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Paris News from the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau n°20 - February 2008
| Paris News n°20 - February 2008 |  |   Inaugurations
February in Paris and there is news on the accommodation scene! The former bonded warehouses les Magasins Genéraux now house the St Christopher’s Inn — an accommodation centre for young people, and an Express by Holiday Inn hotel; the city’s first hotel Crowne-Plaza opens on avenue Marceau. The C42 Citroën showroom building inaugurated on the Champs-Élysées, and the multi-brand store LE66 are resolutely modern in concept. Talking gastronomy, the opening of a food library at the Galerie Fraîch’attitude now enables fruit and veg. fans to look at works linked to cooking fruit and vegetables. | |  Trends
Paris captures everyone’s attention! With love and romance in the air during the month of St Valentine, a saucy sexy Paris takes centre stage. For atmosphere there are the sensual cabarets that reflect the traditional French cancan shows of the past; Eros can be found at the Musée de l’Érotisme, or at less unexpected museums like the Louvre and Orsay. For a spot of sexy shopping, don’t miss erotic deluxe boutiques and specialist bookstores. NB, carré rose (X rated)! | |  In the spotlight
A guided visit of Paris in your language! How pleasant to be shown around the museums and monuments of Paris by an experienced guide in your own language. In Paris, there are companies and associations offering the services of qualified tour guide and interpreters, and lecturer-guides, for all kinds of visits. They can also show you more unusual sides of Paris or Paris in a different light – so many ways of discovering the French capital! | |  Buzz on meetings
Paris provides many unusual venues like the Pavillons de Bercy or the Cirque d’hiver for organising your business events. Sport, culture and gastronomy remain the main centres of interest for « incentive » activities for businesses that wish to reward their leading members or motivate their staff! So, why not spend an evening at Rungis, go behind the scenes of Paris’s finest monuments or enjoy an outdoor game? | |  Affordable Paris
The covered shopping arcades of Paris are a wonderful way of discovering the many treasures of the capital and provide a veritable history lesson. In your explorations of the city you can also visit religious buildings and places of worship for free, as well as exhibition venues and mythical sites. There are also numerous discoveries to be made as you travel around by metro: each station has its history, just like a large number of former private mansion houses, now managed by the Paris City Council and open free to visitors. | |
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