The e-news from BORDEAUX GIRONDE CONVENTION BUREAU
Nr 30 - June 2007
The Bordeaux Ambassador Club was officially launched during a prestigious dinner offered by Mr Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux, on March 28, 2007. This program is aimed to attract academic conferences to Bordeaux.
Through this initiative, the Bordeaux Gironde Convention Bureau is targeting both national and international conferences. Sixty leading scientists were welcomed by Mr Juppé and Mr Jean Michel Cazes, president of the Convention Bureau.
They were asked to use their network to promote Bordeaux as a conference destination.
Bordeaux welcomes two exceptional exhibitions this next fall. A good opportunity to organize your events in an exclusive setting.
• To celebrate the Rugby World Cup, the Aquitaine Museum organises an exhibition dedicated to this sport. From 5 September 2007 until 31 December 2007, « Le Rugby, c’est un monde » is a unique event in France.
Not only does the exhibition introduce you to this sport but it also tackles the cultural phenomenon of rugby through its human dimension, emotion, humour, entertainment and invites you to think about our society in general.
Different types of items will be displayed: objects, shirts, texts, documents, pictures, videos and music.
For this occasion, the Aquitaine Museum can throw a reception or a cocktail party for you, as well as coordinate guided tours of the exhibition. Don’t miss this great opportunity!
• "If everybody had an Ocean” in November 2007, is an exhibition dedicated to the fascination surrounding the Beach Boys, in particular that of Brian Wilson, in contemporary creation from the 60’s to today. It will bring together an important number of historical artworks of the Californian scene and also new productions by artists created specially for the exhibition. The artworks, laid out in the nave of the CAPC, will call to mind the sense of music, the surf feeling, and the social, cultural and psychological circumstances that contributed to their rise.
The exhibition entitled will be accompanied by a musical and film program about the Beach Boys and the surf culture.
Opening 2007, in the Bordeaux Vineyards : Le Golf du Médoc Hôtel et Spa ****
The Golf du Médoc is becoming more than a golf. Since May 9th it is a real resort that you can discover! Come to put your grey matter out to grass…
Maybe you already know both golf courses « vignes » and « châteaux » which are ranked among the 20 best in Europe.
You will be greeted in a smart hotel****, situated in the heart of these 2 courses, for your meetings or seminars. It has been built in a bosky bower with 2 inner patios, a French and an English one. Its 79 spacious rooms with discreet and refined shades are equipped with the most modern equipment and with a golf corner.
In the setting you can find 2 restaurants (Le Club and La Table du Médoc) and a bar-library in which there are a chimney and a spa area (heated swimming pool, fitness room, hammam and 4 beauty car rooms).
The hotel is equipped with 4 meeting rooms. Each one can accommodate from 10 to 80 persons and receive day light. Also you will find in each one 2 paperboards, a video projector and a wifi access.
Only 20 mn away from Bordeaux and from Mérignac airport, this new resort is situated in the heart of the French Médoc region, close to those well-known famous vintages, which makes it easy to go visiting wine and spirits stores and to taste wines.
The Golf du Médoc Hôtel and Spa resort is the latest famous vintage of the Médoc…
« Le Pavillon du Château Raba » a new and unique establishment is opening in Bordeaux. A residence of charm and sophistication… This classic building – dating back to the beginning of the 19th century, is situated within 5 acres of “listed” parkland in Talence, a pleasant suburb of Bordeaux. Under the same ownership as the Hotel/Restaurant “La Réserve des Graves” in Pessac, it has been entirely renovated whilst strictly maintaining its neo-classic tradition. « Le Pavillon du Château Raba » offers luxury and comfort to its few privileged guests. As well as offering prestigious bedrooms and luxury suites, there are 2 seminar rooms of 55 m² each which can convert into a grand 110 m2 ball-room or banqueting-room. In short, The Pavillon encapsulates chateau life-style with all the modern facilities required by today’s demanding guests.A restaurant service is available, provided by Jérôme Héraud the award-winning chef at “La Réserve des Graves”. Businesses and private clients may reserve the Pavilion in its entirety for their prestigious functions or events.
The opening date is anticipated for the 1st of June 2007.
On Saturday April 21st 2007, Les Sources de Caudalie Bordeaux was elected "Hotel of the Year" at the 14th symposium of Small Luxury Hotels of the World in New York. This distinction, recognizing the best of 450 affiliated hotels in over 65 countries, is awarded by a jury of hoteliers following unannounced inspections. It rewards our efforts to offer our guests not only top-notch hotel services, but also an unforgettable experience in the heart of the Château Smith Haut Lafitte vineyards.
Alice & Jérôme Tourbier, Directors and their team, tell you more about their hotel:
“Les Sources de Caudalie… a hotel like no other: Average age of employees: 27 Average age of management: 30 Number of stars: 4 star luxury hotel (the maximum in France). Chef's star rating: none, but the food is nevertheless delicious.
