Incentives and meetings

Farmhouses transformed into boutique hotels, friendly trattorias, food tours: the essentials for organising an incentive trip to Puglia.

The Puglia region in southern Italy has only recently opened up to tourism. It's a top-of-the-range type of tourism - cultural, bucolic and seaside - that appeals to corporate groups. All generously punctuated by a gastronomy to die for.

A recent study by Arthur Loyd analyses the rise of the coworking phenomenon, with figures to back it up. The corporate real estate consultancy takes the opportunity to compare the four major players in the market: Spaces, WeWork, Kwerk and NextDoor.

With annual growth of almost 10 %, theme parks have taken advantage of the economic downturn and the lack of interest in far-flung destinations to attract a wide range of customers. Including, of course, businesses.

We've been offering turnkey operations for over 20 years Are all the Center Parcs in France suitable for corporate operations? Coralline...

IFTM Top Resa MAP Pro has positioned itself as the only trade event to offer an international and French offering across all segments: leisure, business, MICE and group tourism.

BNP Paribas is trialling a new service in Paris with Bird Office. The bank hires out some of its premises - branches and business centres - to its customers free of charge, so that they can organise meetings, training sessions or any other corporate event.

Hong Kong, the world's most vertical city, is discovering the charm of bohemian chic and, at the same time, investing in forgotten yet historic districts. Now is the time to offer it to business tourism. Bleisure included.

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Laurent Charon, Director of Innovation at Viparis, explains his vision of the relationship between events and new technologies.

The Novotel Lyon Gerland Musée des Confluences hotel has recently added a new 100 m² meeting space, called N'Loft.

A newcomer to the French coworking scene, Spaces has just opened a new space in Paris, in the dynamic Silicon Sentier district.

Mama Shelter launches into coworking. Previously known - and rapidly gaining recognition - for its hotel concept, the company launched by Serge Trigano and his sons will soon be opening its first Mama Works space in Lyon. It will then repeat the experience in Bordeaux and Lille...

Chris Meyer, Vice President of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, looks back on a good year for the business tourism market in 2016. The international clientele is growing, and Vegas is even claiming the title of MICE capital of the world. Interview by Florian Guillemin

By proposing to acquire a minority stake in the Noctis group, AccorHotels is extending its increasingly varied portfolio of activities to include events and Parisian nightlife.

A new events venue has just docked on the banks of the Seine. The Ponton Milan aims to host original events with their feet almost in the water. With the added bonus of a trip around Paris on one of the two River Limousine boats.

Paris is the world's leading destination for the organisation of international congresses, according to the rankings published by the ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) for 2016.

Mauritius offers many unexpected treasures and activities inland Is business tourism an important sector for Mauritius? Kevin Ramkaloan...

Chic hotels, restaurants tailored to business groups, excursions and team-building activities: the essentials for organising an incentive trip to Mauritius.

We all know Mauritius and its grand hotels lining dreamy beaches. We know about their sumptuous buffets, glamorous evenings and impeccable service. But we're less familiar with the centre of the island, with its great and small history, the charm of its colonial houses and the fabulous hiking trails in the heart of the green hills. Corporate groups make this the common thread running through their successful operations.