MICE

What's so special about Ecuador's participation in the 2022 edition of IFTM Top Resa? Niels Olsen - It's very important, because Ecuador hasn't been represented in France for ten years. So we're very excited to be here this year. French travellers are a very important market...

The capital of Sardinia, located in the south-east of the Mediterranean island, Cagliari is expanding its hotel offering in a big way in 2022. Firstly, with the Palazzo Doglio, an establishment housed in the Art Nouveau buildings that for a long time housed the regional prefecture. Renovated and enlarged, the complex has been designed as a...

Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky has entered the final phase of a vast renovation programme that will see the hotel become a full part of the Anantara luxury brand. One of the city's most emblematic hotels, this historic establishment went through several incarnations as the flagship of the Golden Tulip group from the mid-1970s, before...

While Accor occupies a key position in Poland thanks to Orbis, a subsidiary of AccorInvest which owns more than 70 hotels in the country and in Central Europe, Radisson is also nurturing strong ambitions there. "Poland is an important market for our growth strategy in Europe," says Elie Younes, Director of Global Development...

It's more than just a beautiful building. The new Strasbourg Exhibition Centre, inaugurated at the beginning of September, consolidates Strasbourg's ambitions. A major European crossroads, the Eurometropolis between France and Germany is now seeking to become a model for sustainable urban development. "The new Exhibition Centre is a concrete expression of the ambitions of a city that is asserting itself as one of...

The presentation conference for IFTM Top Resa 2022 was held on Tuesday in the hushed and majestic setting of the Bibliothèque Musicale La Grange Fleuret (BLGF), a new MICE address in the 8th arrondissement. It was an opportunity for the event's new director, Laurence Gaborieau, to take stock of her vision for the show, the changes she intends to make to it, and the...

As Japan reopens its doors more widely to tourists, business travellers can now enjoy a new Hilton jumbo jet in Hiroshima, celebrating at the same time the opening of the brand's 600th hotel worldwide. Billed as "one of the largest MICE facilities in the Chugoku and Shikoku region", the hotel...

The New York Marriott Marquis has just completed its renovation, following on from that unveiled in autumn 2021 for the Hilton Midtown, one of the city's iconic hotels, opened in 1963 and boasting 1,878 rooms and a huge MICE area...

Monday 1 August saw the Accor group launch the Pullman brand in the West Bay business district of Doha. A new address that will be ready for the next major sporting event that is fast approaching: "We have had the wonderful opportunity to open the first Pullman hotel and to present the new Pullman brand to...

The Jost, a new Bordeaux hotel just a stone's throw from the TGV station, is about to open its doors. From 1 August, business travellers will have access to its 98 rooms. And in September, MICE customers will be able to take possession of the "Lieu Chéri". This is a 300 sq. m. events space, which can be...

MICE activity, new organisation and, of course, CSR, lifestyle and bleisure: the tenth edition of the Global Meeting Exchange (GME) gave Accor management the opportunity to take stock of the major current trends. The French group's key meeting with buyers and event organisers took place from 19 to 21 September...

IFEMA Madrid is back on the international MICE scene. This was the message sent out on 13 July by the Madrid Convention Centre, which reported a busy, and therefore successful, first half-year. IFEMA Madrid's management noted that it had "spearheaded the revival of the trade fair sector...

It's late afternoon and Istanbul's trendy young people are frequenting the old warehouses in the Tersane district, which is hosting a contemporary art exhibition. While the DJs jam to their consoles, visitors admire and buy the works of art. Unless, of course, they are simply watching the sun set over the Golden Horn...

Almost every week brings a new batch of sustainable certifications for MICE destinations. Following on from Lille Grand Palais and the Zénith de Lille in mid-June, and Biarritz Tourisme and its convention centres more recently, it is now the turn of Congrès et Expositions de Bordeaux to receive its ISO 20121 certification, the...

The eco-responsible orientation of the corporate events sector continues. Following on from Lille Grand Palais and Zénith de Lille in mid-June, Biarritz Tourisme and its convention centres - Espace Bellevue, Casino Municipal, Théâtre de la Gare du Midi and Halle d'Iraty - have also just received ISO 20121 certification. Committed for several years to...

If there is one area of travel that has regained strength and vigour recently, it is undoubtedly meetings and events. The professionals are unanimous on this point, with volumes well above those of 2019, and some at historic levels. Among them, Bird Office noted that, in the month of...

Organised last year in a hybrid format, UNIMEV's annual See You There (SYT) conference was held from 29 June to 1 July at the Jean Prouvé Convention Centre in Nancy, bringing together 300 players from the French events industry. It was an opportunity for them to draw a number of conclusions about their business...

"Meet-Work-Stay": the Postillion Hotels concept perfectly sums up the ultra-business positioning of the Dutch hotelier. A group that stands out for its truly integrated MICE destinations combining accommodation and vast conference centres, as demonstrated by the recent opening of the Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre in The Hague. This new venue for business meetings, almost...

After two disrupted years, is the number of visitors to your establishments now living up to your expectations? Benjamin Abittan - Business has really picked up after the Omicron period. Lately, we've even had weeks like we've never had before, sometimes with up to 7,000 participants a day!...

What better way to showcase your ambitions for business tourism than by setting up a Convention Bureau? While most major French destinations have a department dedicated to business tourism professionals and the marketing of their MICE offer, this is less common in medium-sized cities. With the exception of Cannes...