Incentives and meetings

Opening of a fourth hotel, growing MICE capacity, tailor-made Business Experience offering: Rodolphe Lauron, Events Manager at Parc Astérix, describes the amusement park's ongoing projects.

Lisbon tops the ICCA 2025 congress city rankings, ahead of Paris. However, the French capital regains its second place worldwide, ahead of Barcelona and Vienna, after a dip linked to the 2024 Olympic Games.

Ariane Deguelle, General Manager of SQUARE – Brussels Convention Centre, reveals the ambitions of an unprecedented alliance: the bringing together of several venues in the Mont des Arts district into a unified MICE offering, baptised Brussels Convention Street.

Luxembourg City is a formidable alternative for the MICE sector. Its small size, the diversity of its offerings and an excellent level of service speak for the smallest capital of an EU country.

Located in the former region of Franche-Comté and on the doorstep of Alsace and Switzerland, Montbéliard has built its tourist reputation around its Christmas market in just a few years. But it is now setting out to conquer the event travel sector...

The City of Cape Town is to divest its stake in the iconic South African international convention centre. The objective is to refocus on the city's investments, and also to enable the CTICC to secure its expansion through the private sector.

On the sidelines of the press conference held in Paris in early April, Guillaume Decard, President of Var Tourisme and Vice-President of the Departmental Council of Var, discussed the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) strengths of the Var destination.

Continuous dynamism, increased capacity, new hotels and event venues: Amélie Dechénais, director of the Bordeaux Convention Bureau, takes a comprehensive look at her destination.

Prague remains a must-see destination for event tourism. The beautiful Czech capital stands out from other European cities with a remarkable selection of exceptional historic venues.

Hopscotch Tourism France's Mice department reports stable performance for 2025. However, the war in the Gulf should favour France and Europe due to postponements and a sharp increase in air travel costs.

From 23 April, the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, which are part of the United Kingdom, will also be imposing the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) certificate, which is required for visa-exempt visitors. With a "small" concession made to the French...

Built for the Ocean Summit, the OcéaNice conference centre is fully booked and taking reservations up until 2028. However, its demolition is part of the new mayor Éric Ciotti's commitments. A look at business tourism in the Riviera metropolis.

Nantes's Cité des Congrès is embarking on a major modernisation. No need to worry for organisers: a new venue will provide cover in the interim and prepare for the future.

Montenegro no longer wants to be just a seaside destination. Ana Tripkovic Markovic, director of the tourism office, details the country's ambition to increase the hosting of professional events.

Stable budgets in 2026 after a drop last year, more significant and festive events: Coach Omnium takes the pulse of the MICE market in France for the 33rd time.

Rejolt is integrating several event venues into its portfolio that are reopening with a MICE focus. An update on this trend with Laurent Gabard, Managing Director.

The ICCA is to launch a new tool for the MICE market, designed to measure the social, scientific and economic impact of congresses.

PKP Intercity, Poland's national railway company, wants to rediscover the art of travelling by train during the Communist era.

In Rennes, the MeM is reinventing itself with a new space to host larger-scale cultural and corporate events.

On the eve of its 10th anniversary, the attraction agency Toulouse Team is drawing up a very positive assessment of the year 2025 in terms of business tourism.