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Fiercely high-tech, but also responsible: the new Campanile Smart Lyon Bron combines two of today's key trends. Located in the economic hub near Lyon-Bron business airport, the hotel is a blueprint for the hotel of the future, offering guests a seamless, fluid and connected experience. And this, even if a...

A "spaceship of the future": this is the inspiration behind the MSC Virtuosa project, the next flagship of MSC Cruises. It was an ambitious project that required no less than six years of development since the first original concept appeared. Finally, this futuristic vision of cruising will come to fruition...

British Airways' new recruit, Bill, will make his debut at London Heathrow airport in early 2020. This autonomous robot, equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), a geolocation system and 360-degree sensors, will roam around Terminal 5, guiding travellers to their final destination...

The Japanese Henn Na hotel in the Hen-Ten-Bosch theme park near Nagasaki recently hit the headlines with its redundancy plan. The establishment did not hesitate to brutally sack half its staff because of deplorable service. There were no union protests against this mass dismissal: the employees in question...

Business travellers in Lyon will soon be able to meet Stan. Over the next few weeks, this car-sharing robot will be introduced on a large scale, covering 500 spaces in the P5+ car park at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. Four examples of the system developed by Stanley Robotics will be operating simultaneously, with twelve...

The British travel manager is definitely perplexed. A few days ago, a study published by the Business Travel Show revealed that travel buyers seem to be increasingly wary of NDC, even though the new distribution standard is becoming widespread in the airline sector. The show...

What can bots, and more generally automation tools, actually do for business travellers and travel managers? This was the question raised by GBTA France at the Experts' Forum organised by the association on 22 January at the French Event Booster at Porte de Versailles. It's a huge subject...

Artificial intelligence is all the rage in the media, but what is it really like in the everyday lives of Europe's citizens? According to a study published on 7 June by SAP Concur, the picture is rather mixed, depending on the country. The North of Europe seems to be very familiar with these new technologies, while the rest of the...

The airport is definitely a popular playground for robots. In the wake of experiments carried out by JAL in Tokyo Haneda and Air New Zealand in Sydney, Lufthansa is now getting in on the act. The German group has deployed Josie Pepper in Terminal 2 at Munich airport. This...

CES 2018 is just around the corner and brands are already showing off their innovations. Electronics manufacturer LG has unveiled new robots from the CLOi range. The three new machines are designed to serve, carry and sell. The Korean company hopes to deploy them in shopping centres, hotels and airports. The carrying robot...