The world’s most sought after destinations, ultra-luxurious accommodation, elite transportation and unique travel experiences are showcased for the most discerning international luxury travel buyer via an unrivalled  pre-scheduled appointment system and effective networking and knowledge opportunities.

Ed Tati @ 100 Years Majestic Party, They definitely know how to organize a party at Majestic Cannes

Right now at Lotus Concierge we can offer

• Studios from 600 Euros
• 1 bedroom from 900 Euros
• 2 bedrooms from 1400 Euros
• 3 bedrooms from 2000 Euros
• Hotel  4 star @ 270 Euros  per night

All our corporate accommodations are within walking distance from the Palais

And if you book before November 30, 2011 you will get a free airport transfer ** (1 way up to 3 guests from Nice airport to your accommodation)

Our  multilingual team, consisting of lifestyle managers and event organizers through to errand runners can service, arrange and attend to any requirement that you may have 24 hours a day.

What are you waiting for to contact us?

info@lotus-concierge.com

spanishVenues.com, el portal desde donde realizar la reserva

Spanish Venues ha irrumpido en el mercado español (al que muy pronto le seguirá el francés) con la intención de agitar el status quo del sector de reserva por internet de espacios de reunión para grupos. De entrada, y como estrategia de lanzamiento, la central de reservas on line empezará su relación sin cobrarle a los prestatarios de estos servicios, una iniciativa arriesgada pero de cálculo estudiado.

Ed Tatí, su director, es claro al respecto. “A diferencia de las otras páginas, nosotros no pedimos dinero a los proveedores. Queremos establecer una relación primero, y después ya veremos.” Habrá desde luego publicidad y otras vías de ingresos alternativos. Este directivo sostiene y a la vez critica que su competencia cobre cuotas fijas a sus proveedores, en algunos casos del orden de 3.000 euros solo por estar en el web site.

A diferencia de portales como Booking.com u otros que a su vez brindan una oferta de locales de reuniones para grupos, el nuevo outsider del sector dirige su oferta de hoteles, restaurantes, espacios para meetings, catering, transfer…etc, al gran público, enfocado en el mercado extranjero. Algo que sin duda no deja de ser llamativo en un panorama de oferta que hasta ahora iba dirigido en particular a los profesionales del sector MICE, o sea los intermediadores, pero no a los clientes de a pie de calle. “Me dí cuenta que no existía ninguna web para este público”, afirma el responsable del portal.

Como indica en su propia web en inglés, el cliente final ahorra dinero cuando consigue negociar de manera directa con el proveedor del servicio.

7 personas mínimo, no 14

Una tercera diferenciación fundamental radica en que la reserva de espacios de reuniones para grupos establece de manera habitual la cifra mínima de 14 personas para formalizar una petición. “En nuestro caso establecemos un mínimo de 7 personas (siete habitaciones) y un máximo de 50. En casos de más de medio centenar, hay que hacerlo vía petición previa”.

Antes de iniciar sus operaciones en julio de 2011, la compañía estudió previamente con detalle el mercado para concluir que de cada 10 grupos que vienen a España buscando un lugar idóneo como club de reunión (lo que en inglés se conoce como venues), media docena lo hacen vía el circuito de agencias de viajes y mediadores del sector, pero los 4 restantes reservan por vía directa. “Yo llevo cinco o seis años el mercado MICE, y había clientes que me llamaban diciéndome: tengo un mis padres que quieren celebrar el aniversario de su boda en España, y queremos buscar un lugar atípico. Otros, por ejemplo, me pedían si sabía un lugar donde poder reunir a universitarios estadounidentes, Y así, más.”

Medio centenar de reservas por semana

“Estamos recibiendo del orden de 40 o 50 demandas de adhesión por parte de los proveedores, entre 5 o 6 al día”, explica Ed Tatí en conversación con 02B. Por lo que respecta al cliente final, éste necesita tan solo cinco pasos para realizar la reserva. El particular contacta con el portal y tanto spanishVenues.com como el proveedor reciben la petición al mismo tiempo, siendo el portal quien canaliza su petición. Los profesionales intermediadores pueden asimismo registrarse y entrar a conocer la oferta. “Nuestro primer objetivo es ofrecer un buen servicio. Después, un cliente contento ya volverá”. Para empezar, este pequeño portal espera una media de 50

LE JURY OFFICIEL LONGS MÉTRAGES A DECERNE LES PRIX SUIVANTS :

Bayard d’Or du Meilleur film : “Et maintenant on va où?” de Nadine Labaki

Prix Spécial du Jury : “Monsieur Lazhar” de Philippe Falardeau

Bayard d’Or du Meilleur scénario : Pierre Schoeller pour “L’Exercice de l’Etat”

Bayard d’Or de la Meilleure photographie, remis au directeur de la photographie : Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd pour “Les Géants” de Bouli Lanners

Bayard d’Or de la Meilleure comédienne : tout le casting féminin de “Et maintenant on va où?” de Nadine Labaki

Bayard d’Or du Meilleur comédien : Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen et Paul Barlet pour “Les Géants” de Bouli Lanners (photo)

