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CitizenM to open six new stores in 2022
The citizenM brand has just given more details of its plan to open new hotels in 2022. The six hotels that will be added next year to its portfolio of 24 hotels in 16 major cities around the world had all already been announced, but now it was time to find out more about what they will offer. While the pioneering lifestyle hotel chain in...
Milwaukee: the Wisconsin Center begins its XXL metamorphosis
The management of the Wisconsin Center recently launched the construction phase that will give the Milwaukee convention centre a whole new dimension. Scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024, the project will increase the building's surface area to more than 40,000 m², roughly double its current size....
Reopening of the US, business in Europe: interview with David Kelly...
What does the reopening of the United States to international travellers mean for an American hotel group? David Kelly - The reopening of American borders is a key moment for the economic recovery of our sector. We are delighted to be able to welcome our international guests back to our hotels across the Atlantic. Since...
Air France resumes US flights as borders reopen
The announcement that the travel restrictions in place for over 18 months have been lifted has led to a significant increase in bookings at Air France, particularly on routes to New York, Miami and Los Angeles, for travel in November and during the festive season. To support the recovery in...
Delta Air Lines, the transatlantic route makes a strong comeback
It has been a long wait for airlines following the Biden administration's announcement in September that they would once again allow vaccinated European travellers to come to the United States. But now it's done. As of November 8, travellers who have been duly vaccinated and who test negative for the Covid virus before departure will be able to travel to the...
United Airlines is preparing for the biggest expansion in its history on...
United Airlines announced at the end of last week that it would be making the biggest transatlantic expansion in its history, with 10 new flights and five new destinations. The new destinations to be served from next spring include Amman, Bergen (Norway), the Azores as well as Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife...
The United States confirms the date of 8 November for the opening of the...
On Friday 15 October, the White House decided to finally lift all travel restrictions linked to covid-19 for fully vaccinated international visitors from 8 November. This decision puts an end to a historic travel ban in the country's recent history. The United States had kept its borders virtually sealed for 21...
United States: opening up at last!
We'd given up hope, but here's some good news after months of procrastination. The United States must officially reopen its borders to international travellers. And it will do so from 1 November. The reopening of the border had already been mooted in March by US President Joe Biden, who was expecting it to take place in May....
US carriers are posting their first profits since the financial crisis in the...
According to statistics from the US Bureau of Transportation, US scheduled passenger airlines reported a net profit after tax of $1 billion in the second quarter of 2021. A significant improvement despite a pre-tax operating loss of $3.6 billion. The second-quarter results represent the first profit since...
Pre-flight tests do reduce risks, according to a study by...
A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the Department of Health of the Federated State of Georgia and Delta Air Lines has analysed passenger data on Delta flights with pre-flight Covid testing between New York-JFK, Atlanta and Rome-Fiumicino. It shows that the risk of exposure to Covid-19 on board an aircraft...
Hyatt back in Houston's Energy Corridor
Business travellers will be able to rediscover the Hyatt Regency brand in the heart of Houston's oil business district, the Energy Corridor. It's a return to its roots for this hotel, which opened in the 1980s under the Hyatt Regency banner, before passing into other hands, most recently the Omni banner. Hyatt is now back on its feet, close to the headquarters of...
SAS Scandinavian Airlines reveals its winter schedule
SAS Scandinavian Airlines is gradually returning to a network more in line with what it was before the pandemic. The airline has decided to increase the number of flights it operates as travel health protocols are eased and traffic resumes. SAS has just revealed what its network will look like from...
Delta Air Lines joins forces with Thalys and speeds up flights to the UK
Delta Air Lines is ramping up its North Atlantic services once again. Following the reopening of flights from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon and Paris CDG, on 5 August the carrier re-launched flights from Dublin to New York JFK. The two cities have been linked three times a week since then by Airbus A330-300. The...
In Chicago, the hotel industry defies the pandemic
It may come as a surprise, but Chicago is experiencing a veritable hotel boom. And this despite the devastating effect of the covid pandemic in 2020. According to the few figures available on the state of tourism in the metropolis in 2020, the number of international arrivals fell last year by 80.3%. The...
Airline trade fairs: the eternal return
This is good news for the airline world. This summer sees the return of airline and alliance lounges dedicated to premium traffic. This is certainly a tangible sign of the recovery in air traffic worldwide, and more particularly in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Better still, the reopening of the...
Record order for United Airlines
270 aircraft ordered: a symbolic event for an air transport industry shaken by the covid pandemic over the past year. This gigantic order comes this time from the United States and is signed by United Airlines. As part of its "United Next" programme - a programme to modernise the carrier over the next decade - the company has...
New York's international status undermines its economic recovery
New York is suffering more from the pandemic crisis than any other city in the United States. This is the conclusion of an in-depth investigation by the New York Times, published on 21 June. According to the figures released by the daily, New York lost 11.8% of its jobs between February 2020 and April 2021. This compares with...
Will supersonic flights ever make a comeback?
The two news items on the future of supersonic travel could not be more contradictory. On 24 May this year, the American aircraft manufacturer Aerion ceased operations. The company had been working for several years on the development of a new supersonic jet. With 12 seats and flying at Mach 1.4 (1,610 km/h), it was intended to create...
United States: France's health status improves
The nuance is subtle, but it has the merit of sending a positive signal for the revival of business travel: at the beginning of the week, the American authorities revised their position on travel to around sixty destinations. These include France, which has been downgraded from level four to level three. The recommendation to...
Delta Air Lines back in love with France
That was all it took for Delta Air Lines to announce the reopening of flights to France. The French government's confirmation that American visitors will once again be able to travel to France from 9 June is seen as excellent news by Delta's management. Passengers simply need to present their...
