Incentives and meetings

IDENTITY CARD Formalities: Valid passport. A visa is not required. Telephone code: +506. Currency: the Colon (CRC), in honour of Christopher Columbus. 1...

a unique destination in the world, perfectly in tune with the times How is Costa Rica's tourism sector faring? A. C. - We have a very strong...

Mountains, volcanoes, two oceans, forests and an abundance of green. Costa Rica, a small Central American country, contains 6 % of the planet's biodiversity. So many assets to make it one of the most popular destinations of the time.

Castles, museums, beautiful homes, parks and golf courses... but also more unusual places such as old quarries, caravans, industrial sites, circuses, stud farms, tree houses... the area around Paris is also a feast for the eyes.

Accessibility, new hotels, current projects: the head of the Marseille Convention Bureau describes the advantages of the destination.

While playing on some very pleasant clichés - pastis, pétanque, bouillabaisse - Marseille is rewriting its history, renovating its port area, opening hotels and museums that, like the Mucem, offer a new grammar to the city. All of which should give business tourists a renewed desire to discover this endearing, ultra-Mediterranean city.

The IFTM Top Resa exhibition brought together 32,480 travel professionals from 26 to 29 September. The event organisers are now looking ahead to the 2018 edition, which will celebrate Top Resa's 40th anniversary.

"An urban resort on a grand scale, a city of art and history, Lisbon is renowned throughout Europe for its quality as a venue for incentive breaks. With an increasingly diverse range of activities on offer, the Portuguese capital is constantly renewing its appeal to attract organisers.

The Notilus solution has joined forces with base10, the platform for booking shared offices in collaborative mode. Customers of the T&E solution now have access to coworking spaces listed by the French start-up.

Contemporary hotels, legendary palaces and private venues: the essentials for organising an incentive trip to Goa, India.

They arrived from San Francisco, London, Paris or elsewhere; they were twenty years old, or not much older, and in their dreams they saw the...

How would you define the incentive market in India? V. K. - It's a high-contribution market in all cases, whether it's the British, the French, the...

In tune with the times, France's convention centres offer spaces that can be adapted to suit any event. Some are even introducing a new concept combining work and conviviality.

A new Châteauform' house opened its doors on 4 September on the La Voisine estate, a 170-hectare property based in Clairefontaine in the Yvelines, which is home to the first campus of the Pernod Ricard University.

CWT Meetings & Events (CWT M&E) has published its pricing analysis dedicated to corporate meetings and events, marked by a widespread increase in rates in 2017. The trend is set to continue next year, according to TMC's events division.

The traditional presentation conference for the IFTM Top Resa trade show was held on 5 September at Les Invalides. The organisers of this major back-to-school travel event are confident about the 2017 edition. In anticipation of the show's 40th anniversary next year.

The Troubles between loyalists and nationalists have long left Northern Ireland in the shadow of its southern neighbour. But the region has everything to appeal to corporate groups, with its warm hospitality, revitalised capital Belfast and sublime green landscapes.

It has everything the French love Is there a real tourism dynamic in Northern Ireland today? V. V. - Tourism...

In September, MagicStay will be inaugurating a new coworking space called Business Travel - The Hub, combining the worlds of business travel and start-ups.

Barbara Jamison, Business Development Director for Europe at London & Partners, explains how the UK capital is staying the course in the meetings & events market despite the uncertainties of Brexit. Interview by Florian Guillemin