To enhance your meeting experience, InterContinental Budapest has completed renovating its entire conference and events floor. The extensive project was finished in the shortest time and included new banquet furniture, carpeting, lighting, wall coverings and overall décor. The conceptual design follows the interior design of the guest rooms and the Club Lounge, which were refreshed in 2009.
All of the meeting rooms are situated on the first floor, making this first floor the hotel’s conference floor.The view over the Royal Castle and Chain Bridge as well as culinary dinners or cocktail receptions makes InterContinental Budapest’s conference and meeting facilities a premier choice for large conferences. The entire first floor, consisting of 12 rooms and 1 foyer is suitable for conferences, product presentations, dinners and parties for up to 850 persons.
Nice is on show throughout the year! Awarded European City of Sport status in 2011, Nice hosts around 2,000 sporting, festive and cultural events a year! For 2013 these include:
14the Prom’Classic – 6 January 2013 – the Prom’Classic is the first race of the year and, for many years, has been the favourite race for thousands of runners. The sunshine, which is particularly generous in January, and the pleasant atmosphere and festive ambiance that surround the whole event have attracted both amateurs and champions, many of whom return year after year. Since 2010, the Prom’Classic has been first in the rankings of the finest 10km races in France!
The Chagall Museum’s 40th birthday (the world’s only museum dedicated to Chagall) – the Marc Chagall national museum is entering its fortieth year. The first museum dedicated to the work of a living artist opened in Nice in 1973, at the foot of the Colline de Cimiez. In 2013, the museum will be celebrating its 40th birthday with a number of events.
Nice Jazz Festival – 8 to 12 July 2013 – this music festival has been organised in Nice since 1948 and the top international stars have performed here. Since the summer of 2011, the Nice Jazz Festival has abandoned the Cimiez bullring and moved into the city centre.
7th “Jeux de la Francophonie” – 6 to 15 September 2013 – Nice plays host to the 7th “Jeux de la Francophonie”, the biggest sporting and cultural event in the French-speaking world… Youth, sport and culture combine to testify to the solidarity between French-speaking peoples: that’s the essence of the “Jeux de la Francophonie”, a magnificent encounter between 3000 young artistes and athletes from all over the world. Organised every 4 years in the year after the Olympics, the “Jeux de la Francophonie” were founded in 1987 to promote French-speaking youth. As an the days of the Ancient Olympic Games, sporting competition is combined with cultural contests.
The 129th Nice Carnival will take place from 15 February to 6 March 2013. His Carnival Majesty will be “King of the 5 continents”, in accordance with his role as a universal symbol. During the event, Nice’s hotels will be offering attractive packages for groups, for 2 nights or more, including seats for the processions, entertainment evenings, parking facilities for coaches, visits, excursions, etc. The Nice Tourist and Conference Office will also be providing members of the tourist trade with posters, flyers and decorative materials for halls and display windows
Nice provides a vast range of high-quality activities for LGBT tourists from all over the world. It naturally offers everything that these clients are seeking for their holidays: an outstanding resort and climate, a rare historic and cultural heritage, easy access and events throughout the year.
To further improve what is already a broad offer in this segment, the Nice Tourist and Conference Office joined forces with Nice Council and gay and lesbian association partners two years ago to design a standard setting out the rules for reception quality. Establishments that undertake to comply with the standard can thus obtain the “Nice, irisée naturellement” [Nice, naturally iridescent] label. Nice is the first city in France to have been awarded the international “Gay Comfort” label and now has over sixty labelled establishments committed to offering its gay clients the best possible reception.
With 45% of their room occupancy coming from international business tourism, the hotels themselves have acquired the necessary experience and expertise to satisfy your every need.
120 hotel venues offering 7,500 rooms of which 2,600 are in Palace and 4 star accommodation, plus 140 meeting rooms catering for up to 1,000 delegates.
From 1st December to 2 January, the Nice Tourist and Conference Office and Nice Council will be offering a whole host of activities and entertainments to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. Street theatre, strolling players, musicians, theatre troupes and artistes will be offering their talents in Place Masséna and Place Garibaldi to the delight and enchantment of adults and children. And the Christmas Village will have all its usual essential components: skating rink, arts and crafts chalets, tasting stands, pine forest and, of course, Father Christmas!
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of 71.92 km2 (28 sq mi). The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of about 1 millionon an area of 721 km2 (278 sq mi). Located on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille.
The city is called Nice la Belle (Nissa La Bella in Niçard), which means Nice the Beautiful, which is also the title of the unofficial anthem of Nice, written by Menica Rondelly in 1912. Nice is the capital of the Alpes Maritimes département and the second biggest city of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region after Marseille.
