The Horizon South Parkway project begins, synchronized with the extended weekend, and requires rigorous traffic orchestration. Lane closures, detour routes, and precise phasing will limit congestion while protecting travelers and residents. Priority: road safety and traffic flow. The teams will…
IN BRIEF Opinion: a large majority of French people refuse the abolition of public holidays to make savings. Reason for the debate: filling the public deficit without increasing taxation. Context: Prime Minister François Bayrou is preparing a Budget 2026 focused…
IN BRIEF Where: Tourist office of Lignières. What: new exhibition dedicated to the territory and local creation. When: visible now, during the office hours. For whom: families, curious individuals and travelers seeking inspiration. To see: various works, staged paths, and…
IN BRIEF DTH Travel publishes the Essential Tour Guide Handbook, a new reference manual for tour guides. Objective: skill enhancement, professionalization, and operational reference for juniors and experienced guides. Author: Thomas Maurer (Chatri Thongsaimai), field expert and co-owner, with over…
IN SHORT Condé Nast Traveller presents the Top 10 European cities where hospitality makes a difference, according to thousands of travelers. Stockholm (94.07): 14 islands, metro-gallery, and a fika spirit that transforms strangers into friends. Budapest (91.88): morning baths, ruin…
Pushing the door of the Vieux Campeur bookstore is already embarking on an adventure. The shelves overflow with mountain tales, clever guides, and climbing and hiking topos that instantly give you ants in your legs. This summer, set sail for…
Forget the line for the Catacombs: just across, beneath Denfert-Rochereau square, hidden tunnels reveal, twenty meters underground, the backstage of the liberation of Paris. Behind a reinforced door, one descends nearly 100 steps to an old bunker where the command…
Clear signal for American companies: the travel risks in China remain stable, despite recent exit bans. No increase in geopolitical risk identified. For American citizens and business leaders, the mapping of business travel in China retains its usual risk parameters.…
Ready to take off to Tanzania? Your wallet too! Starting November 1, 2025, a new tax will be added to the ticket price: 45 dollars for a one-way trip and 90 dollars for a round trip, collected by the airlines,…
IN BRIEF Public holiday in the United Kingdom celebrated at the end of August. This year: Monday, August 25, the same day as the Notting Hill Carnival. Established by the Bank Holidays Act of 1871. Original purpose: to provide summer…
Alert in the United States: authorities confirm a first confirmed human case of traveler’s killer worm linked to a Central American outbreak. Narrow intervention window, monitoring authorities assess transmission, track clusters, and adjust clinical protocols for exposed travelers. The CDC…
IN BRIEF Business tourism in Normandy: growth of +18% in the recent period. Drivers: recovery of conferences and seminars, upgrading of infrastructures, better accessibility. Indicators: increase in occupancy rates, average spend, and length of stay. Outcomes: dynamism for hotels, catering,…
IN BRIEF Hello Travel is getting a makeover after its acquisition by Altaï Group (amount undisclosed). A clear complementarity: social pure player and travel in small groups vs ground operator with 28 local agencies. Target set: 100 million euros in…
IN BRIEF When hospitality thrives, everything thrives: a barometer of economic prosperity. By mid-2025: ~1,700 projects, 249,000 rooms in Europe. Key segments: upscale and midscale + (>40%). Top 5 countries: United Kingdom (282/39,730), Germany (157/26,861), Turkey (138/19,984), France (118/11,242), Portugal…
Less than 3 hours from Paris, a salty getaway awaits you on the Opal Coast. Nestled in Audinghen, the Cran aux Œufs beach remains a Discreet Shore, wild and preserved, where chalky cliffs meet round pebbles. It is the perfect…
Just a stone’s throw from the bustling Nice, a discreet coastline unfolds with its pastel facades, palm trees, and a silent port where time slows down. Just 30 minutes from Nice, Beaulieu-sur-Mer offers a Beautiful Parenthesis under the Provence Sun,…
IN BRIEF Over two decades, tourism in the Antarctica has increased from about 20,000 to nearly 120,000 visitors per year, intensifying human pressure. In busy areas, the snow shows a tenfold increase in fine particles laden with heavy metals, primarily…
IN BRIEF The European travel sector remains weakened by Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, and inflation. Iconic case: Travel Europe (the parent company of Visit Europe) in judicial recovery in Austria. Tight financial structure: liabilities of approximately €25.9 million for…
IN BRIEF Week 34 (August 18–24): quick overview of the latest aerial news… and beyond. Corsica: the island without McDonald’s continues to intrigue travelers — a uniqueness that fuels road stories. Aerial technique: how do airplane toilets work? High-altitude decoding.…
Nearly 29 hours stuck in a cabin: this is the unlikely odyssey experienced by the passengers of flight Cathay Pacific CX883, which departed from Los Angeles for Hong Kong. A Black Rainstorm Warning over the city forced the aircraft to…