Although it only has a short slot in the seminar programme, our Cannes Lions tip is to put the Go Viral talk on your agenda. The internet puts existing business models on the rack. The newspaper and music businesses in particular have suffered. This seminar explains why the advertising industry could be the next. Endemol and Simon Cowell have reinvented [...]
“Where is the Cannes festival being held this year?” OK, you’ve probably read this quote so many times already you are sick of it. I am. Was it really said by Britney Spears or Christine Aiguilera? I’m not even sure. The quote just keep spinning around the web. But the way people talk about Cannes can be unsettling. Open up [...]
Business intelligence software company MicroStrategy is to hold its MicroStrategy World event in Cannes in July 2010. The four-day seminar will include a wide range of business and technical tracks, product demonstrations, and customer case studies. At the conference, MicroStrategy will unveil its business intelligence platform for the iPhone and iPad, MicroStrategy Mobile, which enables companies to quickly build and [...]
Attending the Cannes Yacht Show as an exhibitor can be expensive. So here’s a tip: the Marine Trade Centre is offering to share a stand and therefore costs. The largest consumer-oriented shows can be beyond the financial and organisational means of the many smaller businesses which are taking their first steps to develop their export sales, or simply trying to [...]
The Eur Avia aviation trade fair is about to take place in Cannes Mandelieu airport. Partner Air France is offering special tickets. If you intend on visiting, click this link for a special offer from Air France. Eur-Avia Cannes covers both the new and second-hand markets, with private individuals and professionals exhibiting second-hand planes. Conferences this year include: “can airports [...]
The Cannes Independent Film Festival 2010 has announced its awards, concluding a 10-day festival which showcased the best of low budget filmmaking. The festival, which runs alongside but is completely independent of the Festival de Cannes, focuses on celebrating indie filmmakers.
People come to Cannes for different reasons. Unless you’re “just hanging”, you want to meet people and pick up leads and tips at Cannes. So outside of meetings I have a tendency to check out the receptions, conferences and networking events. The American Pavilion, Kodak and UK Film Centre have great conference programmes. Over the coming days, here are some [...]
The party scene in Cannes is a whole side-business of its own. Initially what was intended as a way of giving a film a boost has become a highly-regulated industry run by professionals from the nightlife and fashion sectors. The parties have been scaled down considerably in recent years, with events in nightclubs or on the beach replacing the more [...]
Although the photo is quite pretty, the damage is very real. Jacques Gumbau’s photo was taken yesterday afternoon just before a major storm devastated beaches across Nice and Cannes, leaving some plans for the Cannes Film Festival in tatters. Each year, the festival welcomes a side industry that lives off parties, fashion shows and receptions, many of which are concentrated [...]
Gotan Project – DiferenteUploaded by Gotan-Project. – Explore more music videos. If you’re in Cannes between April 30 and May 2, polish your shoes and get ready to step out. This year, the town is celebrating the first “Rencontres Tango de Cannes”. Over three days, the town will thrill to the sound of several concerts (including our tip Gotan Project [...]