Paris Committee Sales Manual 2018
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AIRF_1610063 • Manuel des ventes 2017 des Comités de Paris • SP Plein Papier • 160 x 240 mm (Format utile 150 x 230 mm) • Visuel : New Business 2016 - Caroussel • zone de sécurité : 10 mm • Parution : 1er janv • Remise le : 25/10 Mardi CTR • BAT • … 122 suppliers 2018 Leisure Shopping 2018 Tours & Transport Paris Accommodation Committee Sales Manual PARIS COMMITTEE MANUAL SALES PARIS PUTTING YOU AT THE CENTER OF OUR WORLD Welcome to our Business class, where your comfort is our priority. AIRFRANCE.COM AIRF_1610063_NEWcouv MDV_2018 recto BUSINESS verso.indd 2016_UK_160x240_ManueldesVentes_PM.indd 1 1 25/10/2016 16:20 12/01/2018 17:07 CONTENTS 02 DESTINATION PARIS 05 MARKET KEY FIGURES 06 PARIS COMMITTEE GET AROUND PART 01 OFFICIAL VISIT 08 LEISURE PASS EXPLORE The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau 09 MUSEUMS & MONUMENTS publishes this annual Sales Manual in order 18 LEISURE PARK to help their international contacts to build 19 SHOWS 21 PARISIAN EXPERIENCES a sound knowledge of the high-quality 24 RESTAURANTS services on off er in Paris. This new edition lists each of the 122 members taking pa PART 02 in the 2018 Paris Commi ee. 28 SHOPPING PART 03 YOUR CONTACT 34 TOURS & TRANSPORT 35 TRANSPORT Ms Patricia BARTHÉLEMY 37 EXCURSIONS Head of Business Development 40 CRUISES International Leisure Markets 41 DMCS Paris Commi ee Coordinator China, Colombia, Mexico, Russia, PART 04 Ukraine, Central Asia, South East Asia and South Korea 43 ACCOMMODATION Tel: +33 (0) 1 49 52 42 60 pba [email protected] 44 INDEPENDENT HOTELS 54 HOTEL CHAINS 70 SERVICED APARTMENTS 74 RESOURCES With new mobile app MORE THAN CRUISE BUS TOUR UNLIMITED 60 MUSEUMS TRANSPORT Information & orders: [email protected] couv MDV_2018 recto verso.indd 2 16/01/2018 18:31 FOREWORD PARIS, FEEL THE ENERGY! The City of Light is forever renewing itself, expanding its offer and constantly improving its services to satisfy the specific expectations of your clients. A city for culture, a city for love, a city for pleasure and entertainment … Paris has everything it takes for a great stay. With a stellar line-up for 2018, Paris is more than ever a vibrant and modern capital. It offers shopping in January and February to take advantage of © PCVB / M. Bertrand the Paris Winter Sales; romance in February for Valentine’s Day; sport in springtime (the Paris Marathon, French Open tennis tournament, Formula E - electric street racing); and a raft of music festivals in June (We Love Green and the Festival Solidays … ). Summertime spells diversity with the hosting of the Gay Games in Paris, in August. And all summer long, Paris is a real outdoor city with parks, gardens, river-based activities and cafe terraces. From 28 to 30 September, Paris will host the Ryder Cup. Heritage Days and Nuit Blanche are highlights of the autumn cultural season, when Paris is also the stage for global avant-garde art and design events; finally, near the end of the year, the 13th European Women’s Handball Championship will be held in the city, before it is decked out in lights and festive decorations for the Christmas holiday season. Paris is a cosmopolitan capital with many different and exciting districts to discover. The city centre has been transformed around the Canopée des Halles and along the river with the new Parc des Rives de Seine. Trendy arrondissements in the East of Paris offer great new experiences and a taste of Parisian life. Eating out in Paris is always an event with starred restaurants and eateries for all budgets, including a wave of bistronomic addresses that blend culinary influences from around the world. As a cultural capital, Paris has a packed calendar of events with something for all audiences. At night, the city is a glittering scene with concerts, cabarets, and clubs. Lastly, in the accommodation sector, another 12,000 guest rooms are to be created by 2020. Plus, renovations and revamps ensure that guests have the very best experience. Together with the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau, all of Paris’s tourist trade professionals are at your service to enhance your programmes and offer your clients a memorable stay. We look forward to welcoming them! Pierre Schapira Nicolas Lefebvre Chairman Managing Director of the Paris Convention of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau and Visitors Bureau 01 pages intÇrieures_MDV 2018.indd 1 17/01/2018 11:10 DESTINATION PARIS © Atelier des Lumières © Atelier WHAT’S Beyond the fact that Paris is a world heritage capital, NEW? it is also a trend-setting, innovative and vibrant city. The sheer number of annual inaugurations and the renovation of cultural sites illustrate its dynamism. With more than 300 cultural events taking place every day, Parisians and visitors benefit from an amazing cultural offering. Paris is always creating a buzz and is constantly reinventing itself, in accommodation, gastronomy, shopping, urbanism … This perfect blend of