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Situated between 2 and 3 hours from Paris, London and Brussels, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage occupies a privileged position when it comes to business tourism in the Haut-de-France region. However, recent investments have strengthened its position in the wake of the health crisis, at a time when companies are looking for quality locations, if possible in the heart of the...

After the Parc des Princes at the end of the summer of 2021, Wojo is moving into a new sporting mecca by setting up a temporary coworking centre at Roland-Garros from Monday 16 to Friday 20 May 2022, during the qualifying rounds of the prestigious Grand Slam tournament. To carry out this operation, the workspace specialist...

Has the resumption of seminar business at your hotel, the Château de Maffliers Demeures de Campagne, lived up to your expectations? Arnaud Feucherolles - We're fairly relaxed about the months ahead, especially as we've been almost overwhelmed by requests since 19 May. I've even had to...

The Strasbourg Convention Bureau won't wait for the health crisis to end before allowing companies to bring their teams together and keep them motivated. Despite the current situation, companies need to keep their teams mobilised, launch new products, organise strategic meetings or more entertaining activities... With this in mind, agencies in Strasbourg are vying with one another in their ingenuity...

Following on from Les Arcs Panorama last year and the Grand Massif Samoëns Morillon resort two years ago, Club Med is continuing to strengthen its mountain offering in France with a new address at l'Alpe d'Huez, due to open on 16 December. Or should we say, in this case, the restructuring of an existing resort,...

"We've joined the Airbnb family! With these words, published on 25 January by Corey Morris, Gaest.com's marketing director, on the platform's blog, the meeting space specialist made its arrival in the Airbnb fold official. The acquisition of this Danish platform, founded in 2015, and...

Located in the resort of Arc 1600, a 2? hour drive from Lyon and Geneva airports, the new Club Med Les Arcs Panorama is part of France's second largest ski area, Paradiski, and offers direct access to 425 km of pistes, over a hundred of which are labelled red and black. From the...

Airbnb for Work does not intend to limit itself to individual business trips, which according to its calculations only concern a quarter (25 %) of a company's employees, on average. Targeting business groups, the people in charge of the collaborative platform unveiled "a new strategic direction" on Wednesday, based around new offerings: "Airbnb Experiences...

Every year, almost 12 million people visit 2,500 businesses in France to discover what goes on behind the scenes. Some of these companies have been awarded the "Living Heritage Company" label, a mark of recognition that the French government has introduced to distinguish French companies - whether craft or industrial - with outstanding expertise....

What is the importance of industrial tourism in your region? Yannick Le Magadure - It's the leading region in France for company visits, with 2.5 million visitors according to the 2013 "Entreprise et Découverte" survey. Three sectors of activity are particularly well represented: cosmetics, with the "locomotives" that...

Luxury boutiques selling perfumes, watches and handbags follow a gourmet restaurant, a master chocolatier and an Italian ice-cream parlour. The crowd is dense, but it wanders just as it would in the shopping arcade of a very upmarket shopping centre. They take their...

GETTING THERE The SNCF offers 20 daily return trips between Paris and Marseille on weekdays and up to 25 at weekends. Internet: www.voyages-sncf.com MSC Croisières: 5, rue Barbès, 92120 Montrouge. Tel: 01 70 74 00 55 Internet: www.msccroisieres.fr WHAT TO DO AT ESCALES? A host of excursions and activities are on offer at...

Seoul was the world's third most popular city for hosting conventions in 2016, according to the Union of International Associations (UIA), Business Traveler's top destination for international meetings in 2016, and an airport that has repeatedly been awarded the status of best hub in the world by Airports Council International (ACI): Seoul's track record is enough to make anyone envious. In tune with...

Day 1: Arrival at Dublin airport. After a two-hour drive, visit Castle Ward and enjoy activities based on the Games of Thrones series. Overnight at the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle. The Slieve Donard Resort & Spa © Alain Parinet Overlooking the seaside resort of Newcastle, the tall stature of the Slieve Donard has...

Report Serge Barret; Photos Alain Parinet. When you drive through the Apulian countryside, you'll see that there's no shortage of masseria," says Caroline Groszer, a Swiss-born hotelier who has been based in southern Italy for almost ten years. In the past, they were fortified farms; some against invaders, but more generally against organised gangs. Today, the...

"Leisure parks came into being at a time when we realised that a change of scenery could be found close by; that it's not about distance, but about a break. Our lives are made up of many small breaks. The challenge today is to unplug. Hence the success of leisure and theme parks",...

We've been offering turnkey operations for over 20 years Can all Center Parcs in France accommodate corporate operations? Coralline Bordas - Our five French estates welcome business groups and have seminar rooms that can accommodate up to 650 participants in plenary sessions. Whether it's Lac d'Ailette in...

Report Arnaud Deltenre Photos Alain Parinet. "God first created Mauritius, then paradise, in his own image". In his travelogue Following the Equator, published in 1897, Mark Twain recounts the sweet feelings of a local man for his adopted island. The phrase has since become a favourite with publishers of tourist brochures. And it's true...

Reported by Olivier Darmon, photos by Alain Parinet. DAY 1: Check-in at the hotel. Beach activities. Dinner at Pérard The hotel: Holiday Inn Resort [caption id="attachment_60361" align="alignnone" width="500"] Hôtel Holiday Inn Resort[/caption] On the edge of the forest, and less than ten minutes' walk from the centre of Le Touquet, the hotel stretches out under a vast...

If there's one sure thing when it comes to reward travel, it's anything to do with gastronomy. Especially in France, where cuisine has had the privilege of being listed as a World Heritage Site since 2010. Rich in emotion, a good meal is synonymous with conviviality, well-being, exchange and sharing. Better still...