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The eco-responsible orientation of the corporate events sector continues. Following on from Lille Grand Palais and Zénith de Lille in mid-June, Biarritz Tourisme and its convention centres - Espace Bellevue, Casino Municipal, Théâtre de la Gare du Midi and Halle d'Iraty - have also just received ISO 20121 certification. Committed for several years to...

"In May, demand for business travel almost recovered its pre-crisis 2019 level", stresses the Marco Polo association, which publishes its monthly index of business travel. Several studies, unveiled in quick succession, highlight both the increasingly rapid pace of business travel, and the...

As part of the European Commission's "Connecting Europe Days", five sustainable European flights converged on Lyon airport, where the EU event was taking place. These flights used innovative technologies, fuels and air navigation procedures to minimise their carbon emissions, demonstrating the potential for transforming...

Last March, at a conference on passenger service, IATA unveiled a brand new methodology for calculating CO2 emissions. This was the result of work undertaken not only with carriers - 20 airlines contributed - but also with aircraft manufacturers, organisations responsible for defining international standards and suppliers...

After two disrupted years, is the number of visitors to your establishments now living up to your expectations? Benjamin Abittan - Business has really picked up after the Omicron period. Lately, we've even had weeks like we've never had before, sometimes with up to 7,000 participants a day!...

The Lille Grand Palais congress centre and the Zénith de Lille have just joined the list of professional meeting venues to receive ISO 20121 certification, in recognition of the responsible management applied to the events industry. While other event industry players in France can point to the same certification, the Zénith de Lille is the first venue in France to be...

Since last year, Accor's teams in Northern Europe have been bringing together their main corporate clients at the Masters of Travel, the second of which took place at the end of May in Frankfurt. Why did you decide to organise this event? Sophie Hulgard - Covid has accelerated certain trends, the needs...

The 16th edition of Univ'AirPlus, the traditional back-to-school event for the business travel industry, will be held on 8 September at the Jardin d'Acclimatation. And to mark the occasion, the corporate payment solutions specialist's customers and partners will be able to get together again after a virtual 2021 edition, in view of the uncertainties linked to the...

At a time when the environmental impact of payment solutions is relatively limited, why is a major player like American Express getting involved to help companies reduce the carbon footprint of their travel? Pierre-François Brézès - When it comes to carbon footprint, American Express is certainly not one of the 'usual suspects'...

How can a company specialising in means of payment, which are inherently less polluting than air transport or car hire, help to reduce the carbon impact of businesses? American Express is making its own commitment, starting with its most obvious product, the payment card. So the market...

There is often a long way to go between words and deeds. While major companies are all proclaiming their desire to reduce the carbon footprint of their business travel, the European Federation for Transport and Environment, more commonly known as Transport et Environnement (T&E), is tempering this rhetoric. Bringing together some sixty European organisations committed to a vision of...

Just a few days after the publication of its report on the environment, social and governance (ESG), American Express GBT clearly intends to take up the challenge of eco-responsibility. Now it's the turn of TMC's Meetings & Events division to step up to the plate with a new announcement: the launch of a "range...

On the occasion of the publication of its 2021 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) report, American Express Global Business Travel highlighted all the achievements and commitments made by the travel agency to ensure "a responsible, sustainable and secure future for the travel industry". [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="123777"]...

Chief Journey Officer, Mobility Management Company, Télétravel: for its 31st edition and its return to face-to-face meetings, the EVP 2022 was not short of imaginative new concepts to try and define what tomorrow's business travel will be. Ultimately, the lesson to be learned from this major business travel event organised on Wednesday by American Express...

Air France is working to reduce its CO2 emissions, and has just launched a programme called "Air France ACT". It aims to: reduce as a priority the direct emissions generated by Air France's operations, reduce indirect emissions, upstream and downstream of the airline's activities,...

A new classification system for hotels, tourist residences, campsites and holiday villages comes into force on 1 April. This is no joke, however, as the project was duly announced at the end of last year by Prime Minister Jean Castex as part of the plan to win back tourism. As part of this plan, three decrees have been unveiled...

This is a major battle-horse for ACI Europe (Airports Council International): the end of short-haul air services, replaced by rail links. In Europe, Air France and the Lufthansa group have championed this cause, often under pressure from politicians. Northern European countries, led by Scandinavia, have also launched...

AirPlus is going even further in its commitment to sustainability. Back in 2009, the corporate payments specialist was already one of the pioneers among financial services players with a totally CO2-neutral payment solution, the "Green Company Accounts". This carbon-neutral product, initially available as an option, has gradually become a standard on the...

With the rise of electric cars, it will be much easier for hotel guests and visiting professionals alike to recharge their vehicles at the hotel. Last year, the Radisson group unveiled a partnership with Allego to develop a network of recharging solutions in all its hotels in Europe by 2010.

Faced with growing demand from business travel professionals for more effective carbon footprint measurement tools, TravelPerk is adding a new solution to the business travel landscape. The aptly-named GreenPerk was unveiled on Wednesday, with the aim of enabling companies to "analyse the impact of their business travel and create an action plan to reduce...