{"id":126629,"date":"2022-06-20T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T09:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=126629"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:14:03","slug":"la-rochelle-convention-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/la-rochelle-convention-office","title":{"rendered":"La Rochelle: a Convention Bureau to boost business tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

What better way to underline your ambitions for business tourism than withcreating a Convention Bureau<\/strong> ? While most of France's major destinations have a department dedicated to business tourism professionals and the marketing of their MICE offer, the opposite is true, this is rarer for medium-sized towns<\/strong>. With the exception of Cannes, no doubt, but also, since last May, La Rochelle. \"\u00a0There can't be many towns the size of La Rochelle that have a Convention Bureau.<\/em>\" says Nicolas Martin, Director of La Rochelle Tourisme & \u00c9v\u00e9nements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project had been in the pipeline for some time and was based on the fact that, on the one hand.., La Rochelle Tourism & Events<\/strong> operated the conference venues, the Espace Encan and the Halle Perthuis, and on the other, the tourist office was busy attracting leisure travellers. But until now, there was nothing between the two to attract business tourism customers for the La Rochelle Tourisme & \u00c9v\u00e9nements spaces and for all the city's tourism players. \"\u00a0They had been waiting for such a launch, <\/em>underlines Nicolas Martin. Especially as the impact of business tourism is spreading to more sectors than just leisure. Sound engineers, florists, entertainment workers: all these professionals are delighted to be part of this dynamic.<\/em>\"\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n