MICE

Creativity, innovation and dynamism in the Grand Est Explore Grand Est - Meet and connect, the MICE destination brand in the Grand Est dedicated to business tourism and professional events, is showcasing 10 conference cities, particularly in Alsace, Champagne and Lorraine. This region is characterised by its creativity, innovation and...

A number of fine city hotels, including the Bless Madrid, a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, but above all major resorts for corporate events and incentive breaks: the Palladium group is positioning itself as a major player both in Spain and in the Caribbean. And even further afield, as the Spanish hotelier is also present...

The year 2024 marks an important milestone for AirPlus, with the Swedish bank SEB making your takeover from the Lufthansa group official. How are things shaping up with your new owner? Julie Troussicot - Since 1 August, our sole shareholder has in fact been the Swedish banking group SEB, whose ambition is to...

Like other business travel agencies in recent years, Reed & Mackay is extending its sphere of activity to include meetings and corporate events. Or rather, it is extending this service to the French market, having built up solid expertise internationally. TMC can claim to have managed over 4,700 projects in...

Through its subsidiary Urban Station, RATP is developing its events business in Paris by rehabilitating its heritage buildings scattered around the capital. In particular, the former electrical substations built between 1900 and 1920, with their fine Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture. The first three openings after completion of the work are scheduled...

On the shores of Lake Lucerne, Lucerne is both a charming historic city and a destination with a modern infrastructure, ideal for hosting MICE operations supported by the services of its Convention Bureau. It was by playing with the water of this lake that Jean Nouvel designed the architecture of the KKL, the emblematic...

PortAventura Business & Events' MICE offering, in terms of both products and services, stands out for its versatility and adaptability. The aim is to satisfy all the requirements of event organisers through a 360° service that can be fully customised. The "All in One" concept is based on...

Two major dates have shaped contemporary Slovakia: 1993 and the birth of a new independent nation, definitively separated from the Czech Republic, and 2004, just 20 years ago, the year the country officially joined the European Union. These two events turned the page on a post-war period that had lasted 40 years...

For this second edition, how have you refined the IFTM-Kactus MICE Barometer? Arnaud Katz - We've added several key elements, in particular the CSR section, which some people criticised us for not including enough last year. We laid the foundations last year, and now we have a truly comprehensive barometer....

Nestling at an altitude of 1560 metres at the bottom of the Landwasser valley in Graubünden, Davos, with its 12,000 inhabitants, is the highest town in the Swiss Alps. A holiday resort in summer and a rather posh winter sports centre, Davos is best known internationally for its World Economic Forum, which brings together the world's top business leaders every...

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...