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Pioneering destinations in terms of eco-responsibility, recognised for their excellence in design and architecture, fashionable gastronomy, dynamic cities on a human scale: the Nordic countries have many assets in common to seduce event and incentive organisers. Without necessarily making them a key focus...

Melia International has its sights set on Portugal, and Lisbon in particular. A virtual neighbour, the Spanish hotelier has nine hotels in the country, as well as seven under development. Of these, two are due to open in the Portuguese capital next year: a contemporary hotel for its mid-range Innside brand and, above all, a new hotel for its...

Châteauform' is reaffirming its humanist and committed nature by officially becoming a "mission-driven company". Established in 2019 by the PACTE law (Plan d'Action pour la Croissance et la Transformation des Entreprises), this status recognises a company's social and environmental mission, a "raison d'être" engraved in the marble of its organisation. The European leader in...

The long-awaited possibility of easily organising small meetings online is no longer so far away. The Radisson group has recently enhanced its meetings offering with the launch of a real-time booking platform. Called Book it easy, this solution is designed to simplify the lives of organisers by offering them a fast and simple process...

The Jo&Joe brand is formalising practices that have become commonplace in its establishments, namely the use of their spaces for team meetings, mobile working and even team building breaks. Reinventing the youth hostel of yesteryear as a lifestyle destination, the brand created by Accor more than five years ago has won over customers...

A new place to bring together great teams. That's what Châteauform' is offering near Barcelona with its Belloch Campus, some thirty kilometres north of the Catalan metropolis. Located in La Roca del Vallès, the venue offers companies a wide choice of training courses and large-scale events, with its 28...

A showcase for eco-responsible business meetings. This is what Luxembourg has been offering event organisers since 1 February. Congresses and conferences, trade fairs and exhibitions, conventions or incentives: all types of events can display the "Green Business Events" logo in their communications, a symbol of their commitment to sustainability and inclusiveness. A...

Has Ireland regained its attractiveness in terms of business tourism? Niall Gibbons - We were very worried a year ago, but today we're very confident about the future, because this segment is the one that has recovered most quickly after the pandemic (editor's note: with 463 events organised last year, business...

For the fourth year running, the MICE department of communications agency Interface Tourism has studied trends in business tourism on the French market by surveying the intentions of some fifty event organisers in France and abroad. The survey reveals a positive outlook for the sector, with just over a third of respondents indicating that they intend to...

Recognition from its peers: Luxembourg has been chosen to host its annual conference in 2023 by one of the world's leading convention centre associations, the AIPC. This choice is as much a tribute to the quality of Luxembourg's infrastructure as it is to the professionalism of its Convention Bureau. In mid-July, these professionals will be able to...

ISO 20121 certified since January 2020, Châteauform' has long demonstrated its commitment to sustainable events. This commitment has been renewed with the deployment of the LEAD label, an acronym for Label des Evénements à Ambition Durable. Created by SGS, one of the world's leading certification bodies, and promoted by the consultancy firm Green Événements, this...

JW Marriott is adding a second address in Germany, following an initial hotel unveiled last year in Frankfurt. While in the financial capital, the luxury brand has entered the walls of the former Jumeirah, it is by taking over the reins of a former hotel of the Maritim Hotel group that JW Marriott has established itself in Berlin. And no...

Accor is expanding its offering around the world at the start of this year. In India, for example, Novotel has just added a second hotel in Mumbai. After the north of the city and the area around the popular Juhu Beach, the business hotel chain has headed for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. Loyal business travellers...

Endless sand and, on its long beach, colourful traditional cabins laid out in an Indian thread, middle-class villas dating back to the Belle Epoque: Malo-les-Bains, nicknamed "the queen of beaches", is establishing itself as one of the great seaside resorts of the Côte d'Opale. This coastal district of Dunkirk is just a few kilometres from the...

At the end of the year, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions met in Paris to promote their major MICE destinations through workshops for professionals. This was an opportunity for them to highlight the current and future developments in business tourism in their main cities. New infrastructures, new offers...

Launched at the end of last year in the United States, the Wyndham Group's Meetings Collection is now being exported around the world. As part of this expansion, this collection of hotels and resorts tailored to business events now includes more than 160 hotels. "Their teams are experts in delivering exceptional experiences and, thanks to The Meetings Collection,...

A crossroads for bohemian Europeans in the last century, a city that welcomed artists such as Jean Genet, Paul Morand, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Keith Richards, and a haven for all the writers of the beat generation, Tangier is now turning to luxury tourism. Morocco's second economic hub after Casablanca is expecting two new luxury hotels...

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...

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...

As the Jo&Joe brand, this new generation of youth hostels created by Accor, enters its fifth year of existence, how have business customers adopted its world, which combines dormitories, as usual, with en-suite rooms, in addition to lively bars and restaurants? "It's often this way,...