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Italy’s Nanni Moretto to preside the Cannes jury
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Cindy Gallop to “blow shit up” at MIPcube?
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Hotel Colette: Cannes newest 4-star hotel
January 11, 2012 01:01 -
Attending the Cannes 2012 festival for free
January 10, 2012 12:01 -
6th Cannes airshow coincides with 100th anniversary of Cannes airport
January 8, 2012 16:01
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6th Cannes airshow coincides with 100th anniversary of Cannes airport
This might comes as news to some people, but Cannes actually has its own airport at Cannes Mandelieu. The strip is mostly used by charter and private jets, providing a more comfortable arrival for people that can afford it. Cannes-Mandelieu Airport, LFMD, is now the second most frequented business airport in France and among the [...]
6 new destinations from Nice airport
Already the second busiest airport in France, the big travel news is that Nice airport will become even busier in 2012. After EasyJet’s announcement of more flights to Nice from March, Air France is now adding more destinations with six extra direct flights to Nice one month later. The destinations are Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Athens, [...]
Easyjet to open 5 new destinations to Nice
New connections to Nice airport is always good news for travelers to Cannes. From March 2012, low-cost airline Easyjet will be increasing flights to and from Nice airport and Toulouse. The new Nice destinations include the French cities Toulouse, Nantes and Bordeaux as well as two extra Italian airports, Naples and Venice. This considerably increases [...]
Cannes no-go areas during the G20
Unless you have been doing some intergalactic travel recently, you’ll know that the G20 summit will be held in Cannes November 3 and 4 next. The nature of these events means that very strict security measures will be in place to protect the visiting heads of state and keep any demonstrations away from the town. [...]
Record attempt: New York to Cannes in less than 24 hours
For the 2011 Cannes Air Show exhibition, Jacques Callies and Gilles Khaïat will attempt to set a new record: New York to Cannes in less than 24 hours in a Mooney Ovation2 GX (similar to the one in the photo) without extra fuel equipment. The pair are scheduled to leave from Bridgeport New-York, Wednesday, June [...]
Bookings start early for 2011 Cannes air show
One of the best money-saving tips is to book early for Cannes events. It allows you to benefit from early bird rates and you get a better choice of hotels. Booking for the Cannes Air Show in June 2011 are taking off already. All the major aircraft manufacturers enrolled between July and mid-September. “They want [...]
Germanwings wins Cannes award with cheeky ad
German low-cost airline Germanwings won an award at the 2010 Cannes Lions advertising festival with a cheeky guerilla marketing clip that shows comments supposedly being made on the rival airline Easyjet. It’s a cheeky but brilliant idea that is very simple and very effective. Germanwings fly to many airports in Germany and Greece from Nice [...]
Eur Avia: Air France/KLM offers reductions
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 [...]
Essential info if you’re stranded in Cannes
This article was originally written during MIPTV 2010, when thousands of people were stranded in Cannes and Nice due to the shutdown of European airports. The info remains useful in case of air or rail strikes, which is why I left it. News is added in the comments section as updates. Although many people are [...]
EasyJet to start 6 weekly flights Nice-Rome
Low cost carrier EasyJet has just announced that it will start operating 6 weekly flights between Rome Fiumicino and Nice airport as of March 12. A quick look at their site threw up prices of between €25.99 to €38.99, which seems reasonable. EasyJet flies to 15 other destinations from Nice and carried 2.1 million passengers [...]