CSR

"CSR is not just about ecology and sustainable development. There are different types of passenger, with different needs, and we need to respond to them. It's a subject that I think we need to develop in 2025, and one that will play an increasingly important role on the managerial agenda". The analysis of...

London Heathrow closed 2024 with the unveiling of a €2.8 billion modernisation plan. The plan promised to give a prominent place to decarbonising the airport, but did not describe the concrete implications. At the start of this year, the London hub is giving more substance to this good resolution. The airport management has...

What can we learn from 2024 in the field of travel management? Sabah Kahoul - The year was marked by a particular focus on sustainable development and the reduction of CO2 emissions. There is a real awareness in all companies, whatever their size or activity. It is...

Châteauform' will get off to a good start in 2025 with the start of operations in January at 3 Mazarium, the Institut de France's events venue. What prospects does this award offer you? Benjamin Abittan - We have a lot of faith in it. It's a venue with the kind of character we like at Châteauform', even more steeped in history than usual. If we have...

How would you sum up 2024 in the MICE sector? Véronique Holveck - On a global level, if we look at the latest quarterly consolidation of MPI's "Meetings Outlook" barometer, a large majority of our 15,000 members worldwide (70%) tell us that there is a feeling of stability in terms of the number of meetings...

How would you sum up 2024 at Uber for Business? Franck Monsauret - The results for 2024 were good, and we believe - or at least hope - that this will not change in 2025. For us, 2024 was a reference year, which will serve as a kind of benchmark for...

Atmosfair can do better, Transport & Environnement is satisfied with SAF: Air France-KLM has had mixed fortunes when it comes to assessing its environmental efforts. Drawing on an existing study based on CO2 emissions per passenger/kilometre and the airlines' fleets, the German NGO presented its findings at the Air France-KLM...

Before the summer, Naboo announced its intention to grow externally. Now it's official. The corporate seminar platform has announced the acquisition from the Joy Group of Privateaser for Business (BizMeeting), its Venue Finder site specialising in organising events for groups. Naboo can count on the support of the...

Aviation is not meeting the targets set out in the Paris Agreement on global warming, according to the German NGO Atmosfair on the occasion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Air traffic is almost back to pre-pandemic levels," said Dietrich Brockhagen, Atmosfair's Director General. Unfortunately, the airlines still have to...

Exactly 187 travel managers took part in the question and answer session with BCD Travel. 187 witnesses to the evolution of the profession, for better or for worse, one might be tempted to sum up. According to the results of the survey conducted by TMC, travel managers spend the majority of their time.... managing...

The demand for eco-responsible seminars and events is exploding. Whatever the reasons, good or bad, greenhushing or greenwashing, CSR criteria are playing an increasingly important role in the choice of destination. Choosing CSR activities, working with committed service providers, assessing the carbon footprint of your event:...

When it comes to the environment, there's a lot of talk, good resolutions and sometimes greenwashing... and then there's the reality on the ground. Business travel is no exception. While all business travel players are more or less openly involved in eco-responsible initiatives, travellers remain... "pragmatic'. And when it comes to booking their flight,...

Marriott is taking its turn in measuring the carbon footprint of events organised in the group's hotels through the "Connect Responsibly with Marriott Bonvoy Events" programme. To be launched worldwide by the end of October, this new programme will provide detailed reports on the environmental impact of meetings, available on the Marriott website...

Just over a year after your appointment as head of Navan France, how would you sum up the year? Olivier Nairey - This year has gone very well. We had a fairly comprehensive roadmap. Navan has always been a big machine when it comes to acquiring new customers. This is an area in which we...

This is the question on the minds of travel and MICE buyers in general, and all the more so over the last few years when prices have soared: when will there be a lull in prices? The 2025 Global Business Travel Forecast should provide some answers. And perhaps even a...

For this second edition, how have you refined the IFTM-Kactus MICE Barometer? Arnaud Katz - We've added several key elements, in particular the CSR section, which some people criticised us for not including enough last year. We laid the foundations last year, and now we have a truly comprehensive barometer....

In recent weeks, hotel groups have taken it in turns to present their progress in the area of eco-responsibility. In its Serve 360 report - named after the platform that guides the group's CSR efforts - Marriott outlined the progress it has made in recent years...

Since the pandemic, the Accor group's Northern Europe division has made a habit of bringing together its key account clients at the Masters of Travel event. This was a way of taking the pulse of developments in the still faltering business travel sector, with participants from a wide range of sectors, including Germany, the UK, Sweden and Poland....

A shorter format in this Olympic year, but no less effective: for its annual See You There (SYT) event, following on from Nancy and Deauville, UNIMEV chose the Palais des Congrès in Versailles to bring together more than 300 players in the events industry for professional exchanges and conferences on a range of themes...

In the wake of its merger with Thalys, Eurostar has unveiled its first sustainability report, detailing its sustainability commitments and current progress in this area. The first objective, the most important for its fleet of 51 trains, aims to reduce its energy consumption and use 100% of renewable energy...