Articles tagged “paris”

Air traffic controllers’ strikes halted flights two weeks ago and now Paris’ main attraction is closed adding up to a bumpy start for France’s summer tourism season.

As London is tangled in bureaucratic wrangle over relaxing visa regulations for Chinese visitors, Paris is winning the race even as the incidences of violence against these tourists have been on the rise.

Luxury industries in still stagnant economies are starting to rely on the influx of high-spending tourists from China and Brazil; anything to stunt that growth would hurt the tourism and retail industries alike.

The city's insistence on craft and hard work over flash and trends in its kitchens has set it apart from other metropolitan counterparts that treat food more as entertainment and commerce.

Airbus has taken every opportunity it can to outshine Boeing since the Dreamliner’s grounding, but its sales team will need to be as much the stars at the Paris show as its new aircraft in order to make a real dent in Boeing's business.

Euro Disney has struggled and made a profit for a little more than half of the years it’s been in operation, and any gains this year are the result of a refinancing deal, not increased visitation or cost cuts.

British tourists’ perceptions of prices following the recession has impacted their travel decisions with Italy and Spain looking like a bargain in comparison to the haute experience they seek in France.

Hopefully the startups will focus on making Paris more useful and easy for travelers and locals -- similar to what NYC does with its NYC BigApps competition -- rather than fluffy social startups that come and go in this industry.

Winter weather and cold climates routinely hurt the on-time and cancellation records at airports in Europe and Northeast U.S., but they’re almost in the clear with spring weather a few weeks away.