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While Parisians and even the people of Bordeaux have already seen its antique 2CVs on the streets, 4 Roues sous un Parapluie has started a new chapter in its history in the middle of Covid. After 18 years in business, the events agency has been taken over by two passionate engineers, Emmanuel Mounier and Romain Jouhaud, chairman and CEO respectively.

The reopening of Mauritius to vaccinated travellers at the beginning of October puts an end to a long-standing frustration with an island that was much appreciated by French and European tourists. "The planes are filling up fast. Two of our hotels are already fully booked for All Saints' Day", explains Véronique Berthier, Vice President Sales and Marketing Europe at The Lux Collective, one of...

At a time when companies are looking for 'green' locations for their seminars and incentives, the Landes region believes it has a great card to play, thanks to its diversified MICE offering, its resolutely natural and sporting image, and its easy TGV access from Paris and Bordeaux to Dax...

Just 60 km from the French border - and 37 minutes from the hub of Barcelona - the Costa Brava Girona is a magnet for French companies, who can reach their next MICE destination via excellent TGV links, by air or even by road. On arrival, participants will discover a wide range of accommodation solutions and...

With business travel faltering in the wake of the pandemic, hoteliers are turning their attention to leisure travel as a way of boosting their business. The Hyatt group has taken a major step in this direction by announcing the acquisition of Apple Leisure Group (ALG). This key player in top-of-the-range all-inclusive holidays...

Has the resumption of seminar business at your hotel, the Château de Maffliers Demeures de Campagne, lived up to your expectations? Arnaud Feucherolles - We're fairly relaxed about the months ahead, especially as we've been almost overwhelmed by requests since 19 May. I've even had to...

Report Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet A caravel! That's all we needed to complete the magical picture of this world battered by the waves of the upper Atlantic. A caravel! The quintessential vessel of all fantasies, a shoddy boat with a large stern and not much in front,...

Information Paris: Portuguese National Tourist Office (closed to the public) Information: www.visitportugal.com Madeira: Associaçao de Promoçao da Madeira. Rua dos Aranhas, n°24/26. 9 000-044 Funchal - Tel: + 351 291 203 420 - Internet: Visitmadeira.pt Getting there TAP Air Portugal serves Funchal daily with flights on Airbus A319 or A320 from Orly. Seven daily flights...

The pandemic has not only put a severe brake on company meetings and seminars. Incentive trips, designed to reward corporate clients and employees, have been similarly frozen due to the health risks and border closures, but also for budgetary reasons. Melia Hotels International, for whom these...

Text Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet First there's the Mediterranean. Blue, as it should be; with, most of the time, a sky to match, whether very early or very late in the season. As a result, in Corsica there are long white sandy beaches as well as secluded coves,...

Where to go? Under what conditions? Under what constraints? After having plagued holidaymakers this summer, these questions are now worrying business travellers, especially those planning to take part in international events. Business travel is struggling, and business tourism is one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic....

With its 289 cabins, including 28 singles and 42 deluxe suites, the Jules Verne - formerly the Astor, launched in 1987 - will be the first cruise ship to be operated by the new company Croisières Maritimes & Voyages (CMV). A subsidiary of the British group Cruise & Maritime Voyages, it will be offering cruises exclusively to French-speaking markets....

Report Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet We were expecting it, but all the same. +70 degrees Celsius all of a sudden, we're thinking we're not going to last very long. And then some. That's when you're sitting on the lowest bench in the sauna... Because on the one on the...

A recent study carried out by Skift magazine and Club Med highlighted the fact that Alpine resorts are no longer reserved solely for experienced skiers, on the slopes from 8am to 5pm, but are opening up to novices and non-skiers looking for a mountain experience. These customers are there before...

What is a learning expedition (Lex)? The approach consists of sending employees or stakeholders to meet other companies and organisations, other ecosystems, other economic, technological or human realities, in order to obtain information, enrich their knowledge and provide food for thought. Learning expeditions have been around for a long time, and we've all been "Mr Jourdain" ....

With its endless beaches, verdant mountains and deep deserts, but above all its great culture, Oman is attracting more and more French tourists. After a +21 % growth in the number of tourists from France in 2018, the sultanate recorded a further increase of +19 % over the first nine months of 2019. While the country is making...

Text Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet Photos are everywhere. Always in black and white, they are everywhere, on the walls of institutions, museums and old forts, but also in the beautiful books in the rooms of luxury hotels and in the free magazines for tourists. They are the...

Text Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet One hour. Just one hour by plane, a very exotic Bombardier propeller from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle to Exeter in Devon, the county bordering Cornwall. One hour and it's a tiny, friendly, almost charming airport. With a table tennis table set up under the awning of the...

The destination has to be an attractive one, with reasonable transport costs. How many incentive operations do you organise each year? Guillaume Ernié - Around 250 reward operations a year, including 130 seminars. Most of our corporate clients are Paris-based or have their head office in Paris. What factors determine your choice of seaside resort? G....

There's no need to travel to the other side of the world to organise an incentive or seminar by the sea. The French coastline, lulled by the waves of the North Sea and the English Channel, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, boasts an incredible variety of landscapes: towering cliffs, rocky coasts, immense sandy beaches...