Business destinations

An overview of business destinations in France and internationally, to help business travellers get to know the key business hubs - and in particular their business districts - but also emerging destinations who are making their mark on the business travel atlas (see more)

Reports, interviews, address books: get to the heart of your next destination to help you prepare for your business trip. Economy, hotels, bleisure, great addresses and little finds: an international business traveller's guide to making business trips more efficient, and more enjoyable...

Meet Nicolas Dupeux, Director of Business Solutions at Disneyland Paris

WE CAN TURN AN EVENT INTO AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY How would you present your new brand strategy? Nicolas Dupeux - A European MICE survey that we...

Meet Florence Jullian, Sales Director of Avignon Congrès Palais des Papes...

OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP THE CONVENTION SECTOR. IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE REPUTATION OF THE CITY OF AVIGNON. What are Avignon's convention assets?

Interview with Cédric Fiolet, Managing Director of Montpellier Events

WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW TURNKEY E-CONGRESS PRODUCT What is the aim of the agreement signed between Montpellier Events and Agropolis International? Cédric Fiolet -...

Meet: Mirjam van de Kamp, Associations Account Manager, Rotterdam...

Mirjam van de Kamp - Overall, it is estimated that 65 % of visitors come to Rotterdam for business, compared with 35 % for leisure.

Rotterdam: archi-design home port

Where some would use the word 'revenge', the people of Rotterdam prefer to speak of a 'renaissance'. In the end, it doesn't really matter. Razed by the bombings...

Paris: address book

In the past, there were only the big business hotels and possibly the palaces, particularly for meetings or chic breakfasts. for meetings or chic breakfasts. Today, the Paris hotel industry has become much more and has adopted a very contemporary lifestyle.

Meet Élisabeth Borne, CEO of RATP

Making travel easier What changes will the people of Ile-de-France be able to enjoy over the coming years? Élisabeth Borne - If the Paris network...

Expansion: Paris extra muros

The Parisian snobbery that used to make people wrinkle their noses at the thought of crossing the ring road is now totally out the window. More and more businesses are setting up beyond the Boulevard Périphérique, the historic boundary of Paris.

Interview : Bernhardt Eichner, Managing Director of Hermès services groupe

The boundary of the ring road is gradually disappearing Hermès has been based in Pantin for some time now, and how did you motivate your staff to cross the ring road...

Hotels: bohemian chic in a boutique hotel

Boutique hotels with character are springing up all the time in Paris. Intimate, chic or quirky, but always innovative, they reveal the many faces of the capital... An overview of this ever-changing hotel landscape...

Trend: French Tech weaves its web

In recent years, new coworking spaces have sprung up in Paris, where more and more start-ups and innovative companies are becoming European market leaders. Here's a look at a new way of looking at the world of work.

The spirit of the place according to Alexandre Cammas

Co-founder of the Fooding guide, critic Alexandre Cammas is constantly on the lookout for new, simple and delicious restaurants that are not part of the standard fare to which business travellers are accustomed. Some very good addresses, not just for business.

Air du temps: the City of Light's influence

Architecture, start-ups, transport developments, cultural venues... From La Défense to CDG, from Le Bourget to Porte de Versailles, from the Fondation Louis Vuitton to the Philharmonie, Greater Paris is waking up.

Bleisure: Cultural directory in the making

A museum city: the term has an "old world" feel to it, petrified in its culture. Yet Paris has succeeded in expanding its offer while innovating, with venues designed by Tadao Ando and Jean Nouvel, museums dedicated to perfume and haute couture...

Testimonial: Philipp Schmid, Incoming Manager, Convention Bureau Basel

Visitors are pleasantly surprised by Basel, and often say to us, 'We didn't know this city had so much to offer'," says the city's...

Basel: Aesthete and prosperous

Bordering France and Germany, Switzerland's most marginal city is also one of the best performers. As well as chemicals, pharmaceuticals and insurance, Basel also attracts visitors because of its culture, which is seen as a real economic activity.

Seoul Gangnam: business in style

Size, population, economic power: everything about Seoul inspires excess. Gangnam, the "South Bank", embodies a certain idea of Korean success. Without blushing, the district assumes its status as a business hub with worldwide influence.

Interview with Sandra Mullard, promotion officer for the Office National du...

Is the Gangnam business district exclusively dedicated to business? Sandra Nicholls - No, it's a vast and diverse district, with a very dynamic lifestyle...

Success Story: Mike Larhette, Chairman of Masschallenge

Masschallenge, the most start-up-friendly accelerator on the planet "In 2008, my partner John Harthorne and I received a grant from the State of New Zealand to...

Bleisure in Rockport: Heading for the tip

At weekends, Bostosnians like to take to the winding roads along the seafront to enjoy lobster in the little port of Rockport, where artists have replaced the fishermen of yesteryear.