MICE

Paris, which used to top the ICCA convention city rankings, is no longer in the top three for 2021. Is this a bad thing for the destination? Corinne Menegaux - This in no way detracts from the fact that Paris is a prime convention destination. Apart from the last few complicated years, the 2023-2025 schedule...

While Fairmont has just made a remarkable entry into Qatar, with a hotel housed in the emblematic Katara Towers and associated with a prestigious 132-suite Raffles, the month of November was above all an opportunity for Accor's premium brand to strengthen its presence in Morocco with two prestigious establishments added to the...

After developing its luxury offer through acquisitions - Kimpton, Six Senses, Regent - in recent years, the IHG group is strengthening its position in another fast-growing market segment, the all-inclusive hotel sector. To expand its footprint in this segment, the British group has not proceeded with a takeover as in the past, but rather with a...

French cities have no reason to be ashamed of their environmental commitment when it comes to business tourism. The latest Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) shows that Bordeaux has climbed from 9th to 5th place, while Paris has jumped from 55th to 25th. Of course, this ranking, which...

Driven largely by leisure travellers this summer, but also by the upturn in international business travel, the third quarter of 2022 saw hotel groups and airlines report a cascade of excellent results. The figures recently published by American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) give a clearer idea of how the...

The opening of a Peninsula hotel is always an event, as the Asian hotelier has only had ten addresses in the world since the inauguration of Peninsula Paris eight years ago. It is undoubtedly the hallmark of luxury to know how to make people wait. Announced in the middle of the last decade, its eleventh hotel, the Peninsula Istanbul,...

While several other world-renowned incentive cities were in the running, Luxembourg was finally chosen to host the World Conference of IASP, the most influential international association of science parks and innovation areas, in September 2023. Held over four days, the event attracts 800 participants each year...

Salt Lake City intends to establish itself as a destination of choice for organising world-class events. And Utah's capital is making this ambition a reality with the addition of a Hyatt Regency hotel directly linked to its Salt Palace convention centre. "The project was envisioned by Salt Lake County and industry partners some...

To meet the different needs of business customers, two hotels are better than one. This is Marriott's credo in The Hague, where the hotel group has just announced the joint arrival of the Moxy The Hague and the Residence Inn The Hague. This is the perfect way to capitalise on the return of meetings and events to a destination that is clearly...

Europa Park will be able to boost its MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events) business thanks to the new Inoui TGV stop at Ringsheim/Europa Park station from 11 December onwards on the Paris-Fribourg-en-Brisgau service, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. This means that the theme park will be 2 hours 37 minutes from Paris-Est, 2 hours 19 minutes from...

Launched at the end of last year in the United States, the Wyndham Group's Meetings Collection is now being exported around the world. As part of this expansion, this collection of hotels and resorts tailored to business events now includes more than 160 hotels. "Their teams are experts in delivering exceptional experiences and, thanks to The Meetings Collection,...

Accor has just launched, with the Women's Foundation, a booking platform dedicated to women victims of violence. Your group has also announced its intention to eliminate single-use plastics by the end of the year and, in the longer term, to achieve zero net emissions by 2050. Accor's commitment to...

Pop art-style banknotes on the walls and ceilings, a staircase with a tumble of stylised coins, and gold, lots of gold: what better place than Frankfurt, home of the European Central Bank and Germany's main stock exchange, to open a hotel with a design based on the 'Art of Money'?

On Tuesday 4 October, Marseille will be hosting Séminaires Business Events at the Friche de la Belle de Mai. This trade show dedicated to business tourism will bring together 80 exhibitors from the south-east of France, including a number of events professionals from the City of Marseille, which has become a key MICE destination. And with business in the city picking up again...

What is the current state of MICE in Korea? Are major events and conferences making a comeback? Kwon Jong Sool - Korea is actively working to bring back face-to-face events. KTO (Korea Tourism Organization) actively supports the hosting of international conferences and incentive operations, and thanks to the selection of the "Korea...

Most often seen as the gateway to the country, Incheon has nevertheless developed its own assets to establish itself as a destination in its own right. In addition to the international airport, and as renowned as it is for the quality of its facilities, Incheon regularly hosts major events, often as part of a combined trip with Seoul. And for...

As rich as it is in facilities and experiences, the Korean capital should not overshadow what the rest of the country has to offer for a MICE operation. Especially as distances and infrastructures make it easier to explore the territory. Here are a few examples of colourful stops on an incentive trip from Jeonju to Yeosu. Jeonju

Regularly listed in the Top 10 of the Safe Cities Index, Seoul also plays a leading role when it comes to ranking smart cities on a global scale. Safe and connected, the Korean capital has an image that is both attractive and reassuring, particularly for event organisers... And with good reason: Seoul knows how to...

Since last spring, the return to normal life and, above all, far less restrictive travel formalities - end of quarantine, only one test required on arrival - have put South Korea back in the spotlight, for tourists and event organisers alike. All the more so since, for several...

A crossroads for bohemian Europeans in the last century, a city that welcomed artists such as Jean Genet, Paul Morand, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Keith Richards, and a haven for all the writers of the beat generation, Tangier is now turning to luxury tourism. Morocco's second economic hub after Casablanca is expecting two new luxury hotels...