Appointed at the head of the direction of the three companies, the former manager of Air Liberté would only have a contract for less than a year to sell out by parts. The end of a dream.

WorldRes, the worldwide network for on-line hotel booking (18.000 affiliated hotels), did not manage to reach the objective that was scheduled for France. Fro the moment, the progression of on-line hotel booking did not explode. The result : lay-offs. The American company, which chose Sophia Antipolis in 1999 for the base of the settlement in France and South-Europe, is significantly reducing. Out of the ten people who worked on the urban research park for WorldRes, Michel Jannet, the general manager for France and South-Europe, should be the only one to stay.

The Milia 2000 is certainly going to play the stars from 10th to 14th February. A few international famous figures of the new world of information and multimedia were already announced like Jean-Marie Messier, Vivendi Universal's manager. However, that time, supreme honour, it is a Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin who will inaugurate the international market of interactive contents and who will give out the degrees to 15 winners of the New Talent Competition.The Prime Minister, for this inauguration planned on February 12th, will come together with Catherine Tasca, Minister for Arts.

No luck for the international television commercial Festival which takes place every year in Cannes at the end of June. And even less for Ulf Dahlsten who was appointed president of the jury for this commercial Festival in Cannes. A few days ago, Ulf Dahlsten, president of Icon Medialab in Sweden was dismissed by its board of directors. Thus he can't preside over the jury of Cyber Lions of Cannes (the equivalent of the 'Palme d'or'). As a consequence, the Festival has to look for a new president of the jury quickly.

The first meeting of the PMI France-Sud chapter, scheduled for February 15th at the Esinsa, has been cancelled in last minute. The reason : Jean-Charles Courbois, who was supposed to treat the theme 'How can you well manage a company acquisition' for subscribers, has had a ski accident and is now with a leg in plaster. They are thinking about a substitution date. The next PMI 'France-Sud' FORUM will actually take place at the Esinsa (1645 route des Lucioles, Sophia Antipolis) on March 15th 2001 on the PMO theme (Project management Office).

The actress and film director Jodie Foster, 'the French-speaking and bi-cultural with forget-me-not eyes ' as Gilles Jacob, president of the FIF, introduced her finally won't succeed to Luc Besson as the president of the jury for the next Cannes Festival (9th-20th May). She resigned for the presidency with 'death in the soul' because of a last-minute shooting.

Pour le B to B, ce sera aussi important que l'e-commerce, estiment certains analystes. Le P2P, avec des logiciels comme ceux de Nextpage ou de Groove, ouvre la porte au travail collaboratif.

The Davis Cup's final, ice-skating world championships, World Gas Congress, European Head of State Summit : Nice-Acropolis and the Palais des Congrès of Nice never knew such a success for the year 2000. The results proved to be the best that were never registered with a turnover of 100 million francs and economic spin-offs on the city that were evaluated at 1 billion francs. Jean Guillon, president of Nice-Acropolis took the opportunity to underline the necessity to extend congress spaces and to carry out the project to gather Nice-Acropolis and the Palais des Congrès.

On February 21st, 6.15 pm, in the Novotel premises at L'Arénas-Nice, the young Economic Chamber of Nice Côte d'Azur organizes a debate on the theme : 'Improvement of the Nice city finance ?

Du mouvement en vue pour les écrans cannois. D'abord la disparition a été annoncée d'un cinéma et de ses quatre salles. Le Star, rue d'Antibes, n'a pas pu obtenir le renouvellement de son bail. Le local devrait changer d'affectation pour devenir un magasin de prêt à porter. Dans ce secteur de la rue d'Antibes, déjà, la fermeture du cinéma des Arcades avait entrainé la disparition de sept salles. L'emplacement a été repris depuis par la FNAC. En revanche, un projet de création de multiplexe (quinze salles, 3.500 fauteuils) a été déposé en mairie par le groupe UGC.

Even Dario Dell'Antonia, the director of the Monegasque tourism doesn't realize the figures presented by the C.R.T. (Comité regional du tourisme, Regional comity of tourism) Riviera Côte d'Azur. Last year, the principality generated one third of business tourism on the French Riviera with 300.000 people out of the 900.000 ones coming on the Riviera. A total of more than 750 events (incentives, promotion trips, congresses, etc) took place in the Principality in 2000.

Louise Moreau, 81, a Member of Parliament of the 8th district, former Mandelieu-la-Napoule mayor, died yesterday in an Paris hospital, following a long illness. This death represents the end of thirty years of regional history, as Louise Moreau has been continuously elected since 1971 (the Mandelieu mayor since 1971 to 1995 and Member of the Parliament since 1978).

WorldRes, le réseau mondial de réservations hôtelières en ligne sur Internet (18.000 hôtels affiliés), n'a pas réussi à atteindre en France les objectifs qu'il s'était fixé. La progression des réservations hôtelières en ligne n'a pas pour l'instant explosé. Conséquence : on coupe. La société américaine, qui avait choisi Sophia Antipolis en 1999 comme base pour son implantation en France et en Europe du Sud, réduit la voilure très nettement.

Nommé à la tête du directoire des trois compagnies, l'ancien président d'Air Liberté, ne disposerait que d'un mandat de moins d'un an pour une 'revente par appartements'. Fin d'un rêve.

France Télécom will have to take off its slogan 'Bienvenue dans la vie.com'. That was the decision of the Paris County Court which have been referred to by a complaint laid by a company from Paris 'la vie com'. As it is reported by the on-line newspaper Transfertin the article /www.transfert.net/fr/net_economie/article.cfm?idx_rub=86&idx_art=3999"> 'France Télécom perd la vie.com', the so named company thought its brand had been used illegally.

He is the man who, among others, boosted the air transport on Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Launching EasyJet, Stelios Haji-loannou had created a European concept of 'low cost' company on an air platform which was considered as a 'high added value' by companies. This very young Greek business man (33 years old) knew a great success. However, he diversified.

Le lancement de la nouvelle Opel Corsa à Cannes en septembre dernier a reçu le grand prix britannique du meilleur événement à l'étranger. Cannes fut en effet le théâtre d'une grande opération de lancement automobile à laquelle plus de 12.000 participants ont participé au sein du Palais des Festivals et de l’Espace Riviera. C'est cet événement, organisé par la Société Maritz, en collaboration avec l’Agence LSO International et la société HP:ICM, qui a été largement récompensé la semaine dernière par l’Association des Professionnels Anglais du Tourisme d’Affaires.L'I.T.M.A.

' Demain, de plus en plus de choses seront disponibles sur Internet, mais si personne n'est là pour vous les livrer, tout cela risque de rester virtuel' : c'est le nouveau message que veut faire passer La Poste notamment dans ses prochains spots publicitaires diffusés à partir du 23 février sur le petit écran.

Is the Festival de Cannes going to be the Canal + show ? For ten years, the channel which likes cinema has been the partner of the most famous film festival in the world. The partnership will go on for three years and becomes wider. Canal + provided the production of opening and closure ceremonies. The channel was strongly represented especially with the 'Nulle part ailleurs' program and the Guignols live from the Martinez beach. Last year, Canal + also created an event by launching around sixty web-cameramen covering the manifestation.

La première réunion du chapitre PMI France-Sud, prévue le 15 février à l'ESINSA, a été annulée en dernière minute. Raison : Jean-Charles Courbois, qui devait traiter pour les adhérents le thème 'Comment bien gérer une acquisition d'entreprise' a eu un accident de ski et se retrouve avec une jambe dans le plâtre. Une date de remplacement sera recherchée. Pas de changement en ce qui concerne le prochain FORUM PMI 'France-Sud' prévu à l'ESINSA (1645 route des Lucioles, Sophia Antipolis) le 15 mars prochain sur le sujet du PMO (Project Management Office).