MEETING INDUSTRIES

Accessibility, a superb hotel offer, gastronomy, welcome centers: all the ingredients of a top-flight business destination.

Congress planners know Nantes – with Saint-Nazaire and La Baule - is a first rate economic, cultural and tourist center, the capital of western France and one of western Europe’s major international commercial hubs.
It boasts superior accessibility (via the Atlantic Ocean and Paris), high-performance infrastructures and a dynamic economy with top-flight, higher-education networks and rapidly expanding research facilities. What more could an organizer ask for?
Well, there’s a lot more.

Specially suited to congresses and conferences
This seaside destination knows how to welcome guests in the best conditions. Eight thousand hotel rooms include internationally renowned establishments. Its infrastructure, in particular the Nantes International Convention Centre, is suited to congresses and conferences. And Nantes is different, another wellkept secret. Between meetings you’ll find a wider range of leisure activities than anywhere: tours of the vineyards and chateaux of the famous Loire Valley, Mont St. Michel, thalasso therapy, golf and all the recreation offered by the vast Atlantic coastline. The renowned seaside resort of La Baule has Europe’s largest beach. You can brush up on art and history in the museums. France’s sixth city likewise offers the national Gallic gastronomy in all its glory, plus the local cuisine nantaise, delicious seafood and excellent regional wines.

An unbeatable attraction
To help you plan your event, the local group, Atlantic Events, will provide you with à la carte support.
It’s all easy to reach. The region offers new flight connections (including lowcost airlines), and innovative public transport once you arrive. One hour west of Paris, Atlantique Airport serves the capital four time daily. In addition to the major French cities, it provides direct links to Milan, London, Madrid, Geneva and 30 other sites. It takes only two hours for the highspeed Train à Grand Vitesse to connect Paris and Nantes, 23 times a day.
Companies are flocking to Nantes for its convenience, facilities and personnel. With the Loire River and seacoast, its surroundings form an unbeatable attraction.
The region has become a major platform and has an important international card to play. And it’s a breath of fresh air.