LE JURY EMILE CANTILLON DÉCERNE, PARMI LES PREMIÈRES ŒUVRES DE LONGS MÉTRAGES DE FICTION PRÉSENTÉS, LES PRIX SUIVANTS :

Bayard d’Or de la Meilleure première œuvre – Prix Emile Cantillon, remis au réalisateur : “Louise Wimmer” de Cyril Mennegun

Prix Découverte, remis au réalisateur : “Roméo onze” d’Ivan Grbovic

LE JURY OFFICIEL COURTS METRAGES DÉCERNe LES PRIX SUIVANTS :

COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE :

Bayard d’Or du Meilleur court métrage – Prix François Bovesse, remis au réalisateur  : “Un mardi” de Sabine El Chamaa

Prix du Jury, remis au réalisateur : “Mokhtar” d’Halima Ouardiri

COMPÉTITION NATIONALE – FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES (FWB) :

Prix du Meilleur court métrage, remis au réalisateur : “Le Petit chevalier ” d’Emmanuel Marre

Prix du Jury, remis au réalisateur : “L’Oeil de paon” de Gerlando Infuso

Prix de la Meilleure photographie, remis au directeur de la photographie : Olivier Boonjing pour “Dimanches” de Valéry Rosier

Prix d’interprétation : Jean-Jacques Rausin pour “Mauvaise lune” de Xavier Seron et Méryl Fortunat-Rossi

COMPÉTITION CLIPS :

Prix du Meilleur clip, remis au réalisateur  : “Iron” de Woodkid, réalisé par Yohann Lemoine

AUTRES PRIX :

Prix du Public Long métrage Fiction de la Ville de Namur et UniversCiné.be: “Monsieur Lazhar” de Philippe Falardeau

Prix du Public Documentaire de la Province de Namur et UniversCiné.be : “Corps étranger” de Christophe Hermans
Prix du Public Court métrage UniversCiné.be : “La Maison” de Vania Leturcq

Prix du Jury junior : “Et maintenant on va où?” de Nadine Labaki

Prix BeTV – Long métrage belge : “JC comme Jésus-Christ” de Jonathan Zaccaï

Prix BeTV – Court métrage belge : “Ciao Bambino” de Thibaut Wolfhart

please contact us at info@lotus-concierge.com

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Our best offer for the 2012 Mobile world congress, you accomodation in Barcelona :

4 star hotel @ 340 Euros in the Raval -25 rooms  

 4 star hotel @ 320 Euros Plaza Universitat -10 rooms

         A boutique hotel just @ 240 Euros 10 min walk from the Fira-25 rooms  

All these prices include taxes and breakfast

We also can provide you with.Meeting rooms,Transfers,Venues.

please visit our page http://lotus-concierge.com

To book a hotel room with the best chance of satisfying your wallet and your needs, you’ll spend almost all of your time searching for the right place.  To maximize these efforts you should take advantage of internet travel sites, consumer reviews, and travel agents.  Follow these steps and you should be in good shape:

• Browse travel websites. Many trips and hotel bookings are now purchased through commercial websites such as Expedia.com, Travelocity.com, Orbitz.com, and Hotels.com.  Be sure to shop around sites for the best deal and don’t forget to visit the hotel website itself.  Individual hotel websites often have deals that don’t appear on commercial sites.  And be sure to read reviews of the hotel on these commercial booking sites.
• Take a look at cancellation policies. If you do book on a commercial website, be sure to research their cancellation policy.  While most sites have stopped charging steep cancellation fees (sometimes the entire cost of the booking), you need to make sure that you can book on the site and cancel without a fee the hotel reservation if you have to.
• Read the reviews. Check out consumer review sites like TripAdvisor.com, which gathers and aggregates reviews of hotels by former patrons.  TripAdvisor.com is a good resource because it organizes reviews by the type of stay (e.g., couples, business trip, young travelers, etc.) so that you can search for people most like yourself and see what they had to say about the hotel.  Often, the reviews will speak to whatever attributes you’re looking for in a hotel and you can make better decisions based upon them.
• Dig deeper on deals that are too good to be true. If a deal seems substantially lower than surrounding hotels, check to make sure the hotel isn’t being renovated or there’s not another reason for the low price (e.g., it’s in a high crime area or is very old and run down).
• Look up the location. If you have a target geographic area, punch in the address into Google maps.  You can zoom in to see exactly where it is as well as the surrounding area (the map will tell you surrounding stores, restaurants, etc.), and you can take advantage of Google’s street view feature to see exactly what your hotel and surround area look like.
• Call ahead. Once you’ve targeted a hotel or whittled your list to several hotels, be sure to call them and ask about your needs or concerns.  For example, if you’ll want to make a lot of phone calls, you’ll want to ask if they have free local calling and how much they charge for long distance calls.  Or you want to know how big the pool is and whether they have a lifeguard on duty.  Whatever your concerns, ask the concierge on the phone so you can book with confidence.
• Contact a travel agent for exotic or remote destinations. If your trip involves a more exotic or remote location, you should probably consult a travel agent who knows the area, the culture, and the businesses in the area.  Travel agents can be very useful in avoiding the pitfalls that come with booking exotic travel online.

