Dear all,
I am pleased to announced our new 0800 number
0800 084 21 73
This number will connect you directly to Shelley or one of her team at the reception and will be able to get any of us a direct message within minutes during office hours.
All our mobile numbers remain the same and mine is still 07831 782 200.
With all good wishes
I remain your humble servant,
Jean-Francois.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Tom - Big Air
With regards to repatriation, I will put you in touch with someone who is involved in such,
With regards to the wine tasting, I do have some pretty exclusive tasting here and abroad, whether in the air, on a boat or on land, anywhere.
For the Bordeaux-Rotary trip, I will wait for your quote before proposing anything
Finally for the various packages on offer, I will forward to you any high profile event packages that we get through the group.
The Group includes in association : Ladies on Tour, Simply Elegant, Deborah Dwek Weddings, Exclusive France Holidays, MEB Music Management, Snap-Drape Europe, DRM-Destination & Resources Management (Based in Geneva), Savvy Club, Mayobee, