Paris

Its arrival has been announced for a long time, since 2017. Now it's official: the 25Hours Hotel Terminus Nord will open its doors on 7 January. Located opposite Gare du Nord station, the 25hours is the result of the transformation of a former Mercure hotel housed in a building built in 1860. The architects Axel Schoenert...

What's the latest on the metamorphosis of the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre? The programme is proceeding according to schedule. Begun in 2015, the renovation work is scheduled for completion in 2023. After the opening last year of the Paris Convention Centre - the largest in Europe - which marked the end of the...

"A bubble of calm at the end of the platform". This is how Stéphanie Auxenfans, Managing Director of Multiburo, describes the business centre due to open in early November at Saint-Lazare station in Paris. Spanning 2,200 sq. m. and two floors along the Cour du Havre and Rue d'Amsterdam, this new...

One story begins anew, and another is yet to be written. The Parisian summer saw both the revival of one of its legendary hotels - the Lutetia - and the unveiling of a new brand with a prestigious name, with the opening of the first Hotel Fauchon. It's a good time for luxury hotels in...

Beneath its dazzling Art Nouveau dome, Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann has been delighting Parisians and visitors to the city for over a century. An emblematic shopping venue spread over 70,000 m², this theatre of fashion is now taking centre stage for professional events with a chic, contemporary feel. The...

For the moment, 3 cities are served from Paris CDG: a daily flight to New York and 4 flights a week to Boston and Toronto. In addition, the airline had already announced the addition of a daily flight to Tel Aviv and 4 weekly flights linking Montreal to Paris from...

Having moved from Madrid to Turin during the summer, Cristiano Ronaldo has already set his sights on Paris for the longer term. This time, it's not about football, but the hotel business, where the Portuguese superstar has already proved his worth. Ambassador for the Lusitanian group Pestana - and 50% business partner for the eponymous brand...

Flybe is thinking bigger in Paris: on Tuesday, the regional airline announced the first phase of its timetables for summer 2019. As a result, 147 routes and more than 2,900 flights per week in the UK and Europe are on sale for the period from 31 March to 16 June 2019. A programme in which the airport...

Partly unveiled last January, the new Air France Business lounge in Hall L of terminal 2E at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport is now fully open to business travellers. With a total surface area of 3,200 sq. m., compared with 2,180 sq. m. accessible to the public until now, and a seating capacity of 540, this...

Hosting the Olympic Games is always accompanied by ambitious projects for the host cities. Paris is no exception, with the Gare du Nord preparing to undergo a colossal transformation in the run-up to the 2024 Olympics. SNCF Gares & Connexions has announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Ceetrus, a specialist in mixed-use real estate combining shops,...

Of course, the big news in the Paris hotel industry this autumn will be the unveiling in September of the first Fauchon hotel on Place de la Madeleine. But Esprit de France, the partner of the famous delicatessen brand for the operation of this hotel, will be opening another, more confidential establishment at almost the same time: Maison Armance....

Since 18 June, Delta has been flying business travellers on a highly strategic route: the Paris-Los Angeles axis. The launch of this new direct flight - operated three times a week - brings to thirteen the number of destinations served by the American airline from Paris airport. "The number of French visitors to California...

For the first time in more than a decade, Barcelona is back in first place in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) rankings of the world's biggest convention cities. The Catalan metropolis had not enjoyed such an honour since 2004. With 195 major international events, it moves up from third to first place...

A century-old airport since 2014, Le Bourget was the main gateway to Paris until the early 1960s. This legendary location has successfully converted itself into a business airport, and is now Europe's leading business airport. However, just seven kilometres from Paris, Le Bourget is much more than just a hub for...

The Paris CDG hub continues to diversify its hotel offering. Recent developments include the addition of a new budget hotel with the inauguration this week of the Holiday Inn Express Paris - Aéroport Charles de Gaulle. With 305 rooms, this is the brand's largest hotel in France, and is "designed to...

Aigle Azur, France's second-largest airline, has ambitious expansion targets. "We've spent seven months working on our turnaround, putting our organisation and our model to the test," describes Frantz Yvelin, Chairman of the airline. 2018 is the year in which we reinvent ourselves with the aim of being a hybrid carrier, with a 'low fare' strategy but...

Spaces is continuing to expand in the Paris region with the announcement of a seventh coworking space in the heart of the capital. Following on from Spaces Opéra Garnier, Bonne nouvelle, Réaumur and Boulogne Billancourt, all of which have already opened, and the one due to open near Saint Lazare station in July, this specialist in coworking will be setting up in the Halles district...

A break that's as healthy as it is productive. That's what Okko Hôtels will be doing in 2018, between two phases of development. "Since our inception in 2014, we have opened eight hotels in four years," explains Solenne Devys, product and communications director for the design and business brand. With this intense pace of development,...

Unless they take public transport, travellers to Orly will soon find a new hotel to welcome them when they arrive at the airport from the A106 and RN7. AccorHotels has joined forces with the ADP Group to build an ibis Styles at the entrance to the Orlytech business hub. Its façade...

Odalys is continuing to expand its range of urban residences. A few weeks after opening a property in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, the 32nd Odalys City residence in France, a new residence has been inaugurated this week on the Butte Montmartre. Located on rue Saint-Vincent, a stone's throw from Le Lapin Agile, it is "a...