MICE

The Radisson Group is adding to its list of addresses in African capitals with the opening of a hotel in Conakry, Guinea. Carrying the upscale Radisson Blu brand, this new development is based on the takeover of an existing renovated establishment, the former Sheraton Grand Conakry. Opened in 2016, the former Sheraton Grand Conakry marked the group's debut...

2025 will be a busy year for the Radisson group in France. While the reopening of the Cour des Loges in Lyon, transformed into a Radisson Collection luxury hotel, is expected in the first quarter, the group has just announced two new developments, one in Rueil-Malmaison and the other in Montpellier. Both are also expected to open in the first few months of...

Updated 13/12 at 11:30 Paris does not and should not have a monopoly on lifestyle hotels. This is the aim of a new brand, Grand Mess, which will be launched in Clermont-Ferrand in a few days' time, on 19 December, before seeing another project come to fruition in Lyon in three years' time. "Apart from Paris, many other regional cities offer...

Radisson Collection has secured a prime location in the heart of Madrid, on one of its main thoroughfares, Calle de Alcala, lined with luxury boutiques and historic buildings dating back to the Belle Epoque. From the time when this street, which intersects the Puerta del Sol and the Place de Cybèle, was home to...

Kactus, hitherto recognised as a MICE booking platform, is taking a new step forward. The BtoB events specialist intends to nurture its portfolio of key accounts - and probably strengthen it too - by broadening its field of action. Large companies can now opt for à la carte support from a Kactus expert. Or they can opt for...

"Major events and international travellers are driving record summer attendance in Philadelphia in 2024". This was the message sent out on Monday by the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau. According to those in charge of MICE, all the signs were green this summer, with an 8% increase in international...

A new luxury boutique hotel and a historic establishment back in business, but also a budget hotel in the fast-growing Cloche d'Or district or another within an innovative mega complex: Luxembourg will be at the heart of hotel news in 2025. And that's shortly after...

Before the summer, Naboo announced its intention to grow externally. Now it's official. The corporate seminar platform has announced the acquisition from the Joy Group of Privateaser for Business (BizMeeting), its Venue Finder site specialising in organising events for groups. Naboo can count on the support of the...

The Hilton Group is to roll out its Signia by Hilton brand, focused on MICE events, in the EMEA region for the first time. Having appeared across the Atlantic in Atlanta, Orlando and San José, California, with Indianapolis in the pipeline, Signia will unveil its first address next January in Amman, Jordan. The development will be...

Thanks to the many daily round trips offered by the Franco-Swiss airline Lyria, Geneva and Basel can be reached in just 3 hours from Paris. To reach Zurich, allow 4 hours (you continue the journey after passing Basel). And if you're organising your event in Lausanne, you'll need to take the...

Gigantic, inevitably gigantic. Dubai is expanding its exhibition centre in line with the destination's lofty ambitions. The expansion of the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), which has just entered its first phase, aims to double the number of large-scale events hosted each year. This figure is set to rise from around 300...

It's a paradox that characterises Perpignan. "Perpignan, centre of the world" is the slogan chosen by the tourist office and the municipality of France's southernmost city, a slogan inspired by the famous words of the painter Salvador Dali. Passing through Perpignan station in 1963, the extravagant artist explained that he had felt...

Châteauform' invites itself into the historic walls of the Institut de France. France's leading MICE company has just been awarded a five-year contract to operate 3 Mazarium, the events space inside the venerable institution that has housed the five academies, including the Académie Française, since 1795. From 2019,...

One face-to-face meeting is worth three visios, two face-to-face meetings are worth six visios, three face-to-face meetings are worth... In order to assess the benefits of a physical meeting rather than a remote one, travel managers would do well to master their table of three. This ratio emerges from a study recently carried out by the Accor group among 9,000 travellers...

New technologies have become almost essential to most events and meetings. Indeed, many of these meetings revolve around technology itself, one of the most dynamic sectors of the Catalan economy. For this reason, Catalonia offers a wide range of meeting spaces and related proposals, including...

An activity of the utmost importance. In Geneva, business travel - including individual trips and MICE - accounts for 80% of overnight stays. The presence in the city of major international organisations such as the UN and the Red Cross obviously has a lot to do with this high figure, generating numerous trade fairs, conferences and...

After the strong winds of travel revenge in the leisure sector, business travel and events are taking over to bolster the performance of hotel groups. Accor, IHG, Hilton and Marriott all agree with this assessment, as they announced their third-quarter results and took part in a question-and-answer session with...

Despite a month of June impacted by preparations for the Olympic Games, Vacances Bleues has seen significant growth in the activity of its Business branch at its establishments in 2024. Out of a total turnover of €80m for the accommodation operator in its 2024 financial year, which has just ended, the events part of the business came to €11.5m,...

The demand for eco-responsible seminars and events is exploding. Whatever the reasons, good or bad, greenhushing or greenwashing, CSR criteria are playing an increasingly important role in the choice of destination. Choosing CSR activities, working with committed service providers, assessing the carbon footprint of your event:...

A focal point of the Maltese hotel industry, the seaside resort of St Julian's has seen a succession of new establishments open, including a Hyatt Centric leisure hotel, strengthening the presence of this lifestyle brand in Europe. This is the seventh hotel to open on the continent - another is expected in Reims next year - and...