Deauville: A must-visit destination for international events and business tourism

Cre­ated in the 19^th cen­tury by the Duke of Morny, Deau­ville has retained all of its eleg­ance. This vil­lage of 4,000 inhab­it­ants has man­aged to find the right bal­ance between pro­tect­ing its her­it­age and devel­op­ment. It is this splendor and pre­served cachet that have made Deau­ville an inter­na­tion­ally renowned des­tin­a­tion, acclaimed through­out the world. Every year, Deau­ville hosts pro­fes­sion­al and pub­lic events that con­trib­ute to its repu­ta­tion. Let’s redis­cov­er the major events organ­ized at the Deau­ville Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, the largest infra­struc­ture in the city of Deau­ville, designed to host events of nation­al and inter­na­tion­al scope.

Major professional events organized at the CID Deauville

When it comes to busi­ness tour­ism, the city offers itself entirely to those who come here for an event. Its infra­struc­tures make it a lead­ing des­tin­a­tion in France, the only city in Nor­mandy that can accom­mod­ate, cater to and accom­mod­ate the work of large groups thanks to a har­mony of hotel products from 5* lux­ury to 2*, casi­nos, and recep­tion areas, all con­cen­trated on only 4Km². The C.I.D. con­ven­tion cen­ter is at the heart of the strategy for host­ing large-scale events: its 18,000m² clev­erly carved out between the casino and the boards, over­look­ing the sea, allow the city to win major con­tracts, such as inter­na­tion­al sum­mit meet­ings. The des­tin­a­tion Deau­ville seduces inter­na­tion­al lead­ers who stay there dur­ing polit­ic­al summits.

World polit­ic­al meet­ings at the C.I.D.

- 2003: Fin­ance Min­is­ters’ Meeting

Canada, France, Ger­many, Italy, Japan, Rus­sia, the United King­dom and the United States met in Deau­ville in 2003, dur­ing the French pres­id­ency of the G7/G8, two weeks before the Evi­an sum­mit of heads of state and government.

- 2008: The G27 Defence Ministers

The 27 European Min­is­ters of Defense met to dis­cuss the sub­ject of strength­en­ing mil­it­ary capabilities.

- 2008: Meet­ing of the inter­na­tion­al dir­ect­ors of NATO

- 2010: G3 Summit

This meet­ing on secur­ity bring­ing togeth­er Nic­olas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Dimitri Med­ve­dev aimed to strengthen EU-Rus­sia rela­tions. Dur­ing the sum­mit, an import­ant decision will be taken, that of integ­rat­ing Rus­sia into the next sum­mit of the Atlantic Alli­ance in Lis­bon. The heads of state will indic­ate at the clos­ing con­fer­ence that they loved their stay in Deauville.

- 2011: G8 Sum­mit on May 26 and 27

Pres­id­ent Nic­olas Sarkozy wel­comed the heads of state of the most indus­tri­al­ized nations for the annu­al G8 meet­ing. The choice of Deau­ville as a des­tin­a­tion was based on its undeni­able assets: excep­tion­al infra­struc­tures, sol­id expert­ise in host­ing inter­na­tion­al events, and a pro­act­ive tour­ism policy that favors hos­pit­al­ity, encoun­ters and cul­ture in a pre­served setting.