Visit to open-air museum
With a weekly visit since November and groups limited to 30 persons, the guided tour of "Art dans la ville » has welcomed more than 600 visitors. This success in the discovery of art works along the route of the tramway by guide speakers have encouraged us to pursue adventure (+)

Art et culture
• The Massena Museum opening its doors to Nice history between 1st Empire and 1939 in a 19th century villa-style, has been awarded the "Musée of France"Label (+)
• At the Museum of Asian Arts, access is now free throughout the year. This delicate and intimate place is ideal to learn from major artistic movements of this vast continent. To learn more, talking tea ceremonies, exhibitions,  « ikébana » courses etc... (+)

Cruises
The Port of Nice Ville-franche-sur Mer is the largest cruise port in France with more than 365,000 passengers. For the sake of quality  services, a survey has revealed a satisfaction rate of more than 95.5%, with strengths in the sense of security and professionalism of security personnel. (+)

Airoport and air routes
• Some details concerning the good results of Nice-Cote d'Azur international airport. 10,385,000 passengers in 2007, an increase of 4.4%. The proportion of international traffic rises to 6.9% to reach 58% and the part of the aviation business is 17.3% meaning a rise of 20%.

Virtual Market Place
Starting in April and lasting an entire year, the Nice Convention Bureau  will have a booth at the 1st Special virtual showroom "Meetings industry."  (+)

Hotels
• The HI hotel launches its Hi business
• The Goldstar Group Launches the First Goldstar prepaid card
• Nice Meridien Hotel 4 *-.  will show its new decor in May
• The Grand Hotel Aston Clarion 4 *-. Take a glimpse into this new world
• The Windsor hotel -3 *- presents its 25th room artist.
• The  Felix Beach hotel -2 *- this charming hotel, in the city centre, has just undergone total renovation (+)

Appointments
• The Palais de la Méditerranée awarded "best-seller" with Hotelbeds. With more than 1,500 nights, it was the best sold palace on the Hotelbed  website for hotel services.
• With his excellent results in Nice, Lionel Servant became the new Regional Manager of Radisson SAS hotels in France.

Flavors
• Jouni regains his star in the Reserve - the meeting between a mythical place and a unique chef seduced the new Michelin Guide.
• L'Aromate is a new institution to discover. In a contemporary decor, food, concocted on the spur of the market, delivering subtle flavours.
• « A l’Etage… » is an art-tea lunch lounge created according to the precepts  of the 19th century lounges adapted to the 21st. A place to meet up with friends, you can also to take care of yourself with yoga in all its forms… (+)

Agenda
Nice Carnival 2009 will be "King of Masquerades" from February 13th to March 1st (+)
• Festival de Musique Sacrée from June 13th to 22nd - in churches
• Nice Jazz Festival from July 19th to 26th - Cimiez ;
• Académie Internationale d’été from July 17th to August 17th - Cimiez ;
• Ironman France – Nice Triathlon 2008, - June 22nd - promenade des Anglais

To read again NiceNews 14 : A fine way for tourism to end the year on the French Riviera!, The term ‘Meetings Industry’ supplants ‘Business Tourism’, "Art in the City": a guided tour by night, Nice, the light, the shore, baroque art and the living and the artificial ...

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