls. Although no official announcement has been made, the Parisian department stores' could...

Business travellers and, above all, leisure passengers who have decided to take advantage of the 1 May bank holiday to travel by TGV via Gare de Lyon may be in for a bit of a disappointment. SNCF Réseau has just announced the closure of the Paris station for this traditionally busy weekend. No Transilien or TGV trains...

The SNCF operates 11 Grand Voyageur lounges in France, which are one of the key elements of its commercial offering for business travellers. They are regularly updated and even extended. This will once again be the case for the Paris lounge at Gare de Lyon, the busiest...

Always in transit between two brands. This is a regular occurrence for hotels, and the former Pullman Paris CDG is no exception. Opened in 2015, the hotel has just been rebranded as Radisson Blu, according to the wishes of its owner, property investor Covivio. "The repositioning programme and the change of brand name will help to improve the hotel's performance...

Updated on 2/02 at 10:30 Paris Banke Opéra Paris, A Radisson Collection Hotel (autumn) While continuing with its plans to move into rue de Rivoli, the Radisson Collection brand will be opening its first hotel in Paris this year, a stone's throw from the Opera and Galeries Lafayette. And it's all thanks to a choice acquisition: the...

Alice Mafaity, who now oversees the 13 Hyatt hotels in France as Vice President France and also manages the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile hotel at Porte Maillot, travelled the world before returning to France to join the American group. Her international career, always with major groups, has given her the...

The B&B Hotels group is continuing its expansion into long-stay accommodation. Launched in the summer of 2024 in Saint-Ouen, its B&B Home brand has since set up in the mountains, in Brides-les-Bains, as well as near Caen station, while taking a diversion to the West Indies with an establishment in Fort-de-France. As the year draws to a close, the...

Luxury from every angle. The only five-star hotel with a pied-à-terre on the world's most famous avenue, the Paris Marriott Champs Elysées Hotel adds a new elegance to the prestige of its address. Recently completed, its renovation blends the spirit of the times with the spirit of the place, that of a listed building with a past intimately linked...