MICE

Put on hold for the past four years, the Coach Omnium study of the French MICE market is back in action, as is the activity itself. A "resurrection", as Marc Watkins, the firm's founder, describes it, made possible by a new partnership with the 1001 Salles Group. As industry experts have discovered...

After Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille, InterContinental will soon have a new flagship hotel in France, in Chantilly. IHG has been entrusted with the management of the Château Mont Royal, recently acquired by the BMF and PFH groups. The hotel will be undergoing a phase of renovation before joining the InterContinental brand next year.

Coincidentally, just two days after an equivalent announcement by American Express Meetings & Events, its competitor CWT is now using its 'metre' trump card on the sustainability issue. On 20 April, CWT Meetings & Events announced the launch of a new carbon footprint calculator dedicated...

German tourism is doing well, according to the German tourist office - ONAT or DZT (Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus). This is the message conveyed by its management in France. Last year, the country recorded 28.5 million international arrivals. This represents a jump of 143.5% compared with 2021. This is still a long way from...

Having emerged from the pandemic a year ago, events professionals have returned to near-normal activity as 2022 progresses, close to that recorded in 2019. The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes, host of this year's Heavent Meetings show, is expecting to host 140 events this year for a total of...

Belambra is providing further proof of the sustained growth of the MICE sector in France. The French leader in holiday clubs will be dedicating four of its sites entirely to business customers during the peak seminar season. In May and June on the one hand, and in September-October on the other, the clubs at Anglet, La Grande Motte,...

Stroll through the hotel lobby as if you were there, go from meeting room to conference area, visit the rooms, or even the presidential suite: rather than traditional photo galleries, the Radisson group is inviting you to take a real digital tour of the property. Its digital transformation strategy is now taking shape...

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) will soon be celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, in 2025. Will Scotland's leading conference venue have returned to its pre-pandemic levels by then? It certainly seems to be on the right track, according to the results published by its management on Monday. "Our figures for 2022...

Japan clearly intends to take on a new dimension on the international tourism scene, particularly in the MICE segment. The project approved by the Japanese authorities on 14 April will provide the destination with a new master asset. The project includes a vast complex of almost 500,000 m², due to open...

After two years of pandemic, including eleven months of total inactivity, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes has finally returned to normal activity since its reopening in March 2022. "We're back to pre-Covid levels, with 63 deals signed by the end of March and a profitable business once again. 2023 will be...

The record performance of the 2019 financial year (26.2 million visitors) has yet to be matched, but it's not far off: the authorities in charge of tourism in San Francisco have even already revealed their forecasts. "San Francisco Travel does not anticipate a return to pre-pandemic levels before 2024 in terms of...

What weight does a convention centre have in the eyes of the electorate when compared with promises to extend the Promenade du Paillon, the green corridor that runs through Nice? At least, that's the choice made by Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice and President of the Metropolitan Council, who has launched work to demolish the Palais des Congrès...

How do you feel about the EVP 2023 barometer published this week by Amex GBT? Yorick Charveriat - I see the positive side, because we can feel that business is picking up again. Admittedly, we are not at 2019 levels, but we can rely on a solid recovery. There are many...

At a time when the number of meetings and events is rising sharply, Hyatt is giving organisers a new way to discover its hotels' MICE offering. The American group has announced the launch of an interactive online platform to enhance its Together by Hyatt programme. This unique site brings together the full range of offers available from its...

Every year, it's a good opportunity to look back over the past few months and consider what the near future might hold for business travel: on Wednesday, American Express GBT organised the 32nd EVP 2023 in Paris. At the same time, it unveiled the results of its Business Travel Barometer. Among the many elements deciphered...

Pioneering destinations in terms of eco-responsibility, recognised for their excellence in design and architecture, fashionable gastronomy, dynamic cities on a human scale: the Nordic countries have many assets in common to seduce event and incentive organisers. Without necessarily making them a key focus...

The management of the ExCel London MICE complex is resolutely optimistic about the return of demand, particularly for in-house meetings. This is borne out by the latest Global Meetings & Events Forecast report published by the dedicated division of American Express GBT. It predicts that "in-house meetings will continue to be...

When it opens in January 2024, Signia by Hilton Atlanta, the latest addition to Hilton's MICE brand, will further enhance the Georgia state capital's position as a key hub for business meetings. Host to the world's busiest airport, with nearly 100 flights a day, the...

The Melco group's conquest of the West will make its first hotel stop in Cyprus. After making a name for itself in Asia with prestigious addresses, notably in Macau and Manila, the resort specialist has now set its sights on the Mediterranean island, where a new complex is about to open its doors with the arrival of a new hotel in...

Last January, SPL Occitanie Events was awarded ISO 20121 certification at the end of a process launched two years earlier. The destination thus joined a growing club, alongside the Nantes and Saint-Nazaire Convention Bureau, the Bordeaux Convention and Exhibition Centre and Lille Grand Palais.