Incentives and meetings

Édouard George is President of Phoenix Voyages Group CO. LTD.

The Hyatt Regency Paris CDG hotel has just inaugurated its new facilities dedicated to meetings & events, under the theme of Campus: an innovative concept designed to enhance the fundamentals of MICE: cohesion, exchange and encounters.

Avexia and BizMeeting have formalised a partnership dedicated to the MICE market, following a conclusive test period within the business travel specialist in the SME-SMI segment.

The new BizMeeting solution has just completed the test period it began last January, and is now making its debut on the French MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events) market.

The Brazilian World Cup came to an end a few weeks ago, and the Rugby World Cup will take over next summer: two events which, while arousing popular fervour, also bring together a large corporate clientele, with companies looking to reward employees and customers with a show that conveys values. Since its creation a year ago, the Deal4event platform has sought to facilitate access for these special customers, with a VIP ticketing offer that integrates into the company's ecosystem while providing sound advice and last-minute 'good deals'. Interview with Peio Dubarbier, Chairman of deal4event.

From bustling Barcelona to the rural village of Horta de Sant Joan, follow in the footsteps of Antonio Gaudi, Pau Casals, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso, four universal talents intimately linked to Catalonia. A beautiful and rebellious land, more than ever engaged in a quest for identity with independence overtones.

Identity cards Formalities Oman: passport valid for six months after the date of entry + visa issued on arrival (6 rials, or around ten euros, for...

Adeline Kurban Fiana is the director of KTS France-Aya Désirs d'Orient.

Two dream destinations, Oman and Zanzibar, historically closely linked and which some cutting-edge agencies don't hesitate to offer as a combined package. At the end of the runways, the fantasies of sultans and literary dreams written in blue.

Sonia Serracarbassa is the Director of the Catalan Convention Bureau - Tourism in Catalonia.

Identity card Currency: euro; area code: +34; time zone difference: none. Getting there VUELING, the main airline linking France and Spain, has its hub at...

Regus is preparing to open a new business centre as part of its drive to extend its coverage of the Paris region. A new address is due to open next September in Levallois-Perret.

Regus has just opened its first business centre in Mozambique, in the capital Maputo.

The specialist consultancy Coach Omnium is behind the annual benchmark barometer on "MICE demand among French and foreign companies based in France". Mark Watkins, Chairman and founder of Coach Omnium, talks to Voyages d'Affaires about the French MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events) market, its integration into corporate travel policy, and the impact of new technologies and virtual meetings on a sector in constant evolution. Interview. 

A country with four Nobel Prize winners for literature cannot be totally impervious to emotion... Dublin offers atmosphere without moderation. Beauty too, like the monastic city of Glendalough, lost in the sublime, lush countryside of County Wicklow.

So close and yet so far away: Slovenia is still in the category of unusual destinations. And yet... This country wedged between Austria, Croatia and Italy is a treasure trove of picture-postcard landscapes where seaside resorts meet mountains, where the Austro-Hungarian heritage rubs shoulders with the Venetian influence and the Yugoslav period.