FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2015 – The 12th edition of French Affairs will take place Sunday and Monday, October 18 and 19, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead hotel in Atlanta. Organized by Atout France, the France Tourism Development Agency, it is the largest gathering of American tour operators and French travel industry suppliers in the U.S. This year, Atout France will host 67 representatives of American tour operating companies and fourteen industry related companies to meet with 60 French exhibitors from regional and city tourism offices, incoming agencies, airlines, hotel groups, transportation companies, monuments and cultural institutions. In all, it will be a meeting of over 150 travel professionals, including Atout France staff. French Affairs is the perfect opportunity for American travel professionals who specialize in travel to France to meet with the French Travel Industry’s most influential players. The two-day meeting will also provide participants with the opportunity to share information on the state of U.S. travel to France, on consumer trends as well as on the latest developments in ever changing travel landscape.
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The event opens with the General Session on Sunday afternoon during which Atout France reports on the latest developments in travel to France. It is followed by the entertaining Gala dinner which features the French Award Ceremony that names the best tour operator of the year. Monday begins with three early morning workshops on what’s new in the Riviera and Paris Ile de France and a historical workshop on the first World War followed by a luncheon sponsored by the Museum of the Quai Branly wrapping up with an afternoon-long trade show.
CONTACTS Marion Fourestier, Director of Communications marion.fourestier@atout-france.fr, 212 745 0963
Nathalie Poto, Leisure Marketing Manager nathalie.poto@atout-france.fr, 310-271-2693