From 9 August, Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport will be linked directly to La Part-Dieu by the Rhônexpress service, a modern fast tram offering a journey time of less than half an hour. The transport link has cost 120 million euros and it is estimated that one million passengers will be carried in its first year of operation.
It is extremely rare to see potential rival professionals join forces to promote their destination: in fact so rare that it is worth highlighting. La Clusaz, at the heart of the Aravis mountains and a short distance from Annecy, has been doing just that since 2008. A number of the local professionals based in La Clusaz have got together in order to offer a shared service and to develop joint ...
La Bastide de Grignan, which is a member of the Drôme-based association “Séminaires de Caractèreâ€, offers 16 bedrooms as well as a meeting room for between 20 and 25 people. It is the perfect venue for those smaller events that are tempted by Grignan and the Drôme Provençale. The property’s owners, the Batin brothers, are delighted with their decision to join “Séminaires de ...
Located in Noailly, just 12 km from Roanne, Château de la Motte is a guest house offering five rooms and three meeting rooms that can take up to 50 people. About a third of the property’s business comes from the seminar market, which it has worked on since 2001, attracting companies mostly from the western Lyon area.
Fairly low profile up to now, the Vercors Aventure agency based in Villard-de-Lans is beginning to establish itself as one of the main meeting and incentive operators in the Rhône-Alpes. In order to deal with its growing business, the agency has recently opened a specialist department called Vert et Blanc Organisation. In the Autumn, it might even take over another Isère-based events organiser.
Located in the Pays de Gex area, just 25 minutes away from Geneva and 6 km from the city’s airport, the Jiva Hill Park Hotel has recently spent 2 million euros on adding a 9-hole golf course to its facilities, the first one in Europe to be equipped with synthetic greens and tees in order to reduce the amount of watering needed. With ambitions to become a proper resort, the hotel also has plans ...
Following six months’ renovation work and an investment of 8 million euros, the Ermitage, one of Evian Royal Resort’s two hotels alongside the Royal, opened again for business on 14 June. The flagship hotel of the Danone group has reduced the number of rooms in order to make the remaining ones more spacious. The property is firmly based on the business tourism market, which makes up 50% of its ...
Opened in July 2009, the “Évasion au naturel†ecotourism and eco-educational centre has hosted meetings for between 20 and 25 people since the month of May. It is located at the Col de Marcieu, in the Isère, the only centre of its kind and one of the most advanced projects in terms of eco-construction. The concept seems to work because it reflects current awareness of ...
The Bike and See company was established in May, renting out electric bikes for groups of up to 40 people to discover Lyon. Groups can choose to explore on their own, making use of their individual iPhones which offer a GPS multimedia guide to the city or, if preferred, in the company of an experienced guide. As part of its marketing strategy, the company participated at the first edition of ...
Grenoble-based events agency, Diverty’Sports, has just obtained its licence to operate as a travel agent. Such a move is a definite advantage, allowing the agency to work on both the national and international markets rather than stick with just its primary client base in the Rhône-Alpes. The new development has also meant a move to bigger offices.
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