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At the end of its plenary assembly on October 4, the Price Observatory, margins and revenues made a series of five proposals aimed at “improving transparency in large-scale, predominantly food-based distribution” in Reunion Island. While welcoming progress over the past months, the OPMR believes that local brands are making efforts overall..

French Bee does not give its competitors any respite on the Métropole-Réunion line. Its president Christine Ourmières-Widener announced at the end of September a significant strengthening of its program from November 1. French Bee will then increase its flight program between Orly and Saint-Denis from 7 to 9 weekly frequencies, then at 13 during the high season...

Roland-Garros airport welcomed 1,746,208 passengers during the first eight months of the year, figure almost identical to that of the same period in 2023. The clear increase in passengers in transit between the islands of the Indian Ocean and France (+11,4 %) compensates for a slight decline (-0,2 %) local passengers, starting or ending their trip to La...

Regional action in favor of tourism also involves training, to raise skill levels in the sector. The creation of a second hotel high school, which will complement that of Plateau Caillou and the CCI Réunion training center in L’Éperon, was thus recorded, for an investment amount of 84 million euros. The establishment will open its doors in....

The permanent commission of the Region voted on October 11 to implement a new investment aid system for very small Reunion Island businesses.. Its objective is, via a subsidy for small investments, to facilitate the completion of projects by reducing the final cost of the investment and reducing the risk borne by banks on....

Corsair welcomed an 8th A330neo to its fleet on October 9. The 343-seat aircraft (20 a business, 21 in premium and 302 in economy class) stands out for its performance in fuel consumption, 25% lower than that of its predecessors, un gage de compétitivité quand le cours du kérosène se maintient à des niveaux...

The turnover of the 4,314 VSEs and SMEs in Reunion monitored as part of the Image PME survey by the Council of the Order of Chartered Accountants and the Sagis Institute is down overall by 2,5% in the 2nd quarter of 2024, compared to the same quarter of last year. This is the third consecutive quarter of decline, after thirteen quarters of increase. In...

In the current European Feder program, 55 millions d'euros sont inscrits en faveur du tourisme pour accompagner la création d’établissements, their extension or upscaling. Since 2021, the Region thus provided its support for the creation of Sarana (Pond in Old Place), from Papangue (Pond-Salé), the Gillot Hilton and the Wood Hotel & Spa...

Patrick Lebreton also confirmed what was announced last year : Reunion Island tourism and the Réunion Tourism Federation supported by the departmental council, will merge next year. The future Reunion Tourism Committee will deal with both local and foreign tourism and will be responsible for both promotion and structuring..

The Reunion company has changed hands. October 18, ten days after accepting the resignation of Joseph Bréma, the supervisory board of Air Austral has appointed Hugues Marchessaux as chairman of the management board. Graduate of Essec, aged 57, he held management positions at Corsair, Air France, Bolloré Transports and Logistics, of director and....