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Italy’s Nanni Moretto to preside the Cannes jury
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Hotel Colette: Cannes newest 4-star hotel
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Attending the Cannes 2012 festival for free
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6th Cannes airshow coincides with 100th anniversary of Cannes airport
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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 [...]
French railway strike
There is something depressingly familiar about strikes on France’s impressive railway network. As I’m writing this (April 7 2010), large numbers of people are hanging around stations wondering when they will be leaving. But the SNCF makes a range of information services available. Phone: Main lines-TER 0805 90 36 35; Transilien 0805 700 805 (freephone [...]
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 [...]
The cheapest way to get from Nice airport to Cannes
With taxis costing upwards of €90 depending on where you are staying in Cannes, it’s always worth checking the other options. If you are travelling with one or two people and have travelled a bit, you might just want to get downtown as quickly as possible in which case the taxis are a tempting option. [...]
Cannes news and tips to your desk
If you attend Cannes for Midem, Mipim, MipTV or the Cannes Film festival, perhaps you should get the relevant news straight to your desk rather than coming across it by accident on the web. Cannes or Bust runs an occasional newsletter with just that: tips, news, special offers and links to people with bright ideas. [...]
Milow plays a showcase gig aboard a flight to Geneva
Belgian singer Milow, in the charts across Europe with his version of “Ayo Technology”, was invited by Nice Airport, Kiss FM and Baboo airline to play a short set on a flight between Nice and Geneva on December 8 last. The passengers included winners of a competition on French radio Kiss FM. Baboo connects Nice [...]
Carpooling to Cannes
If you’re within driving distance of Cannes and prefer not to take the train for whatever reason, you might be interested in following our travel tip: carpooling. Or if you drive to Cannes regularly, why not find some company and save on costs? Carpooling is a way of finding people to share road journeys and [...]
Turin to Cannes coach trips
We often get asked about getting from Milan to Nice and Cannes. Here’s another Italian connection. The Cannes tourist office and an Italian travel agency have organised a number of coach trips from Turin to Cannes on specific dates: November 13-15 for La Tosca opera December 4-8 for the International Dance Festival January 8-10 for [...]
Nice airport experiments with mobile phone boarding passes
I’ve been reading for years about mobile phones being used as “tokens” that would act as concert tickets, bus passes and other uses. Nice airport is currently road-testing a system that would enable travellers to use their mobile phones as a boarding pass. After checking in (notably via the Internet), the traveller simply has to [...]