MICE

Updated on 11 October at 2pm Ranked fifth in the GDS-Index last year, Bordeaux is back where it was in 2021, in ninth place. A disappointment? Not necessarily, as Bordeaux's score has risen from 85.10 to 87.10, reflecting the city's growing commitment to a sustainable tourism strategy...

The 2023 edition of IFTM Top Résa will put the spotlight on MICE. And to mark the occasion, the event is acquiring a new measurement tool dedicated to the French market to better identify trends and changes over the years. The first Kactus-IFTM Meetings & Events Barometer was unveiled this morning at Porte de Versailles. It is designed to...

The IFTM Top Resa 2023 event is both the meeting point for the world of travel and its barometer: it is approaching, and will provide valuable insights into the state of the sector, its dynamics and its prospects for the coming months and beyond. If the theme of this year's event, "Challenges and...

While Munich awaits the opening of a Rosewood luxury hotel at the end of the month, the Bavarian capital has also recently welcomed a new business hotel. And not the least: the Munich Marriott City West, a 398-room powerhouse with a huge MICE area of almost 2,000 square metres.

Founded in Strasbourg, the Plainitude events agency has changed latitude in recent years, setting its sights on Toulon, its new home in 2022. Local fervour and the agency's tenuous link with the world of sport have led it logically into the world of rugby. Plainitude is now the link between the...

The capital's biggest club, with a Jean Bouin stadium refurbished just ten years ago under the leadership of Rudy Ricciotti, in a prestigious and strategic geographical area: on paper, Stade Français Paris has solid arguments to play the leading roles on the pitch...

A rugby pass: to coincide with the France-Wales match in March, the Société Générale group staged a theatrical handover between Frédéric Oudéa and Slawomir Krupa, the new head of the Paris-based bank. It was a publicity stunt that drew on the strong links between the...

Friday 8 September, 9.15pm, Saint-Denis: it's time for the tenth Rugby World Cup, organised in France for the second time in its history. With a choice match-up: France-New Zealand. The excitement generated by the competition, the magic of the haka and the performances of the French team should all contribute to a...

The "Portrait of European Meeting and Convention Travel" report was published at the end of August by MMGY Global, a marketing agency specialising in the world of travel, tourism and hotels. The report paints a very positive picture of activity in the European market, even going so far as to describe it as a "year of...

A taste for others. Against its better judgement, the pandemic had the politeness to demonstrate a human need, a very human need: the need to meet others. The strong upturn in business seminars as soon as the restrictions were lifted could only attest to this. A desire to exchange ideas and enjoy conviviality, where the table obviously plays an eminent role. In this...

New and more new in Sydney's west. A fast-growing area, whose development is supported by the Australian government and the state of New South Wales, which are putting billions on the table to make this suburb a growth area. On the agenda: new transport infrastructure, new buildings, new...

What is the new sales organisation of the Accor group, which is now split into two divisions, one covering economy, mid-range and premium hotels and the other luxury and lifestyle segments? Sophie Hulgard - First of all, our sales department is one of the only ones to have a scope that covers all of the Accor Group's...

Do the findings of the latest MPI barometer seem to you to be in line with the trends you are seeing in the French market? Véronique Holveck - The MPI barometer, the "Meetings Outlook", is consolidated on a quarterly basis among our active members who are MICE planners - including professional congress organisers (PCOs) -...

How is OfficeRiders positioned in the MICE segment? Florian Delifer - OfficeRiders began in 2016 with the first version of the site. My approach was quite instinctive, when I realised that there was a waste of space in big cities. There are lots of flats, lofts...

The crisis has clearly not distracted professionals from their need to get together for a conference or other MICE event. According to a study published a few days ago by technology specialist Bizzabo, face-to-face meetings are making a strong comeback, and this is set to continue over the next few years...

At the beginning of August, Indianapolis city councillors kicked off work on the Pan Am Plaza site, next to the Indiana Convention Center. The convention centre will benefit from an expansion plan costing 710 million dollars, or some 465 million euros. This new phase...

This is now a well-established event. Since the upheaval caused by the Covid crisis, Accor has been going out to meet its corporate clients, bringing together European leaders in the technology, legal, energy, engineering and pharmaceuticals sectors for the Masters of Travel. Held this year in Brussels, this advisory board...

Béziers is on the move! Facing Saint-Nazaire cathedral and its new forecourt, the La Prison hotel opened its doors at the end of May after two years' work by the Mando Hospitality group. Aptly named, this 3-star establishment is housed in a former prison dating back to the 18th century, which was...

London's events infrastructure is getting a makeover. While ExCel London is due to complete its extension works in October 2024, another MICE venue is set to follow in its footsteps shortly. The Barbican Centre has just received approval from the City of London Corporation to finance the launch of renovation works. This will involve improving the...

By October 2024, ExCeL London will have completed its transformation. This makeover will see the London convention centre add 25,000 m² to its already comfortable 100,000 m² surface area. This will open up a whole new world of possibilities for event organisers. But they won't necessarily have to wait for the official inauguration to plan their operation...