events

Among those hardest hit by the consequences of the pandemic, the events sector remains pugnacious and determined to save what can still be saved. At the end of last week, the representatives of the events industry - Coésio, Crealians, France Congrès et Événements, Leads, L'ÉVÉNEMENT, Synpase, Traiteurs de France and Unimev - published a "letter of intent"...

Having gone without 'traditional' meetings and events for most of 2020, professionals are planning to make up for it in moderation next year. According to the new 2021 Global Meetings and Events Forecast by American Express Meetings & Events, the "all-virtual" trend is set to give way to face-to-face events and, above all, hybrid operations. The latter...

In the wake of the health crisis, Châteauform' is stepping up its virtual events activities. The specialist in organising seminars, events and other corporate training courses has just inaugurated three new infrastructures in quick succession. The aim is to help companies maintain their event activities despite the constraints imposed by the pandemic. In fact, as the people in charge of...

Congresses cancelled, trade fairs postponed, corporate conventions and other corporate events postponed indefinitely... All of this put together, over the period from March to August 2020, the events industry estimates the cost of the current health crisis at nearly 15 billion euros in economic spin-offs. The ban on events followed by containment measures...

Like other tourism sectors, including the airline and hotel industries, the events industry is preparing for the upturn by taking into account health and safety issues, which are a priority for employees, event organisers, exhibitors, service providers and visitors alike. With this in mind, Viparis has joined forces with Bureau Veritas to define a set of standards aimed at...

On February 19, a press release from UFI, the Union of International Fairs, indicated that, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the national authorities, the cancellation of major trade fairs and events in Europe, America, the Middle East and large parts of Asia was premature. Clear instructions had to be given...

The management of urban transport can sometimes be chaotic - even during strike weeks - and the problems are of course proportional to the number of passengers... In other words, when it comes to transporting dozens or hundreds of participants to a corporate event, it's best to turn to a specialist, and if possible...

While there are many studies devoted to the MICE market - and not all of them true - this new report on "the weight and economic impact of corporate events" is a guaranteed success. Signed by players such as Atout France, the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau (OTCP), and the French General Directorate of Tourism, the report...

The news came down on 10 July: five years after its creation, BizMeeting has been acquired by its competitor Privateaser. "I had the feeling that BizMeeting had reached a key moment in its history," says Loïc Passemard, founder of BizMeeting and its new BtoB Vice-President. "In just a few years, we have built up a...

Have meetings and events become a key segment for Accor? Markus Keller - With the development over the last ten years of a major network in Asia and the Middle East, with establishments equipped with large meeting areas and ballrooms, a rethink of our MICE strategy became necessary. Historically based on the ibis and...

An exceptional vector of communication Is sport still a safe bet when it comes to communication? Marc Mingoia - Sport is booming! As proof of this, Eurosport, when it started out some thirty years ago, was broadcast in just one language, compared with 31 today! Countries, particularly those in the Gulf, are making...

Easily transferable to the corporate world, the values of sport are excellent vectors of communication, both internally and externally. Particularly when it comes to high-profile events such as the Olympic Games, the Football World Cup, the Six Nations Tournament, Roland-Garros, the Tour de France, the Vendée Globe or the Ryder Cup...

COP 21, the climate conference held in Paris in 2015, set the goal of limiting global warming to below 2°C. Which, at the moment, is apparently not a foregone conclusion! The fact remains that we need to change our lifestyles as a matter of urgency, and we understand that the...

It was a spiritual and political centre of Brittany, the place where Anne of Brittany and Charles VIII celebrated their engagement in 1491. From 10 January, the Couvent des Jacobins in Rennes will be dedicated to business tourism. This transformation project, launched in 2009 and begun in February 2014 with the laying of the...

How would you sum up 2016 for business tourism in Las Vegas? Chris Meyer - In 2016 alone, we hosted 22,000 events. We like to think that's more than any other city on the planet, or even in the galaxy until proven otherwise! We host groups from...

The big event is approaching: on 16 May, the 2017 edition of IMEX, the benchmark event for the international MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, Events) market, gets underway. On the programme: three days of conferences, negotiations and meetings between suppliers and buyers, once again at the epicentre of Frankfurt's event industry, the Messe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3EF22B12w And for...

The figures for the Business Travel Show 2017, held in London on 22 and 23 February, are now in. For its 23rd edition, the British business travel show brought together 437 European buyers - there were 399 a year earlier - and recorded an increase in attendance of 3%. "We have...

Chateauform' is known for its 'seminar houses' - some fifty beautiful residences in France and Europe where companies have become accustomed to meeting in the great outdoors. The company has significantly increased its size with the acquisition of Eurosites. This other specialist in business meetings now has around fifty...

Brexit supporters were promised the worst, with the British economy in particular expected to suffer as a result of being excluded from the European Union. The opposite is true. London's Convention Bureau is even boasting that it has recorded record levels of demand for the organisation of MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events) events. And it is pleased to report...