France readies COVID tests for travellers from at-risk countriesAirports

France readies COVID tests for travellers from at-risk countries

France’s busiest airport was on Friday preparing to start testing passengers for COVID-19 on arrival from high-risk countries, a move…

France reduces Chinese flights to Paris in tit-for-tat row

France reduces Chinese flights to Paris in tit-for-tat row

France’s government on Monday started restricting Chinese airlines to one passenger flight to France per week, saying it was acting…

Paris guide seeks post-lockdown jumpstart for vintage 2CV tour

Paris guide seeks post-lockdown jumpstart for vintage 2CV tour

There’s nothing Jean-Remi Galinon enjoys more than bouncing along cobbled streets and showing off Paris to foreign tourists, usually Americans,…

Grounded jets boost France’s historic Chateauroux airport

Grounded jets boost France’s historic Chateauroux airport

More than half a century since the U.S. military left Chateauroux’s vast air base, the coronavirus travel slump has provided…

France’s tourism industry asks itself: can we save summer?

France’s tourism industry asks itself: can we save summer?

Serge Coeroli has given the shelves behind the bar of his Paris restaurant a new lick of paint, in anticipation…

Airbus to boost some pay as Macron urges French firms to tackle crisisDestinations

Airbus to boost some pay as Macron urges French firms to tackle crisis

Europe’s Airbus is ready to pay a special bonus to its lowest-paid workers after French President Emmanuel Macron called on…

French car-pool app Blablacar branching into bus linesTourism Insight News

French car-pool app Blablacar branching into bus lines

French car ride-sharing app Blablacar said yesterday  it had offered to buy Ouibus, a bus operator owned by state rail…

France grounds Ryanair plane in dispute over aid repaymentUncategorized

France grounds Ryanair plane in dispute over aid repayment

French authorities grounded a Ryanair plane at Bordeaux airport in a dispute over money they say the Irish airline owes.…

Famed Hotel Lutetia reopens in Paris after 200 million-euro makeoverHotels

Famed Hotel Lutetia reopens in Paris after 200 million-euro makeover

The historic Lutetia hotel, where Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso once stayed, will re-open in July after a 200 million-euro ($233…

China urges France to protect Chinese tourists after group of 40 robbedDestinations

China urges France to protect Chinese tourists after group of 40 robbed

China urged France today to take more effective measures to ensure the safety of its nationals visiting the country, after…