France Meeting & Event Planning City Guide

Paris meeting and event planning personnel never lack for event choices, with 15 major conference centers, 163 museums and 300 metro stations for easy access.

Avignon on the Rhone, with its medieval walls, has been called the City of Popes; meeting and event planning includes the Palace of the Popes and other historical sites.

The second-busiest convention city in France, Lyon offers cobblestone streets and Renaissance architecture coupled with some of the best cuisine in the country, bordered by wine country.

Fashionable and affluent, meeting and event planning in Paris' largely residential 16me Arrondissement (16th District) accounts for some of the most magical venues in the City of Lights and best views of the Eiffel Tower.

Meeting and event planning in Paris’ 1er arrondissement offers the best of the city, including the Louvre, Place Vendome and the legendary les Halles market.

From the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde, the 8me Arrondissement boasts some of Paris' greatest venues for meetings and event planning.

When planning meetings and events in the 9me Arrondissement, begin with Le Palais Garnier. Frequently referred to simply as "l'Opera" or "l'Opera Garnier”-it has all the grandeur and opulence of a latter-day Versailles.