tradition, modernity and Here are some important creativity is what makes Paris and its way of life so exciting! future attractions for the Paris Destination – new reasons to plan a visit! PARIS ON THE MOVE Read on and save the date. Cultural events for 2018 Every day, Paris surprises visitors and beyond: opening of and Parisians with new openings, Lafayette Anticipations, modernization and redevelopment a contemporary art projects that reinvent and energize foundation in the Marais the urban landscape. Prime examples (March 2018); inauguration are the new Parc Rives de Seine of ‘L’Atelier des Lumières’ © PCVB / A. Dupont (2013 and 2016), a 7 km-stretch of (April 2018), dedicated to pedestrianized promenades with activities and outdoor cafes along both sides of digital exhibitions – the 1st the Seine; the Place de la République, now totally traffic-free with long programme will feature playgrounds and trees; and the central Les Halles shopping district, the artists Klimt and Schiele; completely transformed with new gardens, a large pedestrian area and reopening of the theatre a modernized shopping centre (150 shops) under a nature-inspired La Scala, entirely renovated ‘canopy’. Also changing the landscape soon, the new sports, housing and (June 2018); opening of the educational facilities designed for the 2024 Olympic Games. Moreover, Collection Pinault-Paris, the extension of metro lines beyond the city limits is one example of in the former Bourse de how Paris is pushing its boundaries to embrace the Greater Paris area. Commerce (spring 2019); as well as the reopening of the Théâtre du Châtelet (July 2019), and more … © PCVB / M. Bertrand © PCVB / A. Dupont Other transport projects: the renovation of Paris train stations (Gare du Nord, Gare d’Austerlitz, Gare Montparnasse), the extension of the tramway in the north of Paris, the renovation of Paris – Orly Airport (until 2019), the opening of a 20-minute direct train line, the ‘CDG Express’, between Paris – Charles de Gaulle Airport and Gare de l’Est in Paris (2023), and finally, the doubling of the number of cycling lanes by 2020 (from 700 km to 1,400 km). 0 2 pages intÇrieures_MDV 2018.indd 2 12/01/2018 14:33 PARISIAN WAY OF LIFE French cuisine has been declared part of the world’s intangible cultural THE PLACE heritage by Unesco. No trip to Paris is complete without a taste of French TO BE FOR cooking. From traditional brasseries to contemporary restaurants and trendy YOUR EVENT! food trucks, there is a wide choice to satisfy all lovers of good food (including world cooking). Gastronomy tours, cooking lessons and food festivals are also available, not forgetting food experiences with locals. Strolling along food shopping streets or visiting food markets are possible activities too. © Viparis - Bullit Studio In 2016, Paris was the top city in the ICCA ranking for © PCVB / A. Dupont © PCVB / S. Sergent the number of international events held in the capital PARIS, CAPITAL OF SHOPPING with 1,118 congresses (854,000 delegates). It is one of the leading metropolitan As the European capital for areas in Europe in terms of shopping, fashion and design, GDP, registered offices of Paris has some 17,000 shops, major the 500 largest international department stores, iconic luxury companies, education brands and famous shopping and training, research and districts. This sector is flour- © PCVB development, and number ishing with numerous openings of patents filed. This like the new Louis Vuitton flagship near Place Vendôme (October 2017), economic dynamism has La Grande Épicerie de Paris in the 16th arrondissement (November encouraged the emergence 2017), 3 floors dedicated to gastronomy at Printemps department store of infrastructures dedicated (January 2018), a second Maison Plisson (May 2018), the reopening of to hosting professional the deluxe delicatessen and fine food store Hédiard (2019), the opening meetings and events: of a Galeries Lafayette store on the Champs-Élysées, with 9,000-m2 17 congress and exhibition dedicated to fashion (late 2018-early 2019), plus a Galleria deluxe department centres and more than 30 store in place of La Samaritaine (early 2020). conference hotels with more than 300 bedrooms PARIS FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE each enable the capital to host events of 100 to 35,000 people and more! The Museums, puppet theatres, parks, renovation and extension of zoos or even boutiques and cafes … Paris Porte de Versailles by Paris is a great family destination! Viparis will help it to remain Every district, park or cultural in pole position to host centre has something for families major events: inauguration to enjoy. The capital has lots for © PCVB / A. Dupont of the Paris Convention children: innovative ideas and Centre in November 2017 new technology such as new kinds of guided tours with multimedia and finalization of the whole support and activity trails to download. Many hotels and restaurants offer modernization project special discounts for children and adapt their products accordingly … in 2025.