MICE

Vendée in general, and Les Sables-d'Olonne in particular, are recognised today as a prime destination for hosting corporate events. There are numerous reasons for this, ranging from TGV accessibility, its hotel offering and facilities dedicated to supporting local tourism operators, to its gastronomy, economic fabric, and so on.

Just 2 hours and 20 minutes from Paris by plane, the five-star hotel La Badira — «as luminous as the full moon» in Arabic — is the MICE destination to discover in Tunisia. Positioned as «adults only» and a member since its opening in 2015 of The Leading Hotels of the World chain, the property captivates from the moment you arrive with...

For once, there was no need to wait for those delays that new hotels are accustomed to. Initially announced for the end of 2026, the Radisson Blu Medlock Hotel, Manchester has just opened its doors, offering a prestigious location for both football fans and business travellers visiting the metropolis...

A few weeks after seeing the return to business of its historic hotel in Turkey - the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus, opened in 1955 and completely redesigned after three years of work - the Hilton group crossed a symbolic threshold during the month of August: that of its 100th hotel in the country. An establishment...

On 2nd September, the Paris Ile-de-France CCI published the 2026 edition of its activity report on the exhibition and convention centres in the Greater Paris region. The figures show an acceleration across almost all indicators in a region that remains the leading business infrastructure offering in Europe, with 24 sites and nearly 700,000 m² of floor space…

The Hyatt group intends to establish itself even more firmly with business travellers passing through Berlin. Not that the American hotelier has lacked appeal until now, with the Grand Hyatt Berlin a stone's throw from Potsdamer Platz, its ballroom capable of accommodating 850 people and its 9 meeting rooms. All this adding to others...

The Minor group continues to strengthen its presence in both Europe and the Middle East. Although its opening is a long way off – slated for 2030 – the NH Riyadh Prime Square Hotel will notably complement the group's offering in Saudi Arabia with a 121-room and suite hotel featuring a business centre and meeting spaces, in…

Leonardo Hotels has just doubled its presence in France in one fell swoop. With just one opening! Already present in Paris since the 2024 acquisition of the Hôtel Prelude Opera, which has become the Leonardo Boutique Hotel Paris Opera, the hotel group has just set up shop on the shores of Lake Geneva with its takeover on August 1st…

As almost all professional events take an annual summer break, it's time for UNIMEV, the French Union of Event Industry Professionals, to take stock. Its new Observatory, unveiled on 29 July, reviews the sector's results for the second quarter and, more broadly, since the beginning of the year. A few days later…

"Remarkable": this is how the Paris Île-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) describes the performance of Parisian trade shows in the second quarter. It must be said that the traditional barometer dedicated to this MICE activity shows in fact clearly rising results, even though the first quarter had already proven to be largely successful. In the 2nd quarter...

"We are anticipating an unprecedented pace of openings in 2026, likely exceeding thirty establishments": in an interview with our website last March, Olivier Cohn, the managing director of Best Western France, was forecasting sustained development for its network. The momentum is confirmed with 12 additional establishments for more…

Chengdu has confirmed its status as the gateway to Southwest China for international exchange, and Radisson Collection is following suit. Jin Jiang International Hotels and Radisson Hotel Group are opening their very first regional address under this brand there, within the Business & Innovation Centre for China-Europe Cooperation (CCEC), the Sino-European cooperation platform…

The King Abdullah Financial District had been waiting for a signature touch to translate its ambition into a hotel experience. This has now been achieved: W Hotels, a lifestyle brand from the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, is establishing its first Saudi address there, at the crossroads of business flows and new social trends that are redefining the capital. The LW Design firm has…

A newcomer to ASEAN and rich with ambition, Timor-Leste took a new step in its tourism development strategy on May 20th. The country officially launched construction work on its future International Congress Centre in Dili, the capital, in the presence of its prime minister – the very same one who had led the…

MCP, for "Model Context Protocol": here is the new acronym that business travel players are going to have to familiarise themselves with. This type of connector, based on an open protocol, now acts as a bridge between business tools and the "wonderful world" of agentic AI. And now it's Perk's turn to enter...

New logo featuring a capital T for technology instead of a C, new brand promise - Expect More from Your Events -, new deep green colour: Cvent staged its pivot towards AI at its annual Cvent CONNECT conference, held in Nashville in front of nearly 5,000 attendees…

It was a commitment made by Éric Ciotti during his campaign to win the mayoralty of Nice: Océanice must disappear from the Quai du Vieux Port. During a recent intervention to review his first 100 days at the head of the city, the mayor announced the dismantling of the congress centre in early 2027...

And one, and two, and three Scandic hotels in Frankfurt. The hotel group has just officially announced on Wednesday the arrival of a new recruit on the German hotel scene. Expected in 2027, it will clearly target business customers. Its proximity to Messe Frankfurt already guarantees it continuous demand in the business tourism market. CEO Jens…

A Hyatt Regency hotel today, a CitizenM to come in a few weeks: the hotel industry is participating in the metamorphosis of one of Europe's oldest exhibition venues: the historic Olympia Exhibition Centre, which opened in the 1880s in the Hammersmith district. The project, costing £1.3 billion, aims to bring the venue into...

The MICE sector – like so many other business sectors – has begun its transformation to embrace artificial intelligence. And, as is often the case, Kactus intends to be at the forefront of this change. The French specialist becomes the first European MICE player to be integrated into the OpenAI ecosystem, as announced on July 7th. In concrete terms, users…