Paris, the eloquent city, famous for couture fashion, fine wine and exquisite food is the perfect choice for your next event. With its underground catacombs, magnificent galleries and Mona Lisa’s ‘smile’ this extravagant city will never fail to amaze your attendees.
Ever since the concept of the city event was invented, Paris has been, with apologies to New York, “top of the heap”. The ‘City of Love’ is not only a popular tourist destination, but it’s also an in-demand business destination and world famous hotel chains are established across the city to meet this demand, including Hilton, Marriott, Accor and Radisson SAS.
A popular events venue (with us and many others) is the 4-star hotel Concorde Lafayette, one of the largest and busiest conference hotels in Paris. The meeting rooms are a little sparse and could do with a small amount of refurbishment, but it caters for a wide range of group sizes and from the Panoramic Bar you can sample breath-taking views of the Parisian Skyline. It is also worth noting the famous Gallery Lafayette is also next door, so make-a-plan if there are fashion lovers in your group!
AMA has created and assisted with events all over Paris – here are just a couple:
- Congress & Dinner – for 250 people at the Hotel Concorde La Fayette and dinner at Le Train Blue
- Congress Support – for 90 people at the IMW Congress
French cuisine
Of course, your guests will also come to Paris to sample the world-renowned cuisine. For the best restaurants and traditional brasseries, AMA is practiced in avoiding the main tourist traps and with the help from the locals has found some gems over the years. They are smoke-free, too, like most public places in France.
Paris Travel
Paris has two major international airports: Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly.
Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport is the second busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow, with some 200,000 passengers moving through daily. Located about 15 miles northeast of central Paris, Charles de Gaulle airport offers quick and reliable ground transportation into Paris. Orly Airport is smaller and several degrees less frantic than Charles de Gaulle Airport. Hosting around 30 airlines, Orly handles mostly domestic and European flights.
Like most other cities the traffic in Paris makes getting around by car a lengthy task, however should you budget not stretch to private chauffeur driven cars then you might like to consider offering your attendees a Paris Metro Visite pass, enabling them an unlimited number of trips on all types of Parisian public transport.
Sightseeing in Paris
Even if you’re not particularly interested in art, make time to visit the Louvre, probably the world’s most famous gallery with the Mona Lisa is its undisputed gem. With countless art galleries, scores of top museums and stunning historical monuments sightseeing in Paris can be a real adventure and for attractions and travel combined, you can always purchase a Paris Pass http://www.parispass.com/index.php (includes a 120 page guidebook too).
Parisian Nightlife
Nightlife is the city’s other big plus, especially in the Latin Quarter and Montmartre, the hilltop bohemian zone. Dinner shows of international fame include the Moulin Rouge, Lido and Paradis Latin. What’s more the main sights are illuminated at night, including Notre Dame Cathedral, the Champs-Elysées and Arc de Triomphe, so canapés in Montmartre with a view of Notre Dame is made simple.
It has to be said that Paris is one of the most expensive cities in Europe, if not the world, but with its wealth of restaurants, plethora of hotels and breath of history it could be the perfect backdrop for your next event.
For further ideas about holding your event in Paris, contact the AMA team on 01789 765932 or Email info@amaevents.co.uk. 
