Macao: Saint-Dominique church
In the historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saint Dominic's church is the oldest in China. It was built in 1587 by three Spanish Dominican priests from Mexico.
Amusement parks: a great escape for local incentives
The French leisure park market is doing rather well, with sales of €2 billion, 50 million visitors a year and almost 22,000 employees. In 2008, the number of admissions even rose by 7 %. "2009 looks set to be another good year," says Sophie Huberson, General Secretary of Snelac, the national union for leisure, animal and cultural facilities. This union has 160 members, representing 98 % of the profession, divided into five categories: funfair-type amusement parks, aquatic centres, animal parks, edutainment centres, plus certain cultural sites, some of which are veritable resorts offering leisure activities, restaurants, hotels and even meeting rooms all in one place.
Macau: pitaya or 'dragon fruit
Originally from Central America, the pitaya or "dragon fruit" was first imported to Vietnam by French colonists in the 19th century, before conquering the whole of Asia.
Macau: a theme particularly relevant to the Christian West
This is a particularly popular theme in the Christian West. The Virgin and Child in traditional Chinese costume is a... surprising version.
Olga Sansone, Eastern Europe Destination Manager, Vacanture agency
These countries are only just opening up to visitors, particularly MICE, and are not really well known.
Ukraine: Under the golds of the East
Flight plan
Ukraine International Airlines flight PS 702 on 20 April 2009, on a Boeing 737-400, similar to the flight made by the group in its time. Take-off at 10.30am.
The Seychelles: a well-preserved fruit
Incentive: sustainable motivation
Bank Of America Tower: Innovation on every floor
Introduction to wheelchairs for a group of managers
I'll be a Massai
Living with the Masai
Vienna: modernity invented
Morocco: Marrakech the Red / Tangier the White
Like every evening, the terrace of the Café de France is fully booked. At the bottom of the steps, Issan gives his voice to encourage tourists to cross the threshold. It's "the place to be in Marrakech", he laughs. And he's right! The view from up here is breathtaking. The Place Jemaa el-Fna, the heart of the city, beats to the beat. And if the ochre buildings here are graceless, almost hideous, it's because the charm of Jemaa el-Fna lies elsewhere. As soon as night falls, the magic of the Orient is at work, and the whole of Marrakech seems to make an appointment there.
A life after the red carpet: The Palais des...
The Bunker" is the unkind nickname that journalists have given the "new" Palais des Festivals in Cannes since its inauguration at the end of 1982. Inherited from a time when the plasticity of convention centres was not an imperative objective, and when it was still considered normal to set up exhibition halls in blind basements, the Palais des festivals has little chance of applying for the title of 'wonder of the world', despite its ideal location between the Croisette and the Vieux Port.
NETHERLANDS: practical information
All the practical information you need to organise your next business trip to Amsterdam and The Hague.
