Incentives and meetings

Havana speaks to us of a time that those under sixty cannot possibly know. The story has great pace, and its echoes follow you all the way to the unspoilt city of Trinidad, the golden glory of the conquistadors.

OnlyLyon has published its review of 2014, marked by an increase in tourist numbers, thanks in particular to good results from business tourism.

The Business Travel Show opens its doors in London on 25 February for two days of events dedicated to the business travel market.

Bird Office has published an instructive study on the new behaviour of French managers when it comes to meetings: "La grande infographie des réunions" deciphers in just a few images the secrets of a productive approach, to avoid meetingitis...

Aéroports de Paris is innovating with the inauguration of its first Business Area at Paris-Orly West, designed to welcome business travellers in the best possible conditions by simplifying meetings and professional encounters in an unprecedented context. All of this is backed up by new technological tools, as part of an "experimental contact programme"...

Meetings booking site book2Meet has published a white paper entitled "2015 Buying Meetings As Easy As Buying Travel? The paper, written by Sam Versele, provides an interesting analysis of the situation and attempts to identify the keys to achieving this "new frontier" in travel management.

Last January, a group of around sixty people working in the banking sector enjoyed a reward trip organised by Secrets du Monde to the island of Sal in Cape Verde. On the programme: exploring the island and lots of seaside activities, all to the sound of Cape Verdean music. Here's a day-by-day account of the adventure.

Co-directors of the Secrets du Monde agency

Identity cards Formalities Passport or identity card. Time difference Greenland: - 4 h, summer and winter. Iceland: - 2 h in summer, -...

Identity cards Formalities A visa is not required for tourist visits. However, you do need to obtain a "nominative tourist card" to be able to enter...

Yenisey Galindo is Commercial Director of the Cubanacan agency.

Open since the beginning of September, the Regus business centre located within the Stade de France was inaugurated at the end of November. This opening is part of a positive trend for Regus, which will have opened 17 centres in France by the end of the year.

2015 will not be a good year for French MICE professionals. That's the view of American Express Meetings & Events, which forecasts a decline in the market in its "Global Meetings Forecast 2015" study published on 18 November.

Hans-Ingo Biehl is Executive Director of the VDR, the German Business Travel Association. Almost 24 hours after the opening ceremony of the European Convention organised with the GBTA (Global Business Travel Association) in Berlin, he talks to Voyages d'Affaires about the success of the event, the association's priorities, and his vision of tomorrow's Travel Management. 

Between nature and morality, colonial architecture and religious utopias, New England embodies both the memory and the legend of the America of yesteryear. A bucolic stroll in the footsteps of the first settlers and the last Shakers, whose minimalist aesthetic has influenced contemporary design.

There's new technology, videoconferencing, Skype and Facetime... There's all that. But companies and associations still have just as much need for direct exchanges. Congress centres are the preferred venues for major meetings, providing them with the opportunity to gather information and debate.

Traditions revisited and a sense of appropriateness: the Basque identity, very marked, is inscribed in a wide variety of landscapes and a diversity of atmospheres full of charm. A gentle truth to be discovered both within and beyond the Pyrenees.

Too remote to be visited in a single flight, the island of Bali is often combined with Singapore by incoming agencies. It's a fitting fusion between a futuristic megalopolis and its resolutely traditional island counterpart.

The Stade de France consortium is giving its MICE offering a facelift with the renovation of the Elyseum lounge, designed by Jean-Philippe Nuel.

The MICE offering is gaining momentum at oneworld, which has just made official further enhancements to the 'oneworld events' programme, both in terms of pricing and network, almost a year and a half after the solution was launched in May 2013.