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A manifestation of the affordable hybrid hospitality sector that is increasingly seen in major cities, JO&JOE is set to expand its offering in France. Launched in 2016 by Accor, this brand, which straddles the line between a next-generation youth hostel and classic hotel, will benefit from a partnership established between Aken Ecosystèmes and the group…

"The most solid year in the city's history": that's an assessment that, as Toulouse Team celebrates its tenth anniversary, has every reason to be satisfied. If the results unveiled by the city's attraction agency are anything to go by, all the lights are green for the pink city, which has climbed to the top of the...

Smartwings, both a spin-off and parent company of the former CSA, is finally taking over from the defunct Czech national airline. The airline, which has mainly been confined to leisure routes, is now boosting its network to the main European cities from Prague. It is inaugurating 7 new stopovers for its new winter flight programme to...

Transavia has just published its programme for summer 2026. The most important event is the takeover of the last three major domestic routes from Air France, which is now concentrating exclusively on its Roissy CDG network. Transavia, which had already taken over the routes to Biarritz, Montpellier, Perpignan and Toulon, will now operate the routes to...

Volotea's rise to power on the domestic network is confirmed. The low-cost airline's offensive in French airspace is now moving westwards. The low-cost carrier inaugurated the Rennes-Toulouse flight on 1 September. "We're delighted to announce the inauguration of this new route linking Toulouse to Rennes", says Gilles Gosselin, Director France...

It's time for the business travel industry to take stock. Toulouse airport has just published its figures for the second quarter. And as might be expected, the closure of the easyJet base has not been without consequences for the Toulouse hub... Between 1 April and 30 June, Toulouse-Blagnac airport recorded...

Toulouse-Blagnac airport will again be linked to two business destinations this winter by easyJet. The Toulouse-Marrakech flight will resume service on 26 October. Three flights will be operated each week until the end of the year, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. On the same date, the Blagnac-Gatwick route will also be relaunched. The pink city will be linked to...

The report published on Thursday by AirHelp analysed some 125,000 flights that took off from French airports in the first three months of 2025. And of these, 22.6 % were delayed, according to the disruption compensation specialist. That's more than 4 million passengers affected by these...

Renfe is taking another step towards its possible exit from France. The Spanish company has just announced that it will be abandoning its Toulouse-Barcelona route, which was due to operate seasonally from April to September. A daily return trip by AVE - the Spanish high-speed train - between the two cities was scheduled to take 3.5 hours,...

And that's two for FirstName. The "feel good" brand designed by the Alboran group is continuing its conquest of the South-West with an address in Toulouse, its second after opening in Bordeaux in early 2023. FirstName, which is affiliated to the Hyatt group's JdV brand, had been spreading its lifestyle spirit in the Meriadeck business district,...

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...

While Nouvelair's summer timetable does not offer any new destinations, it does see a significant increase in flight frequencies from Tunis. The only recent innovation from Tunisia's main private carrier: the opening last winter of three weekly frequencies (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) between Tunis and Rabat in Morocco. For the next season...

The new Toulouse-Oslo flight will make its debut on 14 June. With this seasonal route, limited to two flights a week, Norwegian is targeting leisure travellers in particular. Magnus Thome Maursund, Norwegian's Commercial Director, says: "It's always exciting to launch new routes. I'm sure that Toulouse...

Schools, hospitals, government departments, electricity and gas companies: many trade unions are mobilising on 5 December for a day of action against the cost-cutting measures in Michel Barnier's government's draft budget for 2025. Or the late Barnier government, as the possibility of a motion of censure is so great this December.

Having failed to obtain authorisation to run to Spain from Paris Gare de Lyon, Renfe has just announced the opening of an AVE train link between Toulouse and Barcelona in the second quarter of 2025. On this route, the Spanish company's high-speed trains will stop at Carcassonne, Perpignan, Figueras and Girona. The trainsets...

After Ryanair in Bordeaux, easyJet has just announced that it will be closing its Toulouse base next spring. However, the reasons are different from those of its competitor. The British carrier is not really blaming charges at Blagnac airport. Easyjet is instead citing a general restructuring of its activities in France due to a marked slowdown...

As we head back to school in 2024, the airlines are introducing a whole host of new services. And destinations in South-East Asia do not have the monopoly on major announcements - even if the return of direct flights from Paris to Manila or Kuala Lumpur is likely to be of interest to business travellers... who should be particularly interested...

"With a view to covering France's main regional metropolises, the opening of a Newton Offices building in Toulouse was an obvious choice," says Guillaume Pellegrin, founder of Newton Offices, a subsidiary of Rivoli Capital and KKR specialising in flexible offices. After Marseille/Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier, Lille and Lyon, this player in hybrid workplaces is continuing its expansion in...

For almost ten years now, Nannybag has been giving its users peace of mind when travelling anywhere in the world, thanks to its collaborative luggage storage service provided by partner retailers. Now the start-up is offering a new option, this time for air passengers. It has joined forces with Safe Bag, a leading...

Toulouse-Blagnac recorded more than 7.8 million passengers in 2023, an increase of 11%. However, this figure is still almost 19% lower than 2019, which recorded 9.6 million passengers. Bruno Balerdi explains why... Toulouse airport is experiencing a slower recovery than other French airports. What are the...