Franck Salein's cooking is as varied as our guests' tastes – cuisine for gourmets, sensualists, or dieters, or all of the above, depending on the day and guest's mood. Everything revolves around fresh local produce.
Style: luxuriously original – the most expensive suite, l’Ile aux Oiseaux, is a birch-log cabin on stilts where real birds love to perch.
Service: your pleasure is ours - the Head Waiter (who wears the appropriate uniform) once even rowed a lady guest across the lake in keeping with her request for to take a photo from an unusual angle.
Interactivity: After a week at the Caudalie Vinothérapie® spa, you will not only feel younger and slimmer, but also learn personalized techniques from our beauty consultants to help you in front of the mirror.
You can also learn professional tricks and rediscover the pleasure of cooking at Chef Salein's cooking classes.
Thanks to our informative Head Wine Waiter, a Meilleur Sommelier Ruinart d’Aquitaine, wine-tasting becomes fun and the doors of leading estates can be opened for exclusive tours.
An ecological approach: our natural hot-water spring supplies the vinotherapy spa and our vineyard is managed on biodynamic principles.
After six years managing Les Sources de Caudalie, we feel we have succeeded in combining the attentive service of a fine hotel with the warmth of a family home, in an unpretentiously elegant atmosphere. We hope to have the pleasure of sharing the "Sources de Caudalie experience" with you in the near future.”
Work, Relaxation and Gastronomy at the Relais de Margaux ****L: Discover the hotel’s special offers in terms of seminars and day delegates to organize your events in a privileged atmosphere.
From 1st to 15th June 2007: 222 € per person for a residential seminar instead of 249 €!
This offer includes: • Accommodation in single room • Buffet breakfast • Lunch (wine included) • Dinner (without wine) • 2 breaks • The seminar room
From 18th to 24th June 2007: 63 € per person for a day seminar instead of 70 €!
This offer includes: • The seminar room • 2 breaks • Lunch
Located in the heart of the most well-known name of the Médoc vineyard, near Château Margaux, 30 minutes away from Bordeaux, Relais de Margaux is the right place to organize your events from a small meeting to a splendid banqueting. Its 100 rooms, 11 meeting rooms, 18-hole golf course, and its wellness and Spa centre will ensure that your events are a resounding success.
The biggest hotel in Aquitaine: By December 2007, the Quality Suites**** in Bordeaux Merignac will count 259 suites of 25 m², with air conditioning, soundproofed and fully equipped with 82 cm TV set and home video. It will display 1000 m² of meeting space for your conventions, meetings and training courses with access to the garden, all with natural light. It will also offer 12 breakout rooms, two restaurants to enjoy gastronomy and wine, and outdoor swimming pool and a fitness room. A shuttle to the airport is at guest’s disposal.
The hotel will also have a spa called “La Villa Clemenceau”, to relax in an exceptional atmosphere.
The hotel’s sales team is at your disposal to answer all your requests for meetings, individual travellers or leisure groups.
Since January 2007, motorcoach company SERA has become KEOLIS GIRONDE.
From now on, SERA clearly displays its belonging to KEOLIS, leader of passenger transportation in France, by changing its name, its logo, and its visual identity on the vehicles.
On the other hand, VS Voyages, the DMC agency of KEOLIS GIRONDE, keeps its name and identity.
Specialized in passenger motorcoach transportation, KEOLIS GIRONDE operates a fleet of 216 motorcoaches, including 35 Pullman motorcoaches.
KEOLIS GIRONDE is located close to Bordeaux - Merignac international airport, and, in the Landes region, in the cities of Mont de Marsan and Dax.
Chantal Ngu has joined the team of the Mercure Atria Cité Mondiale as an Events Organizer. She is replacing Marina Blézeau who is now Sales Manager for the Golf du Médoc Hôtel & Spa that recently opened.
Chantal Ngu was previously working as an Events Manager for the Paramount Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland.
From the 1st of July until the 31st of August 2007,
Special discounted rates at the Mercure Atria Cité Mondiale for business groups:
Day delegate rate at € 39.00 (inc. VAT), reduced from €47.00 (inc. VAT)
Single room, bed and breakfast (full buffet breakfast) at € 85.00 (inc VAT)
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• To celebrate the Rugby World Cup, the Aquitaine Museum organises an exhibition dedicated to this sport. From 5 September 2007 until 31 December 2007, 
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The Golf du Médoc is becoming more than a golf. Since May 9th it is a real resort that you can discover! Come to put your grey matter out to grass…
Its 79 spacious rooms with discreet and refined shades are equipped with the most modern equipment and with a golf corner.
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On Saturday April 21st 2007, 
An ecological approach: our natural hot-water spring supplies the vinotherapy spa and our vineyard is managed on biodynamic principles.