The area of today’s Nice is believed to be among the oldest human settlements in Europe. One of the archaeological sites, Terra Amata, displays evidence of a very early use of fire. Around 350 BC, Greeks of Marseille founded a permanent settlement and called it Nikaia, after Nike, the goddess of victory.
Through the ages, the town has changed hands many times. Its strategic location and port significantly contributed to its maritime strength. For years it was a Piedmontese dominion, then became part of France between 1792 and 1815, when it was returned to Piedmont-Sardinia until its annexation by France in 1860. Culturally and architecturally enriched over time, today Nice has become a truly cosmopolitan tourist destination. The spectacular natural beauty of the Nice area and its mild Mediterranean climate came to the attention of the English upper classes in the second half of the 18th century, when an increasing number of aristocratic families took to spending their winter there. The city’s main seaside promenade, the Promenade des Anglais (‘the Walkway of the English’) owes its name to the earliest visitors to the resort. For decades now, the picturesque Nicean surroundings have attracted not only those in search of relaxation, but also those seeking inspiration.
The clear air and soft light has been of particular appeal to some of Western culture’s most outstanding painters, such as Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Niki de Saint Phalle and Arman. Their work is commemorated in many of the city’s museums, including Musée Marc Chagall, Musée Matisse and Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret. The climate and landscape are still what attracts most visitors today. It has the second largest hotel capacity in the country and it’s the second-most visited place in France after Paris, receiving 4 million tourists every year. It also has the second busiest airport in France after Paris and two convention centres dedicated to business tourism. The city also has a university, several business districts and some major cultural facilities, such as museums, a national theatre, an opera house with a regional library and several concert halls and casinos. It is the historical capital city of the County of Nice (Comté de Nice).
Nice experiences a Mediterranean climate. The summer/holiday season lasts for 6 months, from May to October, although in April and November sometimes there are temperatures above 20 °C (68 °F). Winters are mild, with average temperatures of 13.4 °C (56.1 °F) during the day and 5.8 °C (42.4 °F) at night in the period from December to February.
Cannes is a city located in the French Riviera. It is a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a commune of France located in the Alpes-Maritimes department.
The city is also famous for its various luxury shops, restaurants, and hotels. On 3 November 2011 it played host to the G20 organisation of industrialised nations.
Cannes has a Mediterranean climate and the city enjoys 12 hours of sunshine per day during summer (May to September), while in winter (December to February) the weather is mild. Both seasons see a relatively low rainfall and most rain occurs during October and November, when 110 mm falls.
Cannes summers are long and warm, with summer daytime temperatures regularly hitting 30 °C (86 °F), while average temperatures are about 25 °C (77 °F). Temperatures remain high from June to September, the busiest time of the year. Despite the hot daytime temperatures, a Mediterranean breeze keeps summer evenings comfortably cool.
Temperatures drop below 10 °C (50 °F) for only three months of the year (December to February). The spring and autumn are also warm, although more suited to those who prefer slightly cooler weather.
As a result of archaeological excavations along the route of the tramway, Nice has rediscovered part of its past as a citadel with walls comparable to those of Carcassonne!
Although it was known that they existed, what was not known was the extent of the remains that have stood up to the test of time and to the destruction carried out by Louis XIV’s soldiers. 800 years of history have gradually been revealed, just 6 metres below Place Garibaldi, before the eyes of archaeologists astounded by the state of conservation of these ancient stones. A major archaeological site has been uncovered: a crypt covering 2,000 m2 (the area covered by the Louvre). The discovery is one of the most important archaeological finds in the last 30 years in France!
Visitors can now descend to the heart of Nice’s past, admire the walls and stroll beneath Rue Jean-Jaurès and Place Garibaldi among medieval bastions and towers. A museographic trail has been laid to make it easier for visitors to walk through this extraordinary, historic 2,000 m2 maze along a gangway built over the floor.
There is no doubt that the crypt will become one of the leading cultural and tourist attractions on the French Riviera. The archaeological crypt “Lu Bastioun” has just been listed as a historic monument.
As the public fairs, galas and the first Christmas parties continue to keep everyone busy here at the Hofburg Vienna, the industry is also turning its attention to the Austrian carnival season which began on 11 November. On 31 December Vienna will celebrate the first ever Le Grand Bal of the Hofburg, a glittering new arrival which will also get the Viennese ball season underway. The city has a total of 21 balls lined up at the former imperial residence in 2012/13.
