Vienna

The most spectacular measure taken in Austria concerns the almost total closure of the borders with Italy. Travellers will be turned away in both directions, with flights and rail links now completely suspended. Rail traffic will come to a halt on the evening of Tuesday 10 March. Trains travelling from other European countries will now have to stop at the Italian border.

Lufthansa is clearly paying particular attention to the French regions. Already present on the Nantes-Munich, Bordeaux-Frankfurt and Marseille-Zurich routes, the German group is pursuing this decentralised approach with the forthcoming opening of a flight between Rennes and Frankfurt. "We are convinced that there is a major dynamic in the French regions, where we offer two thirds of our services.

Will there soon be no more domestic flights in Austria? Alexis von Hoensbroech, CEO of Austrian Airlines, launched the debate over the summer, provoking irritation in business circles, particularly regional chambers of commerce. On one of the channels of Austrian national radio ORF, the CEO of Lufthansa's Austrian subsidiary...

With two countries in the world's top 3, and thirteen in the top 20, Europe has established itself as a key continent in the congress sector. While the United States is still solidly in first place in the ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) rankings published last year, the benchmark for the hosting of major events, Germany and the United States are...

Hyatt is continuing to expand its lifestyle brands in Europe, with Hyatt Centric at the top end of the market and Andaz on the luxury side. Andaz, which set up shop in Munich's Schwabing district last February with a design hotel featuring 277 loft-inspired suites and rooms, has just opened a new hotel in...

Sixty years after its arrival in Paris, and ten years after its integration into the Lufthansa fold, Austrian Airlines is back in the black. Since 2017, the airline's indicators have been in the green again, and its management is now determined to prepare for the future. A number of representatives of the Austrian carrier and the Lufthansa Group have been...

Laudamotion has confirmed that Ryanair has finalised its acquisition of 100% of the company's capital, becoming a de facto subsidiary of Ryanair Holdings. This event allows the Irish carrier to announce its plans for the future of the Vienna-based low-cost carrier. Laudamotion will increase its fleet from 19 to 25...

IAG, through its subsidiary Level, is investing in Vienna airport. The low-cost carrier, known mainly for its long-haul routes, has announced the launch of 14 new short-haul routes from the Austrian capital. The first routes were inaugurated in July, with others due to follow by September. It is interesting to note that these...

For the first time in more than a decade, Barcelona is back in first place in the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) rankings of the world's biggest convention cities. The Catalan metropolis had not enjoyed such an honour since 2004. With 195 major international events, it moves up from third to first place...

Ryanair is to become the partner of LaudaMotion Airline in Austria by acquiring 24.9% of the capital. Ryanair has made no secret of its objective: to acquire up to 75% of the capital as soon as possible, following approval from the European authorities. The new entity should be equipped with six Airbus A320s and begin flights from Germany, Italy and Spain.

Donau City is a far cry from the imperial pomp of the Ring and the Finde-century arteries of central Vienna. With its high-tech skyscrapers, the Austrian capital's new business district presents a very contemporary vision of Mitteleuropa. It all started with the aborted 1995 Universal Exhibition, ultimately rejected by the...

In Vienna, there is now life far beyond the Ring Road. And even behind the Danube, thanks to the emergence of a new business district on the north bank of the river that borders the Austrian capital. For Vienna Donau-City - Vienna DC for those in a hurry - the story begins with a fiasco: the...