France Meetings

Kactus, the online platform for booking corporate events, is launching its new loyalty programme. It will be available to Kactus customers from 28 March. "We wanted to kill two birds with one stone by offering them a programme to thank them, but also to give them ideas for their next team-buildings, seminars and so on.

This will undoubtedly be the major event of 2018 for the Châteauform' group. On 3 April, the Palais des Congrès Paris Saclay will officially open its doors in Massy-Palaiseau. Extremely well served by the RER B and C lines, the venue can accommodate from 9 to 1,500 people with its eight modular meeting rooms,...

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...

Sri Lanka in 2019, the Seychelles in 2020, Vietnam in 2021 and, no doubt, other popular destinations for leisure travellers: Club Med, which is already present in 40 countries, is continuing to internalise its activities with the announced opening of three new resorts on idyllic beaches. The group intends to accelerate its growth in the coming years...

It marks the completion of a two-year construction project, as well as the emblem of the vast modernisation project underway at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre. The inauguration of the Paris Convention Centre on 22 November marks the start of a new era for the venue, which is managed by Viparis, an equally-owned subsidiary of Unibail Rodamco and...

Despite the advent of new technologies, getting together with colleagues remains a constant, almost vital need. In fact, over the last fifty years or so, the number of international congresses and meetings has risen steadily throughout the world. According to a study by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) covering the period 1963-2013, the number of regular associative events...

A new Châteauform' centre opened its doors at the beginning of September. The La Voisine estate, located in Clairefontaine in the Yvelines, covers 170 hectares. This is where the first campus of the Pernod Ricard University will be based. This is where the famous French group will be organising a large proportion of the 15,000 hours of...

Does the recent creation of your post as Director of Innovation mean that Viparis is making a start on the subject? [caption id="attachment_62145" align="alignright" width="225"] Laurent Charon, Director of Innovation at Viparis[/caption] Laurent Charon - Viparis was already working on this subject, a bit like Monsieur Jourdain: without knowing it! So my job is to provide...

Don't be fooled by its name: the Milan Pontoon, inaugurated on 30 March, is more reminiscent of a Venetian atmosphere than the Lombardy capital of fashion. And with good reason: at the foot of the pier, L'Armelle and Shana, two shuttles with a Riva look - those prestigious wooden boats...

Competition is fierce in the international MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, Events) market, with every destination preparing its weapons to win the favour of major congresses and trade fairs, with substantial economic spin-offs for the lucky winners. Aware that the quality and capacity of their event infrastructures are not enough, two French heavyweights -...

Less stuffy, more inspiring, the new generation of meeting spaces that are beginning to spring up here and there has a new representative in the shape of Atelier H. After several months' work, the Novotel Paris Les Halles has unveiled a seminar space completely reinvented by designer Jim Hamilton. Covering an area of 600 m², the seven...