Rome

The Hyatt group is continuing its expansion in Italy with three upcoming hotels that will be added to its six existing properties. The Park Hyatt Milan will soon have a luxurious counterpart in Sicily, Taormina, with a 121-suite hotel offering views of Etna and the Ionian Sea from their private terraces. Expected...

After Paris, all roads lead to Rome for Barceló. In the summer of 2025, the Spanish group opened its first hotel in France on the outskirts of Paris, in Levallois-Perret. The takeover of the Evergreen hotel, renamed Occidental Paris Levallois, provided it with a major business hub of 338 rooms and ten meeting rooms capable of hosting...

So this is a first, an unpublished route which was launched on 2 May. ITA Airways now connects Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (IAH). The fourth-largest city in the United States thus becomes the airline's 9th US destination. The Rome-Houston flights are operated by an Airbus A330-900,…

The return flight is scheduled for 25 March 2026. On that date, Air India - which had packed up during the health crisis - will once again set course for Italy. Four flights a week will be operated between Delhi and Rome's Leonardo da Vinci - Fiumicino Airport. The flights will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays,...

The Experimental group continues to spread its lifestyle spirit to new major European cities. Last year, Paris saw the opening of a third establishment in the Marais district, the result of the repositioning of the former Sinner hotel, and while the group also has an address in London, the Henrietta Experimental, Rome and Porto are preparing to welcome new hotels...

Barely launched and already over. It took just over a year for the commercial partnership agreement between ITA Airways and Saudia to come to an end. Launched with great fanfare on June 1, 2024, the agreement officially ends on November 15. The commercial partnership included code-share routes. But above all...

ITA Airways is thinking bigger and further ahead. The company has just presented its Strategic Plan - just initialled by the Board of Directors - which will guide the carrier's investments between 2026 and 2030. During this period, ITA Airways is expected to spread its wings further internationally, and significantly strengthen its long-haul network. North America

In the pantheon of the great names in travel, Orient Express takes up the course of its legend in the heart of Rome. Just a stone's throw from the... Pantheon, at 69 Piazza della Minerva. The brand is unveiling its first hotel since its takeover by Accor in 2017, with the French group making it its credo to spread its renaissance on earth...

From professionals passing through for a night or a few weeks to Erasmus exchange students, The Social Hub Porto has chosen not to choose. Its hybrid hotel concept, taken to the extreme, opens its doors wide to all types of traveller. On the one hand, the recently inaugurated establishment has all the makings of a large business hotel, with...

Rome will not only be vibrating to the rhythm of the 27th jubilee in the history of the Catholic Church in 2025. Next spring, the Eternal City will also be celebrating the opening of the first Orient Express hotel since the relaunch of this legendary brand by the Accor group. Located just a stone's throw from the Pantheon, this new...

The easyJet offer at Bordeaux airport reached 33 destinations this summer with the addition of Athens to the carrier's catalogue. The carrier is now preparing for the winter season. It has just announced two new flights. A Bordeaux-Rabat flight is scheduled for 29 October. It will operate twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. As for...

Mandarin Oriental joins the wave of luxury hotel developments in Rome. Following in the footsteps of Bulgari, Edition, Six Senses and InterContinental recently, and awaiting the debut of Rosewood and Orient Express from Accor, the prestigious Hong Kong brand has announced plans to open a hotel in the Italian capital by 2026. While Bulgari is committed to the transformation of a vast...

A few weeks ago, the Spanish group Barcelo announced a €50 million expansion plan in Portugal, on the island of Madeira. This investment will support the construction of a new hotel in the historic centre of Funchal, due to open at the end of 2025 next to the Mercado dos Lavradores, as well as...

Airports Council International (ACI) and Amadeus have announced their verdict, ranking the world's best airports by region and by traffic category. Rome-Fiumicino and Barcelona-El Prat stand out among the 'big carriers' on the Old Continent (more than 40 million passengers a year). As for the hubs...

This summer, ITA Airways will be making its debut in a new destination with the launch of the Rome-Dakar flight. This new route, which was made official on Tuesday, is due to start on 3 July. Four flights are scheduled each week between Fiumicino and Blaise Diagne, on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. They will be operated by the new Airbus A321neo...

Where better to showcase the innovative spirit of the CitizenM lifestyle brand than at Meta's headquarters? It was probably hard to imagine a better place than Menlo Park, the birthplace of what was better known as Facebook, to demonstrate its lifestyle and technology offering. An offer that matches Meta's aspirations...

Following the recent opening of a hotel in Biarritz (see box), the Experimental Group has announced new developments. Where will you be expanding your offer in the coming years? Romée de Goriainoff - We are indeed going to open three new establishments in the near future, with our first hotel in via Ludovisi, Rome, the result of the conversion of a...

ITA Airways' international ambitions are taking shape. The Italian carrier is taking advantage of the year 2023 to accelerate the construction of its long-haul network. After setting the tone with the inauguration of flights to Washington and San Francisco this summer, ITA Airways is now taking things a step further with the inauguration of the Rome-Rio flight. The flight was inaugurated...

The Rosewood luxury group was already comfortably installed in several major European cities, including Place de la Concorde in Paris, the Hôtel de Crillon, Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Villa Magna, and High Holborn Street in central London. Since last year, the...

Rome's luxury hotel scene continues to expand. After the long-awaited opening of a Bulgari hotel at the beginning of June, a few months after that of a Six Senses, the Italian capital recently welcomed the Edition brand. Jointly developed by Marriott and Ian Schrager, the pioneer of the boutique hotel industry, this luxury lifestyle brand has set up shop just a few blocks from the...