MICE

Hilton is adding a wellness component to its meeting and event offering. The American group has just launched High Performance Meetings, a structured framework designed for organizers of seminars, conventions and conferences. The program was created in collaboration with the human performance consulting firm Tignum, which applies its methods to the MICE segment…

The year 2025 for the Hilton group was marked by the return to business of the legendary Waldorf Astoria in New York. A repeat for the luxury brand in 2026 with the opening of a hotel within the very noble and prestigious Admiralty Arch in London. If other variations of the Waldorf Astoria brand will be unveiled this year…

Specializing in mountain holidays, MMV is expanding its business with Daffy, a new year-round hotel concept that is open except for the month of November. Located in the heart of Briançon, near Serre Chevalier, this establishment is housed in the former Berwick barracks, a 19th-century military building that has been completely restored. With its inspired decor…

Cosmopolitan, dynamic and welcoming, Madrid has managed to evolve without losing its essence, combining the energy of a big capital with the friendliness of a city that always welcomes you with open arms. One of its most precious assets is intangible: its way of life, that sense of sharing and human relationships that...

Accor is expanding the scope of its Handwritten Collection brand by partnering with another important hotel group, The Corinthia Group. A group known for its luxury hotels, the latest of which opened last March in Rome in the historic walls of the former headquarters of the Italian bank. This Maltese hotelier will entrust Accor with the management of…

The BCD Group’s event agency has just published its annual trend report. The report draws on the analyses of its regional executives and third-party studies. According to the Events Industry Council and Oxford Economics, business events have thus generated $1,300 billion in direct spending by 2025 and supported 24.2 million…

Naboo has just announced the acquisition of Pro-ven in the United Kingdom. Is the acquisition of this venue finder an equivalent of what you could have done in France with the acquisition of Biz Meeting in 2024? Lucie Arnoux – Yes, exactly. Pro-ven has been present in the United Kingdom for twenty years, and has extensive knowledge of the market, with…

The UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, publishes its annual Euro Fair Statistics report. It covers 1,758 exhibitions held in 2025 in 13 countries. These events brought together 503,552 exhibitors and 49.9 million visits over 19.4 million m² leased space. Ten national organizations certified the data, sourced from 735 organizers.…

The Alboran Group offers a new base camp for business travelers passing through Paris, ideally located a short walk from Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est. Or rather, a revamped base camp since the hotel was long known as Mercure Paris Gare du Nord Lafayette.…

It’s quite rare, but in the 5,800 hotels located in more than 110 countries that Accor has, a leading tourist destination was missing today: the Dominican Republic. And this, even though the French group once had a hotel there, but has been out of the network for many years. In this market...

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…

The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) presented on October 13 at the IMEX America show the 2026 edition of their Incentive Travel Index. Conducted with the Oxford Economics firm, the study is based on the responses of 2,100 professionals in the "incentive travel" industry, buyers and suppliers alike. This incentive market is showing a…

Amex GBT publishes the 16th edition of its annual forecast dedicated to meetings and events: the Meetings & Events Forecast. Optimism remains high: 93 % of the professionals surveyed are confident for 2027, compared to 85 % in the previous edition. However, enthusiasm is fading. Indeed, the share of the «very optimistic» respondents has declined by 62…

The oneworld alliance officially announced the return of its MICE offering on October 13, at the IMEX trade show in Las Vegas. The offer is aimed at event organizers. It gives them access to preferential rates on the 15 member airlines of the alliance, which serve nearly 1,000 destinations. The scope is wide: business meetings, conferences…

Nearly 40 years after the last Grand Prix held at Kyalami, near Johannesburg, Formula 1 will return to the African continent by 2030, in Rwanda. There is nothing that would directly affect business travelers, aside from the fans of Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Antonelli or the Scuderia Ferrari. And...

«A first for the industry»: this is how Naboo describes the evolution of its platform, which today reconciles those who organize events with those who manage their expenses. A few days after announcing its expansion into the Asia-Pacific region with offices in Singapore and Australia, the technology player is strengthening its presence in the meetings market...

From the prestigious Waldorf Astoria in Kuala Lumpur and, even more so, in London, the launch of its lifestyle brand NoMad in Singapore, to major business hotels: Hilton continues its dynamic development with many new hotels to be opened by the end of the year. In the United States, the group has notably seen the launch of one of its flagship…

You get used to everything. Even to the rhetoric of US President Donald Trump towards the rest of the world. In any case, according to some American tourism professionals, the occupant of the White House, who is regularly criticized in Europe, no longer has the same devastating impact as during the first months of his second term on…

After Norway, the focus turns to Sweden and Denmark. Is it a coincidence that the Radisson group’s ambition to reach 100 Verified Net Zero hotels by 2030 is first being realized in Northern Europe? The Scandinavian destinations’ eco-friendly values are no longer in need of proof; they consistently rank first in the GDS Index every year…

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…