United States

"Fabrice Collet, Chairman of B&B Hotels, is very proud of the work accomplished over the past 35 years and very enthusiastic about everything that remains to be built. The future of a group that was founded in Brittany in 1990 and has gradually established itself as one of the world's leading...

Predictions of a slowdown in demand for air travel between Europe and the United States are being confirmed week after week. And after the "bravado" of a number of airlines claiming at the beginning of May that they were not seeing any slowdown in demand, most are now quietly adjusting their frequencies. Airline consultancy OAG notes that in June, capacity...

Blue Sky, the new joint programme between JetBlue and United Airlines, is set to bring a host of benefits to customers of both airlines. The two airlines hope to launch the programme this autumn. They detail the future benefits, which will nevertheless have to be approved by the relevant authorities. United MileagePlus customers will be able to earn and use frequent flyer...

The end of 2025 will see the first Boeing 787-9s joining United Airlines. This is an opportunity for the airline to unveil its Premium cabins with a refreshed design. Called United Elevated, the new concept is still based on a business cabin divided into two products: the United Polaris Studio suites and the classic United Polaris business class....

Every year, the Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index takes stock of each country's international representation around the world. This is all the more important in a multi-polar world where conflicts and tensions are on the increase. This is what the Lowy Institute points out in the introduction to its index. Launched in 2016,...

A serious incident sounded the alarm last week, and was reported by all the major US media. The New York Times reported that employees at the Philadelphia air traffic control centre, which coordinates flights north of the US East Coast, panicked. They lost track of planes approaching Newark-Liberty on...

"Providing a spectacular space for meetings, conferences and special events for the Harvard community and beyond" is the ambition of the David Rubenstein Treehouse project. This new MICE hub is due to take up residence at Harvard next autumn, just under three years after the announcement of the new infrastructure....

It is the hub par excellence of the giant American Airlines, its HQ: Dallas Fort Worth. As the airline's headquarters, the Texas airport saw 'AA' carry almost 70 million passengers last year. The future Terminal F is therefore of highly strategic interest for both the carrier and the hub. And what's more...

United is resolutely looking to the future, and intends to pave the way for defining the air mobility of tomorrow. With this in mind, a few days ago the company announced its ambition - shared with specialist Archer - to launch a network of aircraft taxis in New York. The aim is to link Manhattan to neighbouring airports by...

Every business traveller has certainly dreamt of this: getting to the heart of Manhattan in 5 to 15 minutes from one of New York's two intercontinental airports, Newark or JFK. A journey without the almost unavoidable traffic jams. It's a dream come true for Archer and its partner United Airlines. Archer is well known in...

Donald Trump doesn't like trains and prefers planes, especially Air Force One. A staunch opponent of the various high-speed rail projects in the United States, in particular Brightline West, which will link Los Angeles and Las Vegas in three hours by 2028, the Republican president has just cut federal funding for the...

Once again, connectivity goes hand in hand with loyalty. American Airlines is also embracing the trend of "monetising" Wi-Fi access in exchange for membership of the airline's AAdvantage frequent flyer programme. This free Internet access will come into effect in January 2026. It will apply to all devices with...

The Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics recently published the results for air punctuality within the United States for airline arrivals. This punctuality is slightly down on 2023, at 77.75% compared with 78.34% in 2023. However, it is still better than in 2022, when the average punctuality...

Accor CEO Sébastien Bazin notes a 25% drop in bookings to the US this summer in an interview with Bloomberg. Last weekend, the resignation of Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia was announced. After Gebbia joined Elon Musk's team at DOGE, a powerful movement to boycott his company was launched in...

Marriott's dominance of the luxury hotel sector is well established. But the American group also intends to strengthen its position in the mid-range hotel sector, by attacking it from its most affordable angle. While its portfolio already includes a number of brands in this niche, such as Fairfield Inn, Four Points by Sheraton and Courtyard, on the...

US President Donald Trump's gesticulations towards Canada are sparking a profound boycott movement. It ranges from Canadian consumers refusing to buy American to the outright cancellation of trips to our southern neighbour. Airlines are understandably drawing the consequences. Like Air Canada, which has just published...

We knew that the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House would be a revolution in the way the world's leading power conducts its affairs. The over-activity of the President's new American administration is generating daily surprise, often incomprehension and, increasingly, rejection - even anger in the case of the...

The United States is often at the forefront of innovation. And it intends to prove this quickly in the field of artificial intelligence. But there is one area that continues to escape this technological leadership: rail. The poor relation of mobility in the US, the railways are at last modernising, at least in...

Marrakech is on a roll, particularly with American airlines. Just a year after United announced a new flight from New York, Delta is now positioning itself in the destination. A new Atlanta-Marrakech flight was recently unveiled by the American carrier. The start of operations is scheduled...