United Kingdom

We knew that British trains had a bad reputation because of their poor performance in terms of punctuality and regularity. This negative image has just been confirmed by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). On the rail lines managed by Network Rail, 67.8% of trains...

By October 2024, ExCeL London will have completed its transformation. This makeover will see the London convention centre add 25,000 m² to its already comfortable 100,000 m² surface area. This will open up a whole new world of possibilities for event organisers. But they won't necessarily have to wait for the official inauguration to plan their operation...

The voco brand, one of the most dynamic within the IHG group, is not only counting on the conversion of existing hotels, one of the key vectors for its development. Witness its new hotel in the Science Park in Exeter, UK. Expected to open in 2024, it will be the first hotel...

The recent Formula 1 British Grand Prix gave the Hilton Group the opportunity to officially inaugurate its new Hilton Garden Inn, the only establishment located on the Silverstone circuit. The hotel boasts an unrivalled position along the 'Hamilton Straight', renamed in 2020 in honour of the British champion. The hotel groups...

There's all the talk about the environment, the good sustainable resolutions... and then there's the reality of habits in the business world. According to a study carried out by Emburse in the UK - and spotted by BTN Europe - the gap is still far too wide. The specialist in the optimisation of...

The summers come and go, but the problems remain the same in Europe's skies. Many airports continue to operate on a just-in-time basis due to congested airspace. What's more, repeated strikes by air traffic controllers in several countries are adding to the difficulties. For example, easyJet has just announced that it has cut 1,700 jobs...

Stansted has not given up on its expansion plans. Quite the contrary: on 3 July, the management of the London airport presented a new project. The previous project, drawn up in 2016 with the aim of being completed by 2020, was put on hold due to the lack of approval in time, and then because of the health crisis. The ambition...

Britain's Virgin Atlantic wants to capitalise on its recent entry into Skyteam by offering new intercontinental routes. The airline intends to capitalise on sustained demand for international long-haul travel, and to take advantage of a market with high demand. Virgin passengers should benefit from more than 250,000 additional seats between now and...

As in France, budget hotels in the UK have performed well over the past year, as shown by the results just presented by the Whitbread Group, parent company of Premier Inn hotels, for the 2022-2023 financial year. With a growth in revenue per room of +27 % compared to 2020, its establishments have been able to...

London's fourth airport is often overlooked: Luton, 50 km north of the British capital. Yet this airport is far from marginal. In 2019, Luton flirted with the 18 million passenger mark, and last year the airport welcomed 13.1 million passengers. That's an increase of 186% compared with...

Flybe or not flybe? That's no longer the question since the British airline ceased operations. Before the covid crisis, Flybe was the UK's largest regional carrier. It was even the main carrier to Birmingham, Belfast City Airport, Exeter and Southampton. During its glory years, Flybe operated...

The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) made the news official on 17 January. British railways will once again be disrupted by strike action. The strike is scheduled for 1 and 3 February. It is expected to affect around fifteen British operators, including : Avanti West Coast, Chiltern...

Travelling by plane also means having to put up with the inconvenience of security rules for hand luggage checks. The requirement to limit liquid containers to 100 ml and to remove all electronic devices from hand luggage seems unavoidable. And yet... In Japan, for example, it has been a long time since...

Radisson RED. With such a strong brand identity, this new hotel in Liverpool has everything it takes to become a favourite haunt for fans of the Reds, the legendary football club from the city in the north of England. And for business travellers, because of its location. Radisson's lifestyle brand has just given a new lease of life to a...

London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow: these are the airports that will be affected by the Border Force agents' strike. The strike begins on 23 December and will last for eight days. December 27 should not be affected. According to Cirium data relayed by Reuters, these are...

Charlie Cornish, Chief Executive of MAG, the company that owns Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, has made this blunt statement. He is in fact the boss of the UK's largest airport group. The Guardian newspaper reports that, at the Airlines 2022 conference in London, Charlie Cornish declared...

Officials, journalists and others: professionals who will be staying in Doha for the duration of the Football World Cup in Qatar have a solution that is as practical as it is upmarket. The Deutsche Hospitality group has chosen this destination, which is in the limelight today, but which is also popular throughout the...

British business travellers are getting ready to go back to business, but with a change of habits: this is the message sent by American Express in a new study published on 3 October. A survey of 1,000 professionals in the UK - 500 business travel decision-makers and 500 business travellers - was carried out between 25 and 29 October....

Train travel across the Channel is set for further major disruption in the near future... A major strike action has been formalised by the ASLEF union, which claims to represent 96% of train drivers in England, Scotland and Wales. The walkout will begin at 0.00am on Thursday 15 September...

Business travellers accustomed to staying at many Marriott hotels in the UK will soon see a major change when these establishments come under another brand of the American group: Delta Hotels. Between next October and the end of summer 2023, a phase of renovation and rebranding will begin at Delta Hotels in the...