WHY CHOOSE PARIS? The Offer Assets
WHEN? HOW? Agenda Resources WHY CHOOSE PARIS?
1. A great travel destination 6. A vibrant food scene
2. A connected city 7. The capital of fashion
3. A wide range of 8. Urbanism on the move accommodation 9. An accessible city 4. A business destination 10. A sustainable capital 5. A dynamic city in culture & leisure
1. A GREAT TRAVEL DESTINATION
23.6 million visitors in Greater Paris 12 million foreign visitors
2,069,975 1,101,477 802,667 774,394 635,132
497,795 447,083 362,750 382,451 316,145
*Foreign hotel arrivals-source INSEE 2017
2. A CONNECTED CITY: THE HUB
3 international airports Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly & Beauvais-Tillé With 105.2 million passengers (2017)
14,000 flights a week
Services operated to and from 697 cities
THE NATIONAL AIRLINE: AIR FRANCE 2. A CONNECTED CITY: AT THE HEART OF THE WORLD 2. A CONNECTED CITY: A UNIQUE TRANSPORT NETWORK
7 train stations
16 metro lines serving 303 stations
5 RER (Regional Express Train) lines
8 green & noiseless tram lines (Paris region)
378 bus routes (Paris region)
17,920 taxis
Nearly 4,000 Autolib electric cars
20,000 Vélib bicycles at 1,800 stations and 700 km of cycle lanes (1,400 km by 2020)
Nearly 2,000 self-service electric scooters by 2018
2. A CONNECTED CITY: ALWAYS ON THE MOVE
ONGOING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
Development of an express metro network around Paris, with 200 km of lines and 72 stations (2022- 2030)
Opening of a 20-minute direct train line between Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport and Gare de in Paris, CDG Express (2023)
3. A WIDE RANGE OF ACCOMMODATION
Key figures (Paris region) source INSEE / Jan. 2016
2,460 hotels
156,399 bedrooms
Expectations for 2020: Creation of 12,000 new bedrooms (Notably in large capacity 2* and 3* hotels)
Category 1* & 2* 532 31,937 3* 1,011 55,601 4* & 5* 559 56,104 No rating 358 12,757 TOTAL 2,460 156,399
*Number of rooms per category for Paris region
3. A WIDE RANGE OF ACCOMMODATION
Key figures (Greater Paris) source INSEE / Atout France / PCVB
16 new hotels in 2017
Palace distinction for 10 hotels
8,662 beds in youth accommodation in 56 establishments
150 aparthotels totalling 13,573 apartments 4. A BUSINESS DESTINATION: THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION
5,000 start-ups in the Paris region
Station F, the main European incubator (34,000 m2) open in April 2017
Creation of Paris Event Booster in June 2018
8 competitive clusters for innovative projects
1st city in the world to host a tourism-focused start-up incubator: the Welcome City Lab
More than 100,000 researchers
4. A BUSINESS DESTINATION: A PLACE TO MEET
N°2 city in the ICCA ranking in 2017 for the number of international events
1,110 congresses in 2017
773,000 delegates in 2017
17 congress centres (19 by early 2019)
413 trade shows for 9.1 million visitors
4.2 billion economic benefits generated by trade show, fair & congress activity
5. A DYNAMIC CITY IN CULTURE & LEISURE
• 206 museums
• 2,185 listed monuments
• 3 operas
• 37 bridges
• 1,016 art galleries
• 716 screens in movie theatres
• 10 films shot in Paris every day
• 465 parks and gardens
• 100 cruise excursions per day
5. A DYNAMIC CITY IN CULTURE & LEISURE
The top 10 Paris museums and monuments 2017 figures source PCVB/Estimation
Rang
1 Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris 12, 000, 000 2 Basilique du Sacré Coeur 11, 000, 000 3 Musée du Louvre 8, 022, 400 4 Eiffel Tower 6, 207, 303 5 Centre Pompidou 3, 337, 000 6 Musée 3, 177, 842 7 2, 439, 072 8 Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse 2, 000, 000 9 -Jardin des Plantes 1, 763, 262 10 Arc de Triomphe 1, 583, 260 6. A VIBRANT F O O D S C E N E
Gastronomic Meal of the French had Heritage status since 2010
In 2018, 106 Michelin-starred restaurants including 10 ,, 16 and 80
5, 738 restaurants
56 foodtrucks
Many gastronomic festivals 7. THE CAPITAL OF FASHION & S H O P P I N G
All department stores open on Sunday
2 main outlet centres, 19 shopping malls,
22,304 shops
7/7 shopping in Paris
12 weeks of sales (in Jan-Feb. and in June-July)
Tax-free shopping Duty-free at Paris international airports
12% tax refund for non-European visitors with a purchase of 175 minimum on the same day in the same shop
8. URBANISM ON THE MOVE
NEW
The new Parc Rives de Seine (left & right banks) : newly-redesigned Seine riverbanks, transformed into a 7-km pedestrian promenade for leisure activities, outdoor cafes, etc.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Redesign and upgrade of Les Halles garden
Development of Batignolles ecodistrict and building of the new Court of justice by Renzo Piano
9 . AN ACCESSIBLE CITY
Arriving: by plane or by train, Paris Aéroport, Air France, SNCF, Eurostar and Thalys offer services and assistance to make the journey easy
Getting around: all Parisian bus and tramway lines, and the metro line 14 of the RATP network offer full accessibility to wheelchair users, as well as audio and visual information to indicate the next stop
Staying and eating out: a big variety of adapted places (hostels, hotels from 1-star classical and unusual restaurants, etc.)
