MICE

Prague is one of Europe's most beautiful cities in terms of its history, arts and architecture. Which can also make it seem frozen in time. Is this really the case? Roman Muska- In fact, a lot is happening. Of course, you might get the impression that for 20 years, nothing - or almost nothing - has changed...

Omni has thought big for its arrival in Fort Lauderdale. The American group, which will soon be celebrating its 70th anniversary, recently inaugurated an address whose XXL dimensions should enable it to play a leading role when it comes to major events. With a catalogue of 801 rooms - including 82 suites - the...

What is the outlook for the MICE sector in 2025? What trends are emerging? Véronique Holveck - Growth in the MICE market in 2025 was moderate compared with 2024, but was still positive from one quarter to the next as 2025 progressed. In the last quarter of 2025, the respondents...

Alice Mafaity, who now oversees the 13 Hyatt hotels in France as Vice President France and also manages the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile hotel at Porte Maillot, travelled the world before returning to France to join the American group. Her international career, always with major groups, has given her the...

As CEO and co-founder of Naboo, how do you see the future of event booking? Maxime Eduardo - Artificial intelligence is a real game changer. The events industry is one of the last to make its digital revolution. They've all gone through it: the cinema with Netflix, music with Spotify, taxis with Uber,...

There will be three of them. The decision taken at the end of last year by the New York State authorities involved the awarding of three casino licences for the most international of American metropolises and the country's leading destination with its 9.8 million tourists. New York is therefore preparing to...

How would you sum up the history of the Sofitel Paris Baltimore, and what makes it an atypical establishment on the Paris hotel scene? Franck Poncey - The Sofitel Paris-Baltimore is first and foremost a building with a real history, which we remind all our guests of. It was built in 1892 by the architect Paul Lorin,...

Just over two years after the first building was laid, the h2 conference centre was inaugurated with great fanfare on 6 December. Nearly 4,000 people flocked to the centre during the open afternoon, a sign of the public's interest in this new cultural and working facility. Why this name...

On 22 November last, COP 30 came to an end in Belem, Brazil. That's two years, almost to the day, after the start of COP 28 in Dubai. From the Amazon to the Emirati desert, a single guideline for the world is emerging, a single imperative: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions....

Follow in the footsteps of Albert Londres, Alfred Dreyfus, "Papillon", Ariane or even Asterix, the first satellite launched by the famous rocket... Wander through Cayenne or Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, discover the mangrove swamps, take a canoe trip along the border with Surinam, sleep in a hammock in a forest hut, literally touch history in the...

French Guiana had almost a dozen penitentiary centres, known as "bagne", which were used to remove those whom the successive regimes from 1852 to 1953 did not want in Metropolitan France, but also as a means of developing and populating the territory, for those who survived. Having built the town...

Originally founded by the space base to accommodate its staff on holiday and VIP guests during rocket launches, Camp Maripas was taken over in 2024 by Thomas Saunier, vice-president of the Compagnie des Guides de Guyane. Today, it is a popular venue for daytime seminars for up to 100 people...

Built by and for convicts, Saint-Laurent du Maroni still bears the scars of this painful French history. The transportation camp gives travellers a real insight into the life of the convicts. With moving images, such as the location of the guillotine - a small square area that travellers unconsciously walk around -...

When did Ferme François come into being, and how did the project evolve towards business tourism? Jean-Hubert François - Ferme François has been in existence for 12 years, growing crops and raising livestock. The agritourism part was added four years ago. The aim is to welcome the public, in particular business customers such as works councils,...

"We never imagined we'd get so many business travellers": Clément Gohin, General Manager of Les Lumières à Versailles, is almost surprised by his hotel's appeal to corporate clients. In fact, as almost the closest neighbour to the Château, and rivalling the Palais des Congrès on the other side of the...

The end of the year is approaching, and with it a host of parties and convivial team meals. Later, with 2025 behind us, it will be the turn of New Year's Eve, with events that are more outward-looking, for customers or partners. "The end-of-year celebrations are also the beginning-of-year celebrations. Our venues...

Spain, Portugal, France: this is the trifecta for MICE in 2026, according to forecasts unveiled on 3 December by FCM Travel. Organisers of major business events are particularly keen on Malaga, Marbella, Madrid and Barcelona. These destinations benefit from their potential in terms of infrastructure, their accessibility by air and their...

New Zealand is about to take on a new dimension on the international MICE scene. The land of the long white cloud is to get a brand new convention centre. The New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) will officially open its doors on 11 February 2026. The result of a $750 million investment, the NZICC will...

Welcoming better, and together, to make Dijon a benchmark MICE destination: to attract major business events, the capital of Burgundy is counting on more than just its assets. These include, among others, optimum accessibility at the crossroads of motorways and railway lines, and quality infrastructures such as a...

Fine sandy beaches lapped by the English Channel; hundreds of opulent villas scattered between forest and sea; prestigious hotels. On the Côte d'Opale, Le Touquet-Paris Plage has everything it takes to attract tourists and event organisers alike. You might think that having this small town on the English Channel as a backdrop to the...