New features on TGV Lyria – The comfort and productivity solution for business trips to Paris
The TGV Lyria travel experience has been enhanced with new services, on board trains with a new interior design.
Passengers in the three comfort classes, renamed Standard (2nd class), Première (1st class) and Première Signature (1st class), now benefit from new services like a Wi-Fi portal with a wealth of content or the possibility to order online the products from the bar car.
All information about new services can be found on the website.
btaMOBILE - Your itinerary available at any time
Keep an overview of your itinerary at all times. Get your free btaMOBILE app and have the trips you booked with bta first travel automatically and conveniently displayed on your mobile device.
Useful additional features such as Web check-in, automatic notification in the event of irregularities, integrated travel guide and much more are also included. Cleverly en route - with btaMOBILE!
Read more here.
Thailand introduces digital entry form
From May 1st, 2025, the digital entry card will be introduced, replacing the previous paper form.
Instead of filling in their personal details by hand on arrival, tourists to Thailand will now be able to register and submit their details via the digital platform before travelling.
This link takes you directly to more details.
Swiss Travel Management Forum - the rendezvous for the travel industry
On Thursday, February 27th, 2025 the Swiss Travel Management Forum took place for the 17th time. This year's gathering of the business travel industry was once again characterised by interesting presentations from the broad field of the business travel industry as well as a refreshingly sober look at the US government by Martin Naville, former CEO of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce.
You can find more information here.
London by train - direct connection gets closer
At present, train journeys from Switzerland to London take at least seven hours with a change of train and station in Paris.
A direct connection and a journey time of less than six hours has been set out in a declaration of intent - an important step towards a direct rail link from Switzerland to England.
Read more here.