MICE

Their splayed silhouettes in flashy colours have become Singapore's picture postcard in recent years. It has to be said that the Supertrees that have sprung up in the heart of the destination are quite photogenic, and locals and travellers alike converge there every evening to watch the sound of the...

Has Ireland regained its attractiveness in terms of business tourism? Niall Gibbons - We were very worried a year ago, but today we're very confident about the future, because this segment is the one that has recovered most quickly after the pandemic (editor's note: with 463 events organised last year, business...

For the fourth year running, the MICE department of communications agency Interface Tourism has studied trends in business tourism on the French market by surveying the intentions of some fifty event organisers in France and abroad. The survey reveals a positive outlook for the sector, with just over a third of respondents indicating that they intend to...

After Bordeaux Tourisme & Congrès, which will receive ISO 20121 certification in 2021, have other event venues in the destination followed your example? Amélie Déchénais - Indeed. All our conference venues are either already certified or have been awarded the label, or are committed to doing so. In 2022, Beam (editor's note: Bordeaux Events & More, formerly...

Business at all Paris Region trade fairs from 2019 to 2022 (Source: CCI Paris Île-de-France) The CCI Paris Île-de-France has published a mixed picture in its barometer of business at Paris Region trade fairs in 2022. It all depends on the yardstick used to measure the recovery from the previous year. Pointing to...

The major companies based in the La Défense district have only a few months to wait before they find a convention and exhibition centre as close as possible to their offices, at the Cnit. This is where they used to hold their annual conventions and New Year's presentations. Closed since June 2015, the...

Recognition from its peers: Luxembourg has been chosen to host its annual conference in 2023 by one of the world's leading convention centre associations, the AIPC. This choice is as much a tribute to the quality of Luxembourg's infrastructure as it is to the professionalism of its Convention Bureau. In mid-July, these professionals will be able to...

ISO 20121 certified since January 2020, Châteauform' has long demonstrated its commitment to sustainable events. This commitment has been renewed with the deployment of the LEAD label, an acronym for Label des Evénements à Ambition Durable. Created by SGS, one of the world's leading certification bodies, and promoted by the consultancy firm Green Événements, this...

The announcement was made official on 31 January by the Metropolitan Council. Rouen is to get a Convention Centre by 2030-2031. The "Lapeyre" site has been chosen as the location for this new infrastructure, which will contribute to the transformation of the west of Rouen. It will include an amphitheatre with a capacity of 1,000 seats,...

"An exceptional year": this is the assessment of 2022 by the heads of the MICE industry in Montreal, who are visibly satisfied with the events business in the last financial year. According to the figures published on 26 January, the past year saw a marked upturn in MICE activity. More than 280 events were held at the Palais...

The Spanish Melia group is taking over an emblematic Barcelona hotel, the Rey Juan Carlos, ideally located on the Catalan metropolis' main thoroughfare, the Avenida Diagonal. The hotel positions Melia as a new key player in Barcelona's MICE corporate events sector, as the establishment is attached to the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, the city's...

JW Marriott is adding a second address in Germany, following an initial hotel unveiled last year in Frankfurt. While in the financial capital, the luxury brand has entered the walls of the former Jumeirah, it is by taking over the reins of a former hotel of the Maritim Hotel group that JW Marriott has established itself in Berlin. And no...

Burgundy-Franche Comté occupies a prime position when it comes to business tourism in France. This success is based on its accessibility, modern meeting and conference facilities, places steeped in history and culture, addresses offering undeniable hospitality, not to mention its remarkable wine-growing terroirs and renowned gastronomy. For reasons of...

Lille Grand Palais, Biarritz Tourisme, Congrès et Expositions de Bordeaux, ONLY LYON: last year, all these players in the MICE sector in France obtained ISO 20121 certification from AFNOR. The Nantes and Saint-Nazaire Convention Bureau is launching the year 2023 by obtaining this key certification, a mark of the organisation's environmental commitment.

"Location, location, location". In Reykjavik, the Hilton Group remains true to the motto of its founder, Conrad Hilton. The American hotelier could not have found a better location to set up a new address in the Icelandic capital, its fourth after a Hilton, a Canopy by Hilton and, already, a hotel in the Curio Collection, the Reykjavik Konsulat...

What are the Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur Group's priorities for 2023? What objectives in terms of passenger traffic or airlines present in Nice? Franck Goldnadel - The Group's priority is to support the upturn in air traffic at all our hubs, while taking environmental issues into account. The...

The Côte d'Azur is getting back one of its historic palaces, while Nice is seeing one of its oldest establishments reborn in luxury: the Hôtel Plaza. Opened in 1848 as the Hôtel de France, in the early days of aristocratic tourism on the Riviera, it was extensively transformed at the turn of the 1920s to present a...

Valencia was in the spotlight this year, as both the World Capital of Design and the European Capital of Intelligent Tourism, shared with Bordeaux. The latter distinction provided an opportunity for the Spanish city of 800,000 inhabitants to hold an international conference at the end of November to promote its initiatives and projects in the field of intelligent tourism.

An event that takes place every four years, teams from all over the world, dreams of stars... Sound familiar? Yes, the Villeroy & Boch Culinary World Cup! While the stars of the game were gathering in Qatar, 75 teams from 55 countries were competing in Luxembourg...

At the end of the year, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions met in Paris to promote their major MICE destinations through workshops for professionals. This was an opportunity for them to highlight the current and future developments in business tourism in their main cities. New infrastructures, new offers...