Tourism and cultural
information in France

Editorial

14/09/09

Tourism for Singles or when Charles replied to Emma

[...] all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact,

that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.

Pascal

With mass tourism, all the Woody Allens and Bridget Jones of the world were faced with a great dilemma. Agonising questions: who am I when I am elsewhere (speculative introspection about the true hidden self) and how do others see me (as a single person in a two-piece or a one-piece)? With their shrinks, text messages and forums, these disorientated Woodys and Bridgets are distracted (in the Pascalian sense of the term) by a hotel and tourism industry, which, at the start of the 21st century, speaks to them in the same way as Charles spoke to Emma (Bovary)[1]. A quick overview of this business dialogue (which falls on deaf ears)… [ Read more ]

By : Francois Lame

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25/05/09

Editorial/our birth announcement

“But, it is on the space where there is nothing
that the utility of the wheel depends.”
Lao-Tseu

As a stakeholder in French tourism, you have probably already noticed the fact : there is a void in the landscape of French tourism.

A huge void with regard to the visibility and usability of tourist information for large cultural, sporting and entertainment events which enable you to make yourself known in your town, in your region and, even, beyond national borders.

A concert, an exhibition, a show, a new cultural practice, a sports meeting near your hotel structure, your agency, your offices… this is all information of prime importance – sometimes liable to change rapidly – which may be combined with your own.

Naturally, most of the time, this information already exists. [ Read more ]

By : Francois Lame

         
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