Paris 2024

Not surprisingly, the organisation of the Olympic Games has had a significant impact on the convention industry. The 2024 report published on September 15 by the Paris Ile-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry bears this out: "The staging of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the operation of a large number of venues between May and October 2024 meant that Paris hosted fewer conventions...

According to the AirPlus Business Travel Index, travel spending in Europe rose by 1.3% in 2024. There are, of course, significant disparities between countries. The United Kingdom (+2.6%), Switzerland (4.9%) and above all the Netherlands (8.1%) posted above-average increases. Conversely, the German market is down (-1.5%). AirPlus survey:...

Once the euphoria of the Paris 2024 Games has passed, followed by the generally legitimate self-congratulation of the various organisers involved, the return to reality sometimes proves complex. On the front line, the ADP Group had drawn the stopwatch in the run-up to the event, teaming up with the PAF for a new monthly barometer. Launched in April 2023, this new tool aims to...

Is the welcome given to visitors with disabilities at the Olympic and Paralympic Games up to your expectations? Annette Masson - Fortunately, some things have changed. But a lot of things are behind schedule, particularly for economic reasons. We should have given the...

With one eye on their computer and the other on a Léon Marchand race, some fifty coworkers rhymed Wojo with the Olympic Games at Club France on 30 July. Others will be doing the same on 31 July, 8 August and 29 August, for the Paralympic Games. After the...

Parisian airports are almost obligatory transit points for most athletes and supporters, and will see some busy days during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Paris-CDG in particular, because of its international reach, while Orly will be more focused on the European delegations and Le Bourget on the arrival of VIPs. The ADP group is thus playing...

If you haven't planned to arrive in Paris or travel to the Ile-de-France region, you'd better not think about it this Friday 26 July, with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Not to mention the malicious acts affecting the SNCF. Some 60,000 people are providing extra security in the capital for the event....

While Air France is not the official carrier for the French Olympic teams, who are playing at home, it is the carrier of choice for many athletes. In mid-June, the airline was planning to carry 15% of athletes and 13% of members of the Olympic family to Paris, as well as 35% of athletes...

The Accor group has been involved with the Organising Committee since Paris first bid to host the Olympic Games, and became an official partner of the event in 2021, before being upgraded to Premium status in 2023. The Accor group is at the heart of Olympic Games hospitality. Firstly, because it is responsible for ensuring the comfort of the athletes taking part in the...

Rooms costing more than €1,000 on the evening of the opening ceremony, and even much more for some hoteliers criticised by UFC-Que Choisir; drastic conditions for the number of compulsory nights or cancellations: at the end of December last year, the consumer association warned of the surge in hotel rates during the...

It's here: the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are bringing a spike in fares for metro and other public transport services in the region for RATP and Ile-de-France Mobilités. Although the announcement was made as long ago as last December, some people will still be taken by surprise by the...

Following on from the stands at the Parc des Princes and the backstage areas at Roland-Garros stadium, Wojo is adding a logical extension to its series of ephemeral coworking spaces located close to sporting events. While its co-shareholder, the Accor group, is a Premium Partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Wojo will be setting up at Club France,...

"See you in the autumn": that, in a nutshell, is the watchword among businesses just a few days before the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Kactus, the specialist event booking platform, and Rejolt, the marketplace, are in a good position to observe the knock-on effects on events...

Determined to extend the tourist season as far as possible, the Marseille Tourist Office is betting more than ever on business tourism to achieve this objective. This is a challenge in which the Tourist Office is supported by the Convention Bureau, which is responsible for the city as a whole, including Aix-en-Provence. The city of Marseille has become a key player in the...

The main business hotels expected in the Paris region in 2024 After recovering one of its largest - and highest - business hotels, the Pullman Montparnasse, Paris is preparing to welcome back another of its leading business establishments: the Marriott Paris Rive Gauche. The historic "PLM Saint-Jacques" opened in the early...

What place is left today for the virtual practices adopted during the health crisis? Perrine Edelman - We were told that nothing would ever be the same again, that there would be no more big events, no more major conferences, that people would no longer get together in the way they used to. I myself was a bit worried for a while...

This is the question that regularly stirs the political and media spheres when Paris and the Ile-de-France region are discussed: how do residents, tourists and business travellers get around the capital, how satisfied are they, and how much room is there for improvement? With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just around the corner, the...

From 28 August to 8 September, some 4,400 international athletes will converge on France for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. In the run-up to this major event, American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) is making its contribution to inclusive mobility. On 4 December, Amex GBT unveiled a "new accessibility solution...

We'll have to make do. Passengers whose flights were due to leave or land in Paris between 7pm and midnight on 26 July 2024 will have to review their flight plans. Either by postponing their journey, arriving earlier or landing elsewhere. In fact, the DGAC, the French civil aviation authority, has...

The idea was put forward last spring by Valérie Pécresse, President of the Ile-de-France region and of IDF Mobilité: a special fare will apply to travel to Orly airport via the extension of line 14 once it is brought into service in June 2024. The fare will be €11.50 per journey in a...