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On 4 September, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz met in Evian in the hushed confines of the Hôtel Royal conference centre for the Franco-German Encounters. This economic and political forum, which has been held every autumn for more than three decades, has become one of the major events of the Evian...

Put on the back burner during the covid, business travel has returned to near pre-pandemic levels. This means that business travel makes real economic sense for companies, as the latest American Express study shows. Arnaud Bernet - Business travel has long been regarded as a cost centre. Through this study...

A château near Berlin and a listed residence not far from Mainz, as well as a conference hotel near Munich: Châteauform' is stepping up the roll-out of its offer in Germany, with three establishments planned over the next two years. This expansion is based on the recipe tried and tested in France: the transformation...

Between the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 and those in Los Angeles in 2028, there's another Olympic capital close to home: Lausanne, the smallest of Switzerland's major metropolises with just 150,000 inhabitants. A dynamic, attractive city all year round, it boasts the title of "Best Small Town in Switzerland".

Hawaii, Las Vegas and Florida: these are the top destinations preferred by American professionals for an incentive operation in their domestic market. These are the findings of a study carried out by the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF). This is the 4th year that the survey has been carried out among 400 sales representatives eligible for...

On 10 November, 40 skippers will set sail in the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe. But from 19 October, Les Sables d'Olonne and the Vendée will be living to the rhythm of this nautical event, which attracted 2.2 million visitors at its last edition in 2016. To mark the occasion, a dedicated hospitality area...

Already well represented in Frankfurt with eight establishments, the Hilton group has found a new address of choice in Germany's main business metropolis. A green hotel, set in a 10-hectare park, frequented by visiting stars and celebrities, from Bill Clinton to Michael Jackson, from Mikhail Gorbachev to the football team...

Do Experimental Group's lifestyle hotels attract a large business clientele? Romée de Goriainoff - Yes, they account for between 40% and 60% of our hotel occupancy. Business travellers have a rather cold image. But today, some of this clientele, particularly in the tech, fashion and investment fund sectors, are...

The 2024 edition of IFTM Top Resa kicks off on 17 September. So the final sprint is on... Laurence Gaborieau - Yes, the timetable has changed due to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP 2024), and in particular the Paralympic part organised from 28 August to 8 September. So we had to...

In less than a month, on 17 September, IFTM Top Resa will be opening at Porte de Versailles. According to General Manager Laurence Gaborieau, the French B2B trade show for the tourism industry is set to be a great success in 2024, confirming the forecasts made by the UFI... In fact, the World Association of the Exhibition Industry recently published its Global Barometer...

After a recovery phase in 2022, followed by a gradual return to normal in 2023, Paris Region trade shows are now almost all back to pre-Covid levels. Activity in the first half of 2024 is in line with that seen in 2018, the last even-numbered reference year, according to the latest indicators for Paris Region trade shows...

Business tourism in Austria has long been no secret. From an incentive event in the Salzburg Citadel to a private cocktail party at the Vienna Opera House, from a seminar in the famous Olympic ski jump in Innsbruck to a private boat trip along the Danube, the incentive destination of Austria is a must...

Naboo is stepping up its expansion into the corporate seminar sector by dipping into the €7.5m it raised at the end of 2023 to acquire one or more events agencies. The names of the first acquisitions could be announced by the autumn. "The aim is to equip these agencies with our technologies, so that bookings can be made quickly and efficiently.

The Paris Olympics have not yet begun, and Los Angeles is already preparing for the next Olympics. The city has taken advantage of the acceleration effect of this world event to push ahead with a long-awaited project: the modernisation and expansion of its LACC convention centre. An extension that is...

One of the future flagships of the MICE hotel industry in the Paris region. The Dolce by Wyndham Versailles, which opens its doors in July in Jouy en Josas, has everything it takes to welcome companies in conditions worthy of their rank. In a historic location, in a green setting, in the heart of a vast 1,800 square metre conference centre, the Dolce by Wyndham Versailles...

Laos has long suffered from being landlocked between China, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. This situation has contributed to its slow economic development. But it has also probably protected it from the throes of forced modernisation on the Asian continent since the 1980s. This can still be seen today in the streets of Vientiane, one of the...

For the next month, from 14 June, football fans will be turning their attention to the ten German cities hosting the Euro Football Championship. These include Stuttgart, which is hosting five matches, including a quarter-final. The capital of the Baden-Württemberg region is hoping this will boost its tourist numbers, which stand at around...

The Hyatt group now has over 200 hotels in the Europe-Africa-Middle East (EMEA) region. This represents a portfolio that has more than doubled in the space of five years. Is developing your portfolio in Europe a priority for your group? Javier Aguila - We have a very clear desire to expand our presence in Europe. With, in...

"See you in the autumn": that, in a nutshell, is the watchword among businesses just a few days before the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Kactus, the specialist event booking platform, and Rejolt, the marketplace, are in a good position to observe the knock-on effects on events...

Among its many projects on the African continent, the Radisson group is preparing to take a leading role in the Tunisian business hotel sector. First of all, at the beginning of July, with the opening of the Radisson Tunis City Center, with almost 100 rooms and a 250 m² meeting space comprising three rooms. But more than that, the...