> SERVICES AT YOUR SERVICE! FROM QUALITY INTERPRETERS TO ATYPICAL CATERERS, FROM VERY DIVERSE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO OUT-OF-THE-ORDINARY SOCIAL PROGRAMMES, FROM PCOS TO DMCS, PARIS BOASTS AN IMPRESSIVE CHOICE OF PROFESSIONALS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR EVENT. HERE IS A SHORT PRACTICAL GUIDE OF WHAT PARIS HAS TO OFFER. Paris pour un jour INTERPRETERS When in need of interpreters, the French Association of Conference Interpreters will put you in touch with some of its 450 professional in France. (www.aiic.fr) SOCIAL PROGRAMMES Paris being the capital of a certain ‘art de vivre’, many activities have been created around ‘Le Paris des Parisiens’ - or Parisians’ Paris: 4 Roues sous 1 Parapluie offers a large variety of unique services related to the 2CV, like sightseeing tours or rallies by 2CV with chauffeur; treasure huntings, with Paris pour un jour, Ma Langue au Chat and Paris Hors Piste; unusual wine tasting, with O’Château and Oenodyssée, Le Paris du Vin; and even behind-the-scenes access to prestigious luxury creators with Paris Privé. © Paris Tourist Office - Amelie Dupont TRANSPORTATION The RATP Paris Public Transport offers a tailor-made Congress Card at the colours of your event with a variety of options for your delegates, so they can move freely in and around Paris from 2 to 7 days (see above). In terms of coaches or vehicles with chauffeurs, you will just have to take your pick: Cab Service Prestige, Chabé Limousines, Visual, or Gasnier Service Limousine just to name a few. And if you’d like to do the environment - and yourself! - a favor, you can ride a Verture: it will cost you no more than the standard cab fare! Verture is indeed Paris’ first eco-chic car service offering carbon neutral journeys, with the exclusive utilization of hybrid electric/gas Toyota Prius. Montmartre – Sacré Cœur PCOs & DMCs Four PCOs are members of the Paris Convention Bureau: BCA (www.b-c-a.fr), Colloquium (www.colloquium-group.com), which merged with ICEO last year, MCI Paris (www.mci-group.com), and Europa Organisation (www.europa-organisation.com). Fourteen Destination Management Companies also work hand in hand with the Paris Convention Bureau. For a complete list of the Parisian professionals, please visit the Paris Convention Bureau dedicated website: www.convention.parisinfo.com Verture CATERING Paris has everything you need to make your mouth water. Potel & Chabot, Lenôtre Butard Enescot, Honoré James operate everywhere you wish but also in their own venues. Other caterers such as Dalloyau, Duval Traiteur, La Table est Mise, Raynier Marchetti, Riem Becker, Saint Clair will also show their expertise in taking your papillas to new heights of culinary pleasure. For instance, Fleur de Mets has created a backwards menu where it feels - wrongly - that the dinner starts with the dessert! Butard Enescot caterer © Guillaume de Fenoyl / VIPARIS 4 Roues sous 1 Parapluie Oenodyssée, Le Paris du Vin HEADQUARTERS 14
