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L’Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris
The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau welcomes and informs visitors and tourism trade professionals and promotes the destination Paris, in France and abroad. A platform for discussion and exchanges, the Bureau brings together 2,000 professional members and institutions for joint actions.
Mairie de Paris - Paris City Hall
Paris City Hall is supporting the Soldes by Paris operation for the fourth year in a row to make the French capital the world's benchmark shopping destination. The French capital is the world's leading tourist destination with nearly 29 million visitors each year, and the fourth edition of the event demonstrates the City's desire to also turn Paris into the world's shopping capital. The operation is a unique opportunity for Paris City Hall to highlight the wealth and diversity of the Paris retail offer and further strengthen the city's reputation as an attractive shopping destination on the occasion of the winter sales.
CCIP Paris - Paris delegation of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry
For the fourth successive year, the Paris delegation of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry is mobilising the city's retailer associations to federate and boost Paris retail trade through a single operation taking place throughout the French capital: Soldes by Paris.
The CCIP's Paris delegation works on an everyday basis to support and boost the business of its members (62,000 stores and local shops and 1,500 hotels). It does so by helping shops and hotels to adapt to new regulations as well as the changing urban landscape and consumer spending trends. The Chamber represents its members at meetings with local authorities and public institutions on issues directly affecting their business: town planning changes, retail laws and so on. It also provides an advisory service for assignors and buyers in order to ensure that neighbourhood and local retail continues to flourish.
ATOUT FRANCE, the France Tourism Development Agency
ATOUT FRANCE – the need to develop and adapt the French tourism offer
ATOUT FRANCE, the France Tourism Development Agency, was set up by Hervé Novelli, France's junior minister for trade, tourism and consumer affairs, to give France a single operator in the tourism sector.
The ATOUT FRANCE economic interest group involves the French government and local authorities in a partnership with tourism professionals and major sectors of the French economy. In all, the group has nearly 1,300 members representing the French tourism offer, all of which benefit from the organisation's expertise in the sector.
our private partners
MasterCard
MasterCard Europe is responsible for MasterCard Worldwide’s European business. With headquarters in Waterloo, Belgium, MasterCard Europe operates in 51 European countries, divided for administrative purposes into three customer areas: the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and mature and emerging markets in Europe, all the way to the eastern border of Russia. Thanks to a widespread network of local agencies, MasterCard can identify and respond to the needs of customers in very different market categories throughout Europe, thereby allowing individual customers to see their projects through at their own pace and in their own language.
MasterCard Worldwide makes it possible for MasterCard Europe’s corporate and individual customers to benefit from quality payment services throughout the world. MasterCard Worldwide encourages world trade by forging indispensable economic ties between banks, cardholders and retailers in every part of the world. An active player in franchising, trading and consultancy, MasterCard devises and sells payment solutions and handles around 16 billion transactions per year while supplying prime financial analysis services and consultancy to corporate clients such as banks and retailers. With a brand portfolio including MasterCard©, Maestro© and Cirrus©, MasterCard targets private individuals and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories.
SOFITEL
Sofitel is working enthusiastically and unstintingly to consolidate its new positioning as a luxury brand and as France's leading ambassador on the international hotel scene. Sofitel has opened hotels with a difference in every corner of the world, skilfully blending its French ethos and the finest aspects of local culture. Style and skill are values that Sofitel shares with the world of fashion. With Paris hotels in the heart of the upscale Triangle d’Or (Golden Triangle) area and superbly located hotels in all the major capitals of the world, renewed support for this Paris-based operation is an obvious step as far as Sofitel is concerned.
Paris illumine Paris
The campaign to illuminate Paris districts for the holiday season will be officially launched on 1 December 2009.
More than 125 streets, squares and avenues will be decked out in festive lighting thanks to this increasingly popular initiative involving retailers, institutional partners and tourism professionals.
Creation, Innovation and Energy Saving: an exemplary programme around these three themes will be on display en every district of the capital from end-November 2009 to mid-January 2010.
Take the tour: Paris North, Paris South, Paris Centre, Paris East, Paris West
Practical information (images, decorations, contests) for all Parisians and visitors will be available on a dedicated Paris Illumine Paris website as well as the websites of bodies relaying the information (Paris City Hall, Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau, Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris-Ile de France Regional Tourism Committee).
Paris Illumine Paris also offers visitors and the 5,000 participating retailers an extension of the communication and promotion around this pioneering initiative, to be explored throughout a city sparkling with festive lights.
Westin
With an ideal location between Place Vendôme and Rue de Rivoli in the very heart of Paris, The Westin Paris provides an idyllic retreat with stylish decor: resolutely contemporary design in a historical setting.
The Westin Paris is a favourite with the fashion world, and the historical splendour of its magnificent salons frequently provide a setting for catwalk shows by the top French and foreign couturiers.
Its exceptional location makes the hotel the perfect starting point for visits to the finest shops on Rue Saint-Honoré and Place Vendôme.
The Westin Paris is a partner of the 2010 edition of Soldes by Paris.
Cyclobulle
If you’re wondering what a “cyclobulle” is, here’s the explanation.
Cyclobulles are a new form of town transport. These chauffeur-driven electric tricycles can carry two passengers and their luggage.
Using the same concept as an electric bicycle, Cyclobulles have an electric pedal assist function to make for easy and effortless riding.
Cyclobulles are covered with a hood to keep the rider and passengers dry in wet weather.
The Cyclobulle is a green and practical means of transport over short distances in town.
Metro France
Present in 100 cities in 19 countries, Metro is the most read newspaper in the world with 17 million daily readers.
It’s distributed every day to meet the young active readers and to allow them to be informed in a enjoy full way, when they have spare time.
Metro is always aware of its readers needs and therefore it has been changing. That’s the reason behind the new Metro newspaper since Summer 2009
In France, Metro is the leader in the daily press information and is present in 12 cities, it is read daily by 2 534 000 readers (source EPIQ 2008-2009).
