MICE

Dubai's hotel offering took on a new dimension last November with the opening of Ciel Dubai Marina, the world's tallest tower entirely dedicated to the hotel industry. At 377 metres and 82 storeys high, this skyscraper houses a hotel with more than 1,000 rooms and suites - affiliated to the...

A story of tears, of a tomb of tears as a cradle. The tears shed by the fairies, saddened to have been driven from the forest of Brocéliande, which gave birth to the Gulf of Morbihan. Flooding the land, this lachrymal flow has given rise to a string of islands in which to take refuge, Île aux Moines and Île d'Arz. In...

The Lyon idyll continues for Spark by Hilton, which is keeping the flame alive with a new opening. On 16 February, the Spark by Hilton Lyon Eurexpo hotel, formerly the ParKest hotel, became the third representative of this still recent brand, positioned at the top end of the budget segment. It could quickly become a benchmark address for MICE...

Despite an international profile that grows stronger every year - 20 countries on five continents - GL events has not forgotten its roots: Lyon. A destination whose appeal the events giant continues to nurture, as confirmed by the results of the past year. By 2025, the group's four Lyon-based venues - Eurexpo Lyon,...

There are places that you visit, and others that you remember. The Basque Country unquestionably falls into the latter category. A land of contrasts, the Basque Country combines vibrant cities, spectacular landscapes and a culture deeply rooted in everyday life. Here, every experience - a stroll through a historic centre, a pintxo tasted in the...

The 36th Global Trade Fair Barometer was published on 29 January by UFI, the Global Association of the Trade Fair and Exhibition Industry. It shows an upward trend: 47 % of companies report an increase in activity of more than 5 % for 2025. Furthermore, as regards profits…

The Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe (SANCBE) has reached a new milestone with the addition of two new convention bureaus. Malta and Wales have joined the ranks of this organisation, which was set up in 2014 and includes Atout France, with the aim of strengthening the...

What is Fiera Milano's mission? Carlo Bonomi - Fiera Milano's mission is to be an international platform that connects companies, markets and professional communities, capable of generating economic, relational and cultural value. We are not just a venue operator, but also an industrial partner that...

The new FairScore Evenementiel has just been unveiled by Kactus and FairMoove Solutions. Its aim is to make responsible commitments more legible and comparable, based - loosely - on the Nutri-Score, which is already well known to the general public. The MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events) sector has no shortage of tools, and in particular labels, to promote responsible...

A convention and exhibition centre in the city centre, just a few minutes by metro from the station, in a fast-growing destination - and next door to the Stade Vélodrome - the Parc Chanot has big ambitions for the MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events) sector in France and far beyond. The arrival of a new...

Beyond ROI. More than just return on investment, the predominant evaluation criterion for decades, Accor sees other ways of assessing the value of business travel. The French hotel group recently published its vision of a profound transformation underway in the business travel industry, drawing from this evolution the concept of a "triple return...

Before going into detail, what is the background to today's announcement? Arnaud Katz - To understand this, we need to start from one premise: unlike business travel, prices and availability in the MICE sector are not fixed, determined in advance. They are not "off the shelf". Each event is unique: the date,...

On Monday evening, at the foot of the Triangle Tower in Hall 1 of Paris Expo, which is just completing its final floors, Unimev, the French Union of Event Professionals, presented its new year's greetings to its members on the sidelines of the bakery show, which has been renamed Sirha Bake & Snack since it was taken over in 2024 by the GL Events group....

Remember that you're going to die... but not just yet! And even much later, if all goes well, according to the predictions of the Stanford Center on Longevity, which foresees a future with more and more centenarians. It's on this basis that Novotel has unveiled the ambition it intends to share with its customers,...

Remarkable though they are, the record results celebrated a few days ago at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco were relatively predictable. A year earlier, in an interview with Voyages d'Affaires, Managing Director Sylvie Biancheri was already predicting an unprecedented 2025 in terms of business activity. And with good reason: the MICE division...

How would you sum up 2025? Julie Coker - The number of visitors to New York is up slightly, with 64.7 million last year, compared with 64.5 million in 2024. What has really driven this year's result compared with last year is domestic leisure tourism. In addition to the...

The army has been sent to several American cities, the shutdown is dragging on, there is a lot of rhetoric against Europe, there is a travel ban on 39 countries, the cost of ESTAs and entry to national parks has risen, and there is the desire to scrutinise your social networks if you want to set foot on American soil......

At the end of 2025, TravelPerk unveiled its new identity: Perk. In addition to this makeover, its managers envisaged a "broader mission", in which MICE would play a more prominent role. This ambition is now taking shape with the arrival of a new module dedicated to event management. After all, the 'behind-the-scenes work' that...

Time-consuming Excel files, cross-referenced e-mails, cobbled-together rooming lists: managing participants is still the Achilles heel of the corporate events industry. Faced with this logistical no-man's-land, Kactus is entering 2026 with a miracle cure, or almost. The MICE specialist is today launching a highly promising application. The new tool centralises - at last...

Always in transit between two brands. This is a regular occurrence for hotels, and the former Pullman Paris CDG is no exception. Opened in 2015, the hotel has just been rebranded as Radisson Blu, according to the wishes of its owner, property investor Covivio. "The repositioning programme and the change of brand name will help to improve the hotel's performance...