event venues

In 2025, the capital was voted the World’s Best Destination for Business Tourism at the World Travel Awards for the seventh consecutive year. Moreover, according to the AMEX 2026 «Global Meetings & Events Forecast» report, Madrid is the second most sought-after European city for organizing events. Business opportunities Madrid is considered…

Uzbekistan was the country in the spotlight at the last IFTM fair. But for many, this destination is still unknown. Can you introduce it? Sukhrob Bobokalonov: To begin with, Uzbekistan is a bit like France. This country has given as much to the civilization of humanity as it has received. The Silk Road, the…

After paying tribute to the famous host of the Thalassa show, Georges Pernoud, for renaming his renovated conference center last year, La Rochelle Tourism & Events honors another figure to symbolize the evolution of its MICE offering: Marie-Josèphe Guillou. A local personality who dedicated her entire life – and the…

Utopia will be the major new attraction of 2028 at Futuroscope. Expected in December 2027, the third «in-house» hotel will have a strong MICE focus, as the Vienne amusement park has decided to accelerate in this segment. Featuring 245 rooms, the establishment will indeed house a seminar centre comprising a 200-seat amphitheatre and...

Vendée in general, and Les Sables-d'Olonne in particular, are recognised today as a prime destination for hosting corporate events. There are numerous reasons for this, ranging from TGV accessibility, its hotel offering and facilities dedicated to supporting local tourism operators, to its gastronomy, economic fabric, and so on.

For once, there was no need to wait for those delays that new hotels are accustomed to. Initially announced for the end of 2026, the Radisson Blu Medlock Hotel, Manchester has just opened its doors, offering a prestigious location for both football fans and business travellers visiting the metropolis...

A slightly stressed businessman arrives at check-in, no doubt weary from his endless travels. He then gradually loosens his tie, rolls up the sleeves of his white shirt before swapping it for a polo shirt to play with the shaker and blend in with the hotel's atmosphere...

Can you go over the genesis of Pullman XChange, this concept of events that accompany the brand's transformation? Benoît Racle - Their purpose is to allow us to take the time to ask ourselves questions, to have real conversations that go beyond small talk and allow us to think. Each time, the...

Before we delve into the luxurious offering of the new Waldorf Astoria and the role your hotel will play in hosting major events, let's first talk about Rabat. The Moroccan capital still lags behind Casablanca and Marrakech. Why? Guy Bertaud - When people talk about Morocco, they think of...

Cities on a human scale, surrounded by nature and beautiful landscapes, bearing the marks of their rich past but looking towards the future, and all easily accessible by TGV from Paris: Switzerland offers everything that appeals to event organisers today. Namely, compact destinations where everything is done on foot or...

To be a guardian and protector of nature, rather than its master and owner: this is the spirit of a seminar house in the Chateauform group located in the upper Chevreuse Valley, the Château Regen'Ronqueux. A name that says a lot about the venue's ambitions. That is, not just to offset or limit the footprint of professional events, but to regenerate...

You've just launched OneMICE, a MICE expense management solution driven by Chateauform and the German platform MICE Portal. What is the origin of the project? J. d. Villeneuve Bargemont - This project was born from a shared observation and a common vision among the three co-founders: the MICE intermediation market is evolving…

To sow new ideas: this is the very essence, etymologically, of a seminar. To sow seeds that, later, may prove fruitful. Seminars convey this desire to go further, together, acting as a crucible conducive to reflection and, consequently, to action. Whether they focus on the material or the spiritual, for that matter, when it is…

At the heart of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit, the Porsche Experience Center Le Mans redefines company seminar codes. Here, meetings take on another dimension. Far from ordinary rooms, teams operate in a premium environment where the emotions of motorsport combine with professional efficiency. Between high-end infrastructure...

How is Parc Astérix's MICE activity characterised? Rodolphe Lauron - Parc Astérix hosts an average of 200 events per year, from ten people to a thousand participants. If we dropped to around 150 operations in 2025, their size increased, mobilising more rooms and more suites, with an impact…

In Brussels, a new approach to professional events is emerging, Brussels Convention Street, which aims to make the Mont des Arts a connected congress district by linking the SQUARE convention centre to four emblematic institutions: BOZAR, KBR – Royal Library of Belgium, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and the BELvue Museum.

How is the events sector in Bordeaux performing? Amélie Dechénais - The destination has seen continuous growth since the pandemic. Between 2024 and 2025, we are observing a certain stabilisation, but at particularly high levels with trade fairs that are mainly national in scope, as well as international scientific and professional congresses. This momentum…

He was one of the elements contributing to the success of the Ocean Summit held in Nice in June 2025. Situated at the end of the Old Port, the OcéaNice conference centre was specifically built by the Lyon-based group GL Events for this United Nations conference. Taken over for management by the Tourist Office and…

Montenegro is attracting more and more leisure tourists. Is the MICE client also part of the country's tourism strategy? Ana Tripkovic Markovic - This is one of our strategic priorities today. Although Montenegro is recognised by leisure clients, our long-term objective is to make the country a...

"Merde à Vauban". Accor will probably not adopt Léo Ferré's irreverence. Because it is a delightful prison that the French group is preparing for the first address in France of its luxury brand Emblems Collection. In one of these fortifications designed by Louis XIV's chief engineer for...