The French Convention Bureau
The French Convention Bureau, a Maison de la France division, counts 134 French meeting-industry players. Its mandate involves promoting France to foreign meeting planners (business firms, national and international associations, incentive travel agents, etc.) to interest them in taking a closer look at France or to rekindle their interest in France’s practically endless choice and variety.
Members include professionals from across the industry:
- Institutional members (visitor and convention bureaus, and regional and departmental tourist boards)
- Convention and other event venues
- DMCs and PCOs
- Hotels
- Transportation companies, catering companies, etc.
The FCB rolls out marketing strategies and bespoke action plans targeting specific markets on behalf of its members. It also circulates target-specific market insights helping members tailor their deals around demand, and provides business matchmaking services.
It also takes part in prominent international trade shows with partner organizations representing France (EMIF, IMEX, EIBTM, CONFEX, GWSAE, and, recently, GIBTM and CIBTM in Beijing).
It likewise organizes trade missions and journalist events, and circulates newsletters and other publications on a variety of media.
Contact in the United States
Our Meetings and Incentives department is especially dedicated to help meeting and incentive planners organize their meetings, incentives and any kinds of events.
We want to provide you with as many helpful tips we can to make the planning of your next event a success. From the simplest details and advice on a destination in France to putting you in contact with the right people for your event, our department will assist you the best we can.
Services we provide include:
• Assistance on selecting a city / a venue for your event.
• Help you send out your specs to get timely quotations and shorter response time.
• Putting you in contact with the key people to ease the planning of your event.
• Providing free promotional material
• Organizing familiarization trips
• Keep you updated on the facilities in France and new products, special offers
• And much more...
We will help you establish a great relationship with our members.