On 3 and 4 June, Lyon will welcome nearly 50 French specialist business tourism exhibitors, including about 20 from the Rhône-Alpes, to the first “Rencontre Pro de l’Evénement en Rhône-Alpesâ€. Designed to attract the top buyers from Paris, the workshop is also open to regional buyers so that they can have an insight into this [...]
Once a fortified manor house situated in the Combe de Savoie, close to the thermal centre and casino at Challes-les-Eaux, the Château des Comtes de Challes was bought in 2002 by the Trèves family, who own the luxury hotel Les Grandes Alpes in Courchevel 1850. The family has spent over 2 million euros in transforming [...]
Yves Guicherd has been piloting hot air ballons since 1984 and in 1999 he set up Ardèche Montgolfières based, as is right and proper, in Annonay. He owns two balloons, one for six passengers and the other for 12, and is increasingly sought after to provide hot air balloon flights for seminars. He has even [...]
La Plateforme is a former oil barge which operated between Marseille and Lyon over a 30-year period before becoming, in 2005, one of Lyon’s trendiest event venues. Moored right in the heart of the city, on the Rhône’s left bank, it offers 600 m2 of space divided into four separate areas, with capacity for groups [...]
Specialising in seminar and team building work, the Astus agency has also signed an exclusivity agreement with events organisation Klub de l’Evénement et du Séminaire Solidaire to use Lyon’s Digi-Guide. Based in Genay, the agency has not long been established but has developed expertise in organising cultural events as part of a seminar programme. This [...]
Situated in Sevrier, on the shores of Lac d’Annecy, this holiday apartment building is one of the most successful business tourism establishments in the Annecy area. It offers 150 rooms and 13 meeting rooms and is increasingly popular with companies and organisations who are looking for longer period seminars at attractive rates.
Located at Sevrier, on [...]
A new venue specialising in hosting seminars and evening functions has just opened in Limonest, to the north of Lyon. The Château de Sans Souci offers 11 flexible function rooms and salons. Its largest room can hold almost 100 people for a seminar and 130 for a dinner-cocktail reception. During the summer months, this room [...]
Set up by Valéry Leblond, a qualified mountain guide, this agency specialises in organising seminar and team building events. It is based close to the TGV station in Valence and has made the Vercors its “playground†of choice. Specialising in team building activities, its two main areas of expertise are night-time orienteering courses on the [...]
The Château du Montalieu, which is located at Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze, opened for business again at the beginning of January, following its near destruction in a fire in 2004. The property is owned by François Savigny, founder of the Enter-Prises company, and is one of the best seminar venues to be found in the Grenoble/Chambéry area. It [...]
Offering 132 apartments and a meeting room for 40 people, the Lagrange residence at Brides-les-Bains is targeting the incentive and team-building markets. In order to appeal to clients, the residence is making the most of its proximity to the 3 Valleys ski area – it is just a 20-minute cable car ride away from Méribel [...]
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