meetings

Booking meetings online remains one of the major developments in the hotel industry that has been awaited, but has yet to materialise. However, the sector is getting closer and closer. While a player such as Cvent is moving ahead on its own, four groups - not least Accor, Hilton, IHG and Marriott International...

The new "Radisson Meetings" concept, which focuses on personalising each meeting, will be supported by a multi-million dollar investment in new audiovisual technologies, and will cover all seven of the group's brands. More than fifty establishments in 11 countries in the EMEA zone have already been equipped, and Radisson expects to complete the roll-out to all its hotels by...

At a time when the online booking of meetings is still one of the grails sought after by the hotel world, Accor and meetago, one of the largest providers of booking solutions for the MICE segment in Central Europe and supported by HRS, have announced a strategic partnership at the IMEX trade fair in Frankfurt....

The acquisition of Fairmont, Raffles and Mövenpick, partnerships with SBE, Rixos and Banyan Tree, the development of Sofitel and Pullman: for the past three years, Accor has made no secret of its ambitions in the luxury and top-of-the-range hotel sector. As a mirror image of this strategy, the French group intends to use these prestigious establishments to consolidate its position...

"We've joined the Airbnb family! With these words, published on 25 January by Corey Morris, Gaest.com's marketing director, on the platform's blog, the meeting space specialist made its arrival in the Airbnb fold official. The acquisition of this Danish platform, founded in 2015, and...

Munich airport is planning to improve its welcome for business travellers by offering them new meeting areas known as MeetingCabs: soundproofed cabins measuring 8 m², equipped with adapted furniture, electrical sockets and Internet connections, and capable of accommodating up to four people. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="130429"] MeetingCabs are available for a minimum period of...

While hotel reservations are now largely automated, the same is far from true for an important component of the business: meetings and seminars. The day we get there, it will be a big step forward," says Paul-Édouard Le Bret of Louvre Hotels. But, for the moment, it's still...

Beneath its dazzling Art Nouveau dome, Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann has been delighting Parisians and visitors to the city for over a century. An emblematic shopping venue spread over 70,000 m², this theatre of fashion is now taking centre stage for professional events with a chic, contemporary feel. The...

What is the format and objective of the fund-raising announced on 12 September? Arnaud Katz - We have just raised €5 million with three partners: Caphorn Invest, Raise Venture and BNP Paribas Développement. This operation will enable us to change scale. We are becoming a...

AccorHotels has signed a partnership agreement with Cvent, the market leader in corporate event management, to deploy its Passkey web-based solution for managing event accommodation. Used by numerous establishments in the United States, as well as in Europe, including the Dolce Chantilly, this solution enables organisers to create a mini-site dedicated to their...

What are the strengths of the new Paris-Saclay Convention Centre? Our offer is organised around three pillars: modularity - that's what companies are looking for today; modernity, since we're located in the heart of a district designed by Christian de Portzamparc; and finally, the environment, a commitment that is materialised by...

Bird Office is pursuing its partnership strategy to expand its network of work and meeting spaces. The French platform has signed an agreement with the Remix Coworking group, giving it exclusive marketing rights for its original event spaces. "Major groups are asking us more and more...

Although Spaces has been slow to establish itself in France, the specialist in coworking spaces seems determined to make up for lost time. Following its first opening in Paris on April 3, in the Opéra Garnier district, Spaces has also been operating in Boulogne Billancourt for the past month, and now has...

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...

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...