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Marrakech isn't the only place for MICE in Morocco. Since 2009, the Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort has stood proudly facing the Atlantic Ocean, along a 7 km natural beach, just 1 hour from Casablanca. This proximity to the economic capital of the Cherifian kingdom, where many Moroccan companies have their head offices...

Unveiled by UNIMEV in spring 2024, the Cléo Carbone footprint calculation tool has been endorsed by the Association pour la transition Bas Carbone (ABC). Following a six-month audit covering 27 criteria divided into four main areas - technical and methodological framework, carbon support, transparency of sources and communication - the...

"The Principality of Monaco is a major business tourism destination, offering all the advantages of a destination on a human scale": Christine Barrabino, Head of the Monaco Convention Bureau, sums up the dynamic that drives the destination. Far from the clichés that would reduce the principality to an unchanging postcard - elegant though it may be - Monaco is...

How would you describe the MICE business since the start of the year? Laurent Gabard - It's a crisis market, with a very strong focus on the average basket. This is stable, or even falling slightly. As far as Rejolt is concerned, our business is growing, with the arrival of new customers and a good dynamic. Over the last few weeks,...

Years come and go, but they don't always resemble each other. GDS-Index, which for the last 10 years has drawn up a ranking of the most eco-responsible MICE destinations, is no exception to the rule. Gone are Oslo, Bordeaux and Paris, which were well placed in its top 20 last year. These absences are perfectly justified, since these cities have...

The SNCF has announced the forthcoming launch of the 3rd edition of the Grands Prix de l'Ecomobilité, a competition launched by the company in 2022 to reward companies and travel agencies that are committed to more eco-responsible travel. Entries can be submitted from 16 October 2025...

The new annual Meetings & Events Barometer from Kactus was presented on Wednesday, the second day of the IFTM event at Porte de Versailles. It provides some answers for companies forced to navigate in a highly unstable environment, both nationally and internationally. The authors of the Kactus barometer...

How would you sum up the first half of the year? Zahir Abdelouhab - The overall trend is clearly towards an increase in business travel expenditure. There is also confirmation of older trends, with more and more bleisure, and we expect this activity to double by 2029. In this...

"Ready to pull on the yellow jersey? Pavel Pogacar will no doubt be unmoved by the invitation from Lease a Bike, the sponsor of his main rival Jonas Vingegaard's team for overall victory in the Tour de France. Europe's leading company bike hire company took advantage of the exhibition at the...

American Express GBT is boosting its data on the carbon emissions of hotels used by business travellers. Already a partner of the start-up Chooose, selected by TMC to enhance the carbon footprint reporting of flights offered to its customers, Amex GBT is extending this partnership with the integration of functions relating to hotels. From...

The Avelia platform is evolving to develop the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Launched in 2022 by American Express GBT and Shell Aviation, in partnership with Accenture, this "book and claim" solution gave companies and airlines access to sustainable aviation fuel. Without being constrained by...

The Air France-KLM group will be the first to test the European label for in-flight emissions. The fact that the airline group is one of the largest, if not the largest purchaser of sustainable aviation fuel, is no doubt one of the reasons for its voluntary participation in the programme launched at the end of 2024 by the...

In its latest Responsible Business 2024 report, the Radisson Group highlights the progress it has made in terms of sustainability and responsibility. With, for example, more than half of its hotel portfolio certified or 95 hotels using 100 % of renewable electricity, 33 % reduction in carbon emissions per m²...

Laurence Gaborieau, Managing Director of the IFTM, chose the Embassy of the Dominican Republic as the venue for the announcement of the latest news and developments for IFTM 2025. The Dominican Republic will be the guest of honour at the next show, which will be held at Paris Expo from 23 to 25 September. "There is a very good dynamic. The 2025 edition is looking very promising...

Like Donald Trump's stances, the situation of minorities does not necessarily tend to improve over time. On the contrary, we are regularly witnessing steps backwards, and the American president is not the only example of these setbacks. This is borne out by a new study published ahead of the Business...

What are the habits and expectations of younger business travellers? This is the question CTM (Corporate Travel Management) is trying to answer. With this in mind, the Australian agency surveyed more than 700 employees worldwide. Or to be more precise, in five international markets: Australia,...

Transport & Environnement (T&E) has just published the latest figures for the business travel-related emissions of 25 major French companies, showing an average reduction of 18% between 2019 and 2024. Do you think they are good performers? Denise Auclair - When you look at the number of A- and B-rated companies in our...

A drop of -18% in emissions linked to business travel: Transport & Environment (T&E) highlights the progress made by major French companies since 2019. While the think tank recently published its Travel Smart ranking based on data from 2023, the publication of sustainability information from French companies...

Transport & Environment has just published its Travel Smart report, assessing the business travel-related emissions of over 200 multinationals. What are the main lessons you can draw from this study? Jérome du Boucher - First of all, the salient point is that emissions linked to business travel in 2023 will be a third lower than they are now...

The Travel Smart Ranking 2025, unveiled at the beginning of April by Transport & Environnement, can be read at different levels. And in these turbulent times, it is probably best first to take a look at the good news emanating from the data compiled in this fourth edition. Particularly as previous T&E reports have not always encouraged us to...