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You won't find the polished charm of Madrid, Barcelona, Seville or Valencia in Bilbao. Because, unlike its Spanish counterparts, Bilbao was shaped by the pain of a vanished industrial world. A turning point that the Basque city has seized with both hands. And that has made it a place that generates...

The Triangle Tower will not be completed until the end of 2026, but it is growing rapidly as each floor becomes smaller. Erected at Porte de Versailles, in the heart of Paris Expo, where it is set to become the new flagship, this €700m project by developer Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is seeing its...

His love of the sea. Georges Pernoud shared his love of the sea with millions of French people through his television programme Thalassa for decades, until his death in 2021. La Rochelle Tourism & Events is paying tribute to this emblematic figure of France's maritime heritage by renaming one of its meeting places, the Forum des...

From its sourcing platforms, Cvent looks at the world's top MICE destinations and meeting hotels. With a record $16.5 billion in sourcing activity and tenders managed in 2024 via the Cvent Supplier Network, this key technology provider for MICE is...

On the fringes of the IMEX event in Frankfurt, German MICE professionals examined the figures for a market that has overtaken France in the Top 5 of the latest ICCA rankings. The Meeting & Event Barometer, the result of this detailed analysis of business tourism in Germany, is a compilation of data collected over the last...

Who are the main event organisers in Saint-Etienne? Fleurine Buriane (Convention Bureau) (c) Magali Stora Fleurine Buriane (Convention Bureau Saint Etienne) : Federations and large national associations, as well as numerous medical congresses and more regional seminars. In May alone, we hosted three conferences of 500, 700...

Of course, there's no sea like in Antibes. Or the champagne vineyards and timber-framed houses of Troyes. But there is a converted industrial past, a contemporary élan and a special warmth. In fact, Saint-Etienne often joins these two cities on the list of convention destinations in France. And so...

It's a ritual at IMEX Frankfurt, one of the major trade fairs for the MICE industry: the 2024 ranking of the countries and cities that attract the most international congresses and conferences. IMEX 2025 was no exception to this rule. The ICCA, the International Congress and Conference Association, has made its annual rankings official and presented its report...

It will cost some 1.204 million euros (2.09 million Australian dollars) to bring ICC Sydney into a new era. The modernisation plan was unveiled on Wednesday 14 May by the conference centre's management. The investment will focus on the MICE centre's technological offering: audiovisual equipment, LED screens and other lighting systems....

Black Eyed Peas, Kool and the Gang, Kassav', Stephan Eicher: these big names on the music scene are not on their first tour. The only difference is that their upcoming tour includes a brand new stop: the Arena Les Sables d'Olonne. In addition to these international stars, the new venue will soon be welcoming...

"Providing a spectacular space for meetings, conferences and special events for the Harvard community and beyond" is the ambition of the David Rubenstein Treehouse project. This new MICE hub is due to take up residence at Harvard next autumn, just under three years after the announcement of the new infrastructure....

According to Anni Vepsäläinen, CEO of the Helsinki Convention and Exhibition Centre, Solar is "the most modern event venue in the Nordic countries". It has to be said that the budget released by the Finnish MICE authorities - €20 million - is one of the largest investments ever made by the Helsinki Convention and Exhibition Centre....

With the United Nations Ocean Summit scheduled for 9-13 June 2025 just around the corner, Nice is making great strides in building the structure that will host the event. Located on the Quai Amiral Infernet in the Old Port, the venue is due to serve as the Palais des Congrès...

The year 2025 is unlike any other for the Grimaldi Forum... Sylvie Biancheri - Yes, it is! We received the extension to the Grimaldi Forum at the end of December. This gave us just under a month to get to grips with it before the official inauguration on 16 January. The occasion also marks the...

After three years of renovation work, Finlandia Hall celebrated its reopening on 4 January in Helsinki city centre. The building, designed by architect Alvar Aalto and inaugurated in the early 1970s, has undergone a complete makeover. The aim of the renovation plan is to double visitor numbers, which until now have hovered around...

Thanks to the many daily round trips offered by the Franco-Swiss airline Lyria, Geneva and Basel can be reached in just 3 hours from Paris. To reach Zurich, allow 4 hours (you continue the journey after passing Basel). And if you're organising your event in Lausanne, you'll need to take the...

Gigantic, inevitably gigantic. Dubai is expanding its exhibition centre in line with the destination's lofty ambitions. The expansion of the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), which has just entered its first phase, aims to double the number of large-scale events hosted each year. This figure is set to rise from around 300...

New technologies have become almost essential to most events and meetings. Indeed, many of these meetings revolve around technology itself, one of the most dynamic sectors of the Catalan economy. For this reason, Catalonia offers a wide range of meeting spaces and related proposals, including...

Sea and mountains, urban and rural, avant-garde and traditional, technology and relaxation: these two sides of the same coin make Catalonia the ideal setting for your conference or seminar. A perfect 'fifty-fifty', since the destination leaves organisers spoilt for choice, but also a real guarantee with over 300 days...

The Paris Olympics have not yet begun, and Los Angeles is already preparing for the next Olympics. The city has taken advantage of the acceleration effect of this world event to push ahead with a long-awaited project: the modernisation and expansion of its LACC convention centre. An extension that is...