{"id":132899,"date":"2022-10-03T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=132899"},"modified":"2023-08-22T17:29:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:29:30","slug":"marseille-nouveautes-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/marseille-nouveautes-mice","title":{"rendered":"Marseille is bursting at the seams with new MICE products"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marseille <\/strong>welcomes tuesday 4 october Seminars Business Events<\/strong> within the walls of the Friche de la Belle de Mai<\/strong>. This exhibition dedicated to business tourism <\/strong>will bring together 80 exhibitors from the south-east of France, including a number of events professionals from the Cit\u00e9 Phoc\u00e9enne, which has become a key MICE destination. What's more, the city's business is off to a flying start after two years with Covid. \"\u00a0Le Convention Bureau<\/strong> is expected to support more events in 2022 than the thousand or so it handled in 2019. As a metropolitan authority, its remit extends as far as Aix-en-Provence.<\/em>says Silvie Allemand, Deputy Director and Head of Communications...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Marseille <\/strong>welcomes tuesday 4 october Seminars Business Events<\/strong> within the walls of the Friche de la Belle de Mai<\/strong>. This exhibition dedicated to business tourism <\/strong>will bring together 80 exhibitors from the south-east of France, including a number of events professionals from the Cit\u00e9 Phoc\u00e9enne, which has become a key MICE destination. What's more, the city's business is off to a flying start after two years with Covid. \"\u00a0Le Convention Bureau<\/strong> is expected to support more events in 2022 than the thousand or so it handled in 2019. As a metropolitan authority, its remit extends as far as Aix-en-Provence.<\/em>says Silvie Allemand, Deputy Director of Communications at the Office M\u00e9tropolitain de Tourisme et des Congr\u00e8s. The impact of business tourism is estimated at \u20ac400 million, compared with \u20ac1 billion for the leisure segment, representing 8% of the city's economic activity.<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cocktail at the Mus\u00e9e Cosquer (Photo SJ)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Mus\u00e9e Cosquer takes its place opposite the Mucem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Buoyed by this dynamism, the offer continues to be renewed. The first of these is the Cosquer Museum, which has moved into the former Villa M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e opposite the Mucem<\/strong>. Visitors board automatic trolleys and are enthralled by the facsimile of this cave decorated with 33,000-year-old cave paintings discovered in 1985 by diver Henri Cosquer at a depth of 37 metres in the Calanques. \" This museum is a new cornerstone for the attractiveness of Marseille, allowing us to bringing tourism to life all year round <\/strong><\/em>\"As Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur region, put it when he presented the site to tourism professionals. For events, the site has a amphitheatre<\/strong> (404 seats), the four modular rooms<\/strong> (from 40 to 65 m\u00b2), a atrium <\/strong>(250 people) and a vast terrace (200 people) for cocktails. Visit partnerships <\/strong>are possible with your neighbour from Mucem <\/strong>whose concrete latticework designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti also houses a auditorium <\/strong>(339 places) and a forum <\/strong>of 600 m\u00b2, a hall <\/strong>(200 people for dinner\/400 people for cocktails), a gastronomic restaurant <\/strong>(250 place settings\/350 for cocktails) and a huge terrace <\/strong>1200 m\u00b2 with a view of the commercial port and La Major cathedral (600 people for cocktails). The Mucem hosts 120 events a year, particularly on Tuesdays when the museum is closed, giving greater scope for private use of the spaces and the star restaurant. Even the whole building for 2000 guests <\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n