team building

There have been many upheavals in the events market, and more specifically in team building, notably with the rise of platforms that directly connect clients and service providers. These marketplaces list a large number of activities under the label…

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 -...

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...

Located in the north of Spain, the Spanish Basque Country (Euskadi) has become a benchmark destination for organising business events. With its perfect balance between tradition and modernity, nature and urbanity, this region offers an ideal setting for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism. Strategic accessibility Easy to reach from France, the...

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,...

When you arrive in the islands of Guadeloupe, your teams will receive a warm welcome and have the opportunity to discover the cultural and gastronomic wealth of the archipelago. With music, exotic flavours and authentic exchanges, your event will take on a human and memorable dimension. Discover 4 excellent reasons to choose the Islands of Guadeloupe for your...

Between the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 and those in Los Angeles in 2028, there's another Olympic capital close to home: Lausanne, the smallest of Switzerland's major metropolises with just 150,000 inhabitants. A dynamic, attractive city all year round, it boasts the title of "Best Small Town in Switzerland".

On Monday, Kactus made official its entry into a new MICE segment: team building. It's a logical move for the technology platform specialising in BtoB events. All the more so as it is part of a buoyant context, as Kactus managers point out: "At a time when employees are seeing less of each other, but are looking for ways to...

Dossier written by Florian Guillemin and Arnaud Deltenre 1 April traditionally provides an opportunity to stimulate everyone's creativity when it comes to fake news. But sometimes reality is more than fiction. On Saint Hugh's Day, it's tempting to look back at these often zany, sometimes dramatic, but all very real misfires.

An inspiring setting for business meetings: Whether you're planning an executive meeting, a conference or a seminar, Médoc Atlantique offers an environment conducive to concentration and creativity. There are numerous establishments offering meeting space, ranging from modern conference rooms to historic wine châteaux and spaces...

If even the Dutch get involved... Among the team-building activities offered by the hotels of the Dutch Bilderberg group, the haka features prominently. From New Zealand to Zeeland, from the homeland of the Maoris to the other land of cheese - but certainly not rugby! - the vibrations of...

The capital's biggest club, with a Jean Bouin stadium refurbished just ten years ago under the leadership of Rudy Ricciotti, in a prestigious and strategic geographical area: on paper, Stade Français Paris has solid arguments to play the leading roles on the pitch...

A rugby pass: to coincide with the France-Wales match in March, the Société Générale group staged a theatrical handover between Frédéric Oudéa and Slawomir Krupa, the new head of the Paris-based bank. It was a publicity stunt that drew on the strong links between the...

Do the findings of the latest MPI barometer seem to you to be in line with the trends you are seeing in the French market? Véronique Holveck - The MPI barometer, the "Meetings Outlook", is consolidated on a quarterly basis among our active members who are MICE planners - including professional congress organisers (PCOs) -...

Put on hold for the past four years, the Coach Omnium study of the French MICE market is back in action, as is the activity itself. A "resurrection", as Marc Watkins, the firm's founder, describes it, made possible by a new partnership with the 1001 Salles Group. As industry experts have discovered...

Access: advantage Antwerp and Ghent are both easy to reach by car from France, with each linked by motorway. When it comes to rail, however, Antwerp has the edge. The Flemish metropolis is on the route of the Thalys trains linking Paris and Amsterdam. It takes an average of 2 hours 15 minutes to get there by train from Paris....

Burgundy-Franche Comté occupies a prime position when it comes to business tourism in France. This success is based on its accessibility, modern meeting and conference facilities, places steeped in history and culture, addresses offering undeniable hospitality, not to mention its remarkable wine-growing terroirs and renowned gastronomy. For reasons of...