Booking and Arrival

Once you’re ready to book a hotel room, there are still a few more questions that you should confirm before committing and certain actions you should take to preemptively avoid hassles and headaches upon arrival.

• Check for these before. Before committing to book your room, find out:
• The amount of the deposit.
• The cutoff date for cancelling your reservation with incurring a penalty (for most hotels it is 24-48 hours before arrival, or else you will be charged the first night’s stay on your credit card).
• Any discounts the hotel offers (senior discount, government discount, military, etc.)
• Check-in and check-out times.  If you’re going to be checking in very late, be sure to inform them so they don’t give your room to another patron.  Hotels have a custom of overbooking rooms, and have been known to bump very late arriving guests.
• If they charge any extra fees for your stay (resort fee, parking, etc.)
• Request the type of room. When you make the reservation, be sure to request the type of room you want.  For example, if noise is an issue, you’ll want to be placed away from elevators, ice machines, and in a room not facing the street.  If it’s a resort and they have a night club at the pool, you’ll want to be on a side not facing the pool.  Whatever your needs, communicate them clearly to the concierge.
• Book with a credit card. Book your hotel with a credit card rather than an debit card.  Credit cards offer consumers far more protection in the event of fraud.  If there is a fraudulent transaction, the credit card will fight the wrongdoer on your behalf and cover expenses incurred on the card with a debit card, however, you will likely to have fight the entire charge on your own.
• Confirm the reservation. Call the hotel a few weeks before your stay to confirm they have your reservation and to confirm they have your special requests (e.g., room away from noise).
• Get it in writing. Ask for written confirmation for all reservations.  Almost all hotels will send you an email confirmation of your reservation or will fax you confirmation if you don’t have email access.  Be sure to bring a copy of your reservation when checking in, just in case the hotel loses you in their system.

After an 18-month search, the GSMA today announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018. As the Mobile World Capital, Barcelona will be the home of the mobile industry’s must-attend event, the GSMA Mobile World Congress, and will also develop a range of other programmes and activities that will span the entire year benefiting not only the citizens of Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain, but also the worldwide mobile industry. The press release is now available on the Mobile World Capital website.

We commend all of the finalist cities – Barcelona, Milan, Munich and Paris – for their excellent proposals and the huge amount of energy and creativity that was put into them. While all of the cities who competed for this title presented extremely innovative and compelling bids, in the end, Barcelona truly demonstrated that it deserves the title of the Mobile World Capital, with its combination of outstanding exhibition and conference facilities, its transportation and hospitality infrastructure, its commitment to expanding the reach of mobility throughout Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain, and the strong support of the public and private sectors. This is truly an exciting time for Barcelona and for the mobile industry as a whole.

Of course, the cornerstone of the Mobile World Capital is the Mobile World Congress. Starting in 2013, the Mobile World Congress will be held at the new, cutting-edge venue, Fira de Barcelona Gran Via. The dates for the 2013 Mobile World Congress are 25-28 February 2013. Mobile World Congress 2012 will remain at Fira de Barcelona Montjuic and will be held 27 February – 1 March 2012.

Beyond the Mobile World Congress, the Mobile World Capital also features two additional elements: the Mobile World Centre and the Mobile World Festival. The Mobile World Centre will be comprised of permanent and temporary exhibitions which will meld culture and technological innovation, facilities for the development and incubation of mobile solutions, and retail and hospitality venues. The Mobile World Festival, which is targeted to the general public, will incorporate a range of activities including sporting events, music and art festivals, film awards, applications and technology fairs and more.

We are very excited that Barcelona will be the Mobile World Capital for the next seven years, and we look forward to seeing you in the Mobile World Capital.

Corporate Event Planning and Hotel Bookings for  the Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2012 Lotus Concierge offers expertise in corporate event planning and corporate event management for the Barcelona Mobile World Congress in 2012. If  you need help and expert assistance in either hotel booking, search for meeting venues and conference rooms, arranging and setting up of roadshow or tradeshow stands, transport arrangements and much more then please contact Lotus Concierge today and we can discuss your needs in greater detail. We offer a no obligation discussion and quote for the first class corporate event management and hotel booking services we can provide for you. Lotus Concierge can provide the expertise for you to succeed at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2012. Mobile World Congress Hotels and Accommodation Lotus Concierge has a proprietary database which maintains current reports on 93,000+ hotels. Remember with Lotus Concierge you make your own final selection and sign the contract directly with the hotel. You are under no obligation with us. Furthermore there is no charge to you for our services as we are compensated by the hotels. So if require hotel accommodation for you or your business at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2012, please get in touch will Lotus Concierge and we will be pleased to help. Contact Lotus Concierge Please feel free to contact us for more details about our services for the Mobile World Congress 2012 Email: info@lotus-concierge.com Skype: lotus-concierge Further information about the Mobile World Congress 2012 Further information about the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona can be found here http://www.mobileworldcongress.com