Bordeaux Events And More

Providing high-quality, sustainable hosting of major professional events with a positive impact on the region 

Bordeaux Bienvenue is the result of a programme set up by the Bordeaux Métropole Tourist and Convention Office to provide a structure for high-quality, sustainable hosting for major professional events with a positive impact on the region. The scheme focuses on high-quality, sustainable hosting to ensure that your events run smoothly, optimise your participants' experience and build bridges with local stakeholders. 

Congresses and trade exhibitions are supported by local institutions, which can offer, subject to availability and meeting certain criteria: 

• Free public transport 
• Flag display 
• Hotel charter  
• VIP reception at the City Hall for up to 300 people, hosted by the Mayor or one of his representatives 
• Information brochures, maps, etc. 
• Welcome points at the train station and airport 
• Information stand in the exhibition area of the congress centre 
• Royalty-free media library: Bordeaux Tourisme et Congrès media library  

The Bordeaux Métropole Tourist & Convention Office is responsible for promoting and developing tourism and events in the region. Its missions are structured around three key areas: 

• Leisure tourism 
• Local tourism 
• Business tourism & professional events 

Alongside Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux Tourisme implements a destination strategy aligned with the metropolitan roadmap adopted in March 2022: "Building, together, a recognized destination for responsible tourism." The office operates within a dynamic ecosystem of partnerships and collaborations, enabling it to fulfill its various missions. 

OTCBM in numbers 

The Bordeaux Métropole Tourist & Convention Office is a dedicated team of 63 permanent employees, working on: 

• Welcoming and informing visitors and local residents 
• Promoting and communicating the destination to leisure travelers and event organizers 
• Selling tourism services and related products 
• Organizing events, including Bordeaux Fête le Vin 

At the local level: 

• Training and research 
• Coordinating and developing the member network 
• Supporting professionals in their transition toward responsible tourism 

For over 20 years, Abaques has been supporting businesses in carrying out their entire audiovisual projects.

The company is based in Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Paris, and deploys its expertise and skills throughout France. Our expertise is divided into three main areas: 

• Audiovisual equipment integration and unified communication 
• Event and digital technical solutions 
• Audiovisual and multimedia content production 

Alive, based in Bordeaux, Gironde, is a specialist in professional event audiovisual services, including sound systems, lighting, and giant LED screens for shows, concerts, or corporate events. The team, made up of specialists (sound engineers, lighting technicians, show technicians...), works on all types of events with high-tech equipment to ensure high-quality services! 

Expert and Specialist serving the event industries! Audiovisual technical solutions for Fashion, Luxury, Live, Events, Exhibitions, and TV industries! 

With 50 years of experience, NOVELTY offers video, sound, lighting, structure, electrical distribution, and technical space management solutions. 

Custom support for your events. 

Terres & Cie offers support throughout the organisation of your event. It produces custom programmes for seminars, teambuilding events, reward trips, incentives, executive committees, general meetings, conventions, congresses and symposia. 

5 services available: 

• communication (web, digital, events app) 
• online platform (registrations, BtoB appts, abstract submissions) 
• accommodation management (hotel sourcing, negotiation, reservation management) 
• exhibitions - partnership (marketing, sponsors folder, technical guide) 
• programme of visits 

A historic gourmet grocery shop.  

A grocery shop that tells the story of Bordeaux from the Enlightenment to now, through the history of brands that were born on the banks of the Garonne, inspired by the produce of the port and the riches of the hinterland. 

Here, you are invited on a journey through time, from 1755 ,when Marie Brizard's famous anisette was created, to present day, with Moon Harbour whisky from Bordeaux! 

Echoppe de la Lune is the grocery shop for Bordeaux specialities: from chocolates to canelés, beers to caviar, Crème Jock to Bouchons de Bordeaux,  

you'll find everything you need to treat yourself and your loved ones with gifts from Bordeaux. 

No time to head to Bordeaux city centre to buy a few gourmet souvenirs? Echoppe de la Lune offers a mobile boutique that can be set up at your event. Between two talks or during the lunch break, your participants can do their shopping on site and enjoy advice and anecdotes about "made in Bordeaux” products. 

A turnkey accommodation management solution.  

Group Corner has developed a turnkey accommodation and reservation management solution for organisers of congresses, sporting events and conventions. 

Group Corner Congress can help you find the right accommodation options for your needs. It's a complete digital solution for organisers and participants, from sourcing to payment. 

• Customised website for your major events 
• Registrations 
• Accommodation booked by participants 
• Payment and invoice management 
• Statistics & performance 

Offer an unforgettable cruise on the Garonne, with breathtaking views over the city of Bordeaux! 

Our floating restaurant, the Sicambre, will take you to the heart of Bordeaux’s Left Bank for lunch and dinner cruises, featuring regional cuisine prepared on board by the Chef and his team.  

Discover the city and its UNESCO World Heritage-listed architecture, the iconic bridges of Bordeaux and the port areas as you travel downstream and savour our delicious menu. 

Our cruises on the Garonne provide the perfect backdrop for unforgettable moments. We can accommodate up to 250 people for full or partial privatisation of our boats. 

You can choose between lunch, dinner or a cocktail reception. 

And keep the party going until 2am with a DJ and dancing. 

Offer a custom experience based around wine and our cultural heritage! 

We are specialists in incentives and teambuilding, with a range of fun wine-related activities featuring cultural and sporting challenges! 

Les Ateliers de Bacchus offer turnkey or custom wine workshops to create unforgettable days out, take your cocktail receptions to the next level and delight your taste buds. 

Whether at your event venue or outdoors, discover a catalogue of fun, premium activities to enhance the well-being and internal cohesion of your teams. 

Wine workshops and games, scavenger hunt, wine olympics, wine casino, table entertainment and more...  

In the heart of a Bordeaux vineyard, discover an oasis of wine tourism! 

Château Lafitte can host your events in its modular spaces in the heart of the vineyard, just 10 minutes from Bordeaux, in the commune of Yvrac on the right bank alongside the ring road. 

The 5,000 m² site of Château Lafitte is the largest historical events centre in a vineyard, close to Bordeaux-Centre and Bordeaux Lac. It also offers high-speed wifi access and  can accommodate up to 1,325 people in two adjoining stone rooms with uninterrupted views of the separate barrel cellars. 

The large 800 m² barrel cellar has been converted, making it possible to increase the cellar's capacity, adjust the space as required and adapt to unpredictable weather conditions. 

• Sit-down dinner: 1,200 people 
• Cocktail reception: up to 2,000 people 

Immerse your participants in the world of Maison Hennessy! 

Maison Hennessy is the world's leading cognac house and flagship of the LMVH group. It offers a wide range of tours and multisensory experiences to immerse visitors in its universe.  

The Immersive Introductory Tour is a fun way to discover Hennessy’s history and the expertise it has handed down through eight generations, via an itinerary combining tradition and modernity, featuring unique, exclusive locations that inspire creativity. 

On the agenda: 

• Cross the Charente on board our solar-powered boat. Discover the city and the role of the river in the history of cognac. 
• Visit the Chai des Pavillons: Learn about the history and expertise of Maison Hennessy. 
• "Mobilis", a unique immersive virtual reality experience  
• Visit the Chai de la Faïencerie: a traditional ageing cellar in operation, where you can discover the phenomenon known as the "angels' share" and the essential role of the oak barrels in which the Maison's spirits are aged. 
• Guided tasting of two cognacs (one in a cocktail) 
• Explore the Hennessy boutique. The only shop in the world with the full range of Hennessy cognacs. 

 This activity is ideal for uniting and inspiring your teams!