Visiting and going out: most cultural and recreational venues are accessible to wheelchair users and offer adapted tours for people with sensorial or mental disabilities
10. A SUSTAINABLE CAPITAL
One of the densest and most efficient public transport networks in the world
By 2025, 100% of RATP buses powered by electricity and biogas
Velib Autolib short-term self-service rental services for bicycles, electric bicycles and electric cars
284 Parisian hotels have signed the PCVB charter
78 restaurants -sourced
More than 400 parks and public gardens and more than 480,000 trees in Paris
WHAT?
1. Accommodation
2. Event venues
3. Convention & Exhibition Centres
4. Culture & Leisure
5. Gastronomy
6. Shopping
1. ACCOMMODATION
NEW OPENINGS & REOPENINGS
• Niépce by Curio Collection by Hilton with 52 rooms and suites in March 2018
• Holiday Inn Express*** hotel at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport with 305 rooms in Jan. 2018
• Hôtel Parister in Oct. 2017 (45 rooms)
• **** in Sept. 2017 (56 rooms)
• Villages Nature, an ecological complex Disneyland® Paris and Pierre & Vacances: 4 villages and 1,730 in Sept. 2017
• CitizenM Paris Gare de Lyon in Sept. 2017 (338 rooms)
1. ACCOMMODATION
NEW OPENINGS & REOPENINGS
• The Hoxton in Aug. 2017 (175 rooms)
• Reopening after renovation of Hôtel Barrière Le Paris***** in July 2017 (81 rooms)
• The Louis, Versailles Château MGallery by Sofitel in July 2017 (152 rooms)
• Reopening after renovation of Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood hotel***** in July 2017 (124 rooms)
• Okko Hotels Paris Porte de Versailles in June 2017 (149 rooms)
• Yooma Urban Lodge in June 2017 (106 rooms)
• Bob by Elegancia in May 2017 (45 rooms)
1. ACCOMMODATION
UPCOMING OPENINGS
• The Lutetia Creation of a courtyard, a swimming pool and a 700-m² spa. Reopening in June 2018, with 184 rooms, 5* category requested. • Maison Astor Paris, Curio Collection by Hilton, fully renovated and branded (May 2018) • Royal Madeleine, fully renovated with 59 rooms (May 2018) • Brach Paris by Evok Hotels Collection with 59 rooms and suites (spring 2018) • Alfred Sommier with 80 rooms and suites (spring 2018) • with 54 rooms and suites (Sept. 2018) • Cheval Blanc Transformation of the former department store La Samaritaine into a deluxe property with 72 rooms and suites (2020-date to be announced) • So Sofitel at 150 Champs-Elysées Avenue with 102 rooms (2021)
2. EVENT VENUES
NEW OPENINGS
• Reopening of the Pavillon Gabriel (June 2018)
• Opening des Lumières imaging exhibitions (April 2018)
• Opening of Lafayette Anticipations, contemporary art foundation in the Marais (March 2018)
• Opening of Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris in the historical headquarters of the couture house (October 2017)
• Opening of La Seine Musicale on Île Seguin, designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines (April 2017)
ONGOING PROJECT
• Opening of Collection Pinault-Paris, set in the former Bourse du Commerce, designed by Tadao Ando (Spring 2019)
3. CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRES
UPCOMING OPENINGS
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (entirely redesigned and renovated by 2025)
• 7 halls (216,000 m²) entirely redesigned and renovated • creation of a 5,200-seat convention centre , the biggest in Europa (Nov. 2017) • 97 meeting rooms • creation of 400 hotel rooms (2-3*) • a gourmet restaurant • 2,600-m² shopping mall • tennis courts 3. CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRES
UPCOMING OPENINGS
Paris Saclay Congress Palace (April 2018):
• 5,500-m² congress centre • 600-seater auditorium • 7 meeting rooms • 980-m² showroom 4. CULTURE & LEISURE
• The new revue, the Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show at Folies Bergères (Oct. 2018)
• Renovation of the historical Longchamp race course by architect Dominique Perrault (April 2018)
• Opening of FlyView, a new concept of virtual reality aerial fly over Paris with dynamic simulators (March 2018)
• Inauguration of U Arena, indoor 32,000-seater stadium/40,000 seats for concerts in Nanterre (Oct. 2017)
• Opening at Cité des Sciences of Vill a 24,000- m2 leisure (Nov. 2016)
• Reopening of AccorHotels Arena (Oct. 2015)
4. CULTURE & LEISURE
NEW
• des Lumières imaging exhibitions (April 2018)
• Opening of Lafayette Anticipations, contemporary art foundation in the Marais (March 2018)
• Opening of Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris in the historical headquarters of the couture house (October 2017)
• Opening of La Seine Musicale on Île Seguin, designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines (April 2017)
• Reopening of the roof of the Grande Arche at La Défense, 11 Conti-Monnaie de Paris
ONGOING PROJECT
• Opening of Collection Pinault-Paris, set in the former
Bourse du Commerce, designed by Tadao Ando (Spring 2019)
5. GASTRONOMY
• La Verrière, the restaurant of the Niépce by Curio Collection by Hilton (early 2018)
• Spoon (by Alain Ducasse) at Place de la Bourse (Oct. 2017)
• Le Club 13 (Sept. 2017)
• Les Grands Verres at Palais de Tokyo (Aug. 2017)
• Renovation of (July 2017)
• New cuisine at Brasserie des Champs-Élysées at Publicisdrugstore, concept by Éric Fréchon (May 2017)
• Rural by Marc Veyrat in the Palais des Congrès (April 2017)
• du Nord, contemporary brasserie by Thierry Marx, inside Gare du Nord (Nov. 2016)
• Ore, contemporary cafe by Alain Ducasse at Versailles palace (Sept. 2016)
6. SHOPPING
NEW • Transformation without closure of Printemps with opening of Printemps du Goût, dedicated to French Gastronomy (Jan. 2018)
• Opening of the Grande Epicerie de Paris at Passy (Nov. 2017)
• Inauguration of the new Forum des Halles shopping centre with 150 shops
ONGOING PROJECTS • Reopening after full renovation of the deluxe delicatessen & food store Hédiard (late 2018)
• Opening of Galeries Lafayette on Champs-Élysées avenue in a 9,000-m² store dedicated to fashion (early 2019)
• Opening of a Galleria deluxe department store, in place of Samaritaine department store (early 2020)
WHEN?
1. Amazing sport calendar
2. Top 10 exhibitions
3. Fairs & Trade shows
4. Congresses
5. Music festivals
6. Paris main events calendar
1. AMAZING S P O R T CALENDAR
NOT-TO-BE-MISSED MAJOR WORLD EVENTS
• Host city of the Olympic Games in 2024 (26 July - 11 Aug. 2024)
• Host city of the Paralympic Games in 2024 (28 Aug. - 08 Sept. 2024)
1 . AMAZING SPORT CALENDAR
UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS
10th Gay Games (4-12 Aug. 2018)
42nd Ryder Cup, in France (25-30 Sept. 2018)
13th (14-16 Dec. 2018)
8th Cup (June 2019) 1. AMAZING SPORT CALENDAR
REGULAR SPORTING EVENTS
• 117th edition of The French Open tennis championship at Roland Garros (21 May-10 June 2018)
• 169th Prix de Diane-Longines, at Chantilly racecourse (17 June 2018)
• Finish of the 105 edition Tour de France (29 July 2018)
• 97th Qatar Prix de de Triomphe (6-7 Oct. 2018)
• 98th Grand Prix (Jan. 2019) at Paris Vincennes racecourse
• 43rd Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris & 5th Color Run (14 April 2019)
2 . T O P 10 EXHIBITIONS
1 Margiela / Galliera 1989-2009 at Palais Galliera (3 March 15 July 2018)
2 Young Tintoretto at Musée du Luxembourg (7 March 1 July 2018)
Jewelery by artists, from Picasso to Jeff Koons 3 at the Musée des Arts décoratifs (7 March 1 July 2018) Mary Cassat, an American in Paris at 4 Jacquemart-André museum (9 March 23 July 2018)
5 About Guernica at the Musée Picasso (27 March 29 July 2018)
2 . T O P 10 EXHIBITIONS
6 Eugène Delacroix, at Musée du Louvre (28 March 23 July 2018)
7 Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: Russian avant-garde in Vitebsk (1918-1922) at Centre Pompidou (28 March 16 July 2018) 8 at the Opéra Garnier (19 June 16 Sept. 2018)
Alberto Giacometti at Musée Maillol 9 (14 Sept. 2018 20 Jan. 2019)
10 at Musée 10 (18 Sept. 6 Jan. 2018)
3 . F A I R S AND TRADE SHOWS
COMING SOON
Fashion week (In June, Sep. & Oct. 2018)
Maison & Objet (7-11 Sept. 2018 & 18-22 Jan. 2019)
Paris Motor Show (4-14 Oct. 2018)
SIAL Paris - food innovation exhibition (21-25 Oct. 2018)
Paris Chocolate Fair (31 Oct.-4 Nov. 2018)
55th International Agricultural Show (23 Feb.-3 March 2019)
Foire de Paris (April-May 2019)
31th Mondial du Bâtiment (Building industry) ( 4-8 Nov. 2019)
Milipol Leading Event for Homeland Security (19-22 Nov. 2019)
4. CONGRESSES
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - ISMRM at the Paris Convention Centre, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (June)
10,000 delegates expected
Applied Improvisation Network World Conference AIN at the FIAP Jean Monnet (August)
300 delegates expected
European Self Storage Conference and trade Show at the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Centre (September) 350 delegates expected
5 . M U S I C FESTIVALS
• We Love Green 2-3 June 2018
• Solidays 22-24 June 2018
• Paris Jazz Festival July 2018
• Lollapalooza 21-22 July 2018
• Rock En Seine 24-26 August 2018
6. OTHER PARIS MAIN EVENTS CALENDAR
REGULAR EVENTS
• European Night of Museums (19 May 2018)
• Fête de la Musique (21 June)
• Sales (27 June - 7 Aug. 2018 & 9 Jan. - 19 Feb. 2019 )
• Bastille Day & fireworks display (14 July)
• Paris Plages (July and August)
• European Heritage Days (3rd weekend of September)
• The Car Free Day in Paris (16 Sept.)
• Nuit Blanche (1st Saturday of October)
• Christmas festivities (mid November to beginning of January)
HOW?
1. Missions of the PCVB
2. Meeting planners & travel agencies essentials
3. Press
4. Publications
5. Online store
6. Social media accounts 1. MISSIONS OF THE PCVB
MAIN MISSIONS: WELCOMING, INFORMING, PROMOTING
• 1 main welcome office at the City Hall: 29 rue de Rivoli, Paris 4 from June 18th
• Another welcome centre at Gare du Nord
• 14.4 million sessions and 10.8 million users every year on the website PARISINFO.com in 2017; 4 main websites in English, French, Spanish and German; 7 mini sites in Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
• 1.2 million Paris map-guides and more than 300,000 free guidebooks for the public, in French and English: Paris City Guide, Paris guided tours and visits, Accessible Paris 1. MISSIONS OF THE PCVB
OUR EXPERTISE
• The Leisure Tourism team connects travel agents and tour operators with the best professionals in the capital.
• The Corporate Events team offers a free RFP service, targeted marketing tools and recommendations for corporate event managers and agencies.
• The team of experts for non-profit Organizations and Large Events promotes the destination to local and international non-profit organizations. It assists them at any time of their project, both in the bid phase and when Paris is confirmed as the host city for a congress or a large event.
2. MEETING PLANNERS & TRAVEL AGENCIES ESSENTIALS
WEBSITE DEDICATED TO PROFESSIONAL EVENT PLANNERS AND TRADE OPERATORS
• Multi-criteria search engine to identify service providers, and a form to request a proposal
• The latest news from Paris with upcoming openings
• A calendar of events: congresses, trade fairs, trade
• Online videos to escape to Paris
https://en.convention.parisinfo.com/ 2. MEETING PLANNERS & TRAVEL AGENCIES ESSENTIALS
PARISNEWS
• The monthly e-newsletter for operators and event planners sent to 20,000 contacts.
• With information on trends, the latest openings and new leisure and business offerings.
https://en.convention.parisinfo.com/latest- news/newsletters 3 . P R E S S
PROFESSIONAL PHOTO LIBRARY
Some 5,000 recent images, reflecting the diversity of Paris to download free of charge in high-resolution format.
https://photos.parisinfo.com
3 . P R E S S
PRESS RELEASE & PRESS FILES
• A series of press files in French, English, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish available on several themes under
https://press.parisinfo.com
• 1 press release, available in several languages
• 1 fully-comprehensive Paris 2018 information kit comprising:
3 5 3 Seasons 4 equest 4. PUBLICATIONS
• Paris Map-Guide (10 languages)
• Paris City Guide
• Paris Guided Tours and Visits
• Guide for disabled visitors
And publications for professionals:
• • Paris Committee Sales Manual • guide: valid for 2018 and 2019 • Tourism in Paris Key Figures
5 . O N L I N E STORE
• Paris Passlib
• Book your activities: Leisure & culture, Cabarets & shows, Transport, Cruises, Excursions
• Booking contact: https://booking.parisinfo.com
• Contact for groups: [email protected] 6. SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
Social media presence
For professionals @ParisCVB
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