Incentives and meetings

Where to organise a trip incentive or a seminar team building successful? What are the most popular and least popular destinations, and what are their advantages? An address book covering a wide range of countries, from Mauritius to the United States. Dubaiby way of Berlin and of course France. (see more)

Keep up to date with the latest information on the main players in the sector MICEthe places where congress and trade shows such as Viparis and GL Events, or the specialists in hosting meetings and events like Châteauform.

Nancy: The spirit of the Grand Est

Towering ferns climb to the ceiling, Jacques Gruber's stained-glass windows showcase pine branches and leaves of...

Meet Mathias Lucien Rapeaud, Managing Director of Nancy tourisme et...

What are Nancy's strengths? M.-L. R. - First and foremost, its location at the centre of the new Grand Est region. The city's...

Nancy: address book

IDENTITY CARD Best season: spring, autumn and early December for the Saint-Nicolas celebrations. GETTING THERE The SNCF offers...

Motivation: the food trend and gourmet incentives

Gourmet incentives, whatever their form, are very popular with companies, because they reach a wide target audience and convey a very good image. Particularly in a country with such a reputation for gastronomy as France.

Crete: address book

IDENTITY CARD Area code: + 30. Time difference: + 1 h. Currency: euro. Best season: Resorts in Crete generally only open at the end of the year...

Crete: a serene way of life

Nikos Kazantzakis, the greatest writer ever born in Crete. By choosing this name to christen its international airport rather than Venizelos, his...

New resources, new ambitions for BizMeeting

Two years after its launch, BizMeeting has just announced that it has raised €1 million in funding. The booking platform dedicated to seminars and conferences...

Lisbon: a new river novel

Yes, it is! Lisbon is located on the banks of a river. This may not seem so obvious to all the visitors who, from...

Meet Jean-Pierre Pinheiro, Director of Tourism for Portugal in France

How do you explain the fact that Portugal has become one of the favourite destinations for business tourism? Jean-Pierre Pinheiro: Portugal has the wind in its...

Lisbon: address book

IDENTITY CARD Time difference: + 1 h. Currency: euro. Best season: All seasons, even winter, which is mild in Lisbon. Group size : No limit...

ICCA rankings: Berlin tops the MICE league table

The news is rare enough to merit a mention: while Paris and Vienna have for many years shared the leadership of the global MICE market, this time it's an unprecedented destination that has come out on top. Berlin dominates the 2015 rankings of the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA), the benchmark annual barometer for the MICE sector.

Rennes: a convention centre combining heritage and modernity

Brittany's MICE catalogue will soon be welcoming a "new kid on the block" with big ambitions: the Rennes Métropole Convention Centre is due to open its doors...

Meetings: Eurosites switches to Bird Office technology

This is a landmark partnership in the young history of Bird Office, and perhaps even on the scale of the French meeting room hire market. In any case, it will validate - if proof were needed - the legitimacy of the French start-up, by endorsing the reliability of the solutions developed by Bird Office over recent months.

London, European leader in MICE according to Cvent

London, Barcelona, Amsterdam: that's the trifecta, in order, named by Cvent in its 2016 "Top 25 Meeting Destinations in Europe" ranking ....

Las Vegas: address book

IDENTITY CARD Formalities Machine-readable passport issued before 26 October 2005 or biometric passport. No visa is required. The ESTA form (Electronic System for Travel...

Chris Meyer, Vice President Global Business Sales for the Las Vegas Convention...

"There's so much to do, both inside and outside the resorts".

Las Vegas: Nothing stands in the way of nightlife

A single location, hotels galore, endless entertainment and never-ending nights... Pushed into the middle of nothing, if not the most stunning desert landscapes, Las Vegas is also the queen of incentive and conference destinations.

Interview with : Laure Le Cornec, Head of France at the Tourist Office...

What do you think are the destination's strong points? And what arguments do you use to convince potential customers? Laure Le Cornec...

Cyprus: Sunrise

In Cyprus, we follow the day-to-day adventures of a corporate group, built on the ultra-contemporary principles of feng shui.

Business tourism: Spain makes the news

We often think we know everything - or almost everything - about these neighbouring countries, so close yet so different. Wrongly so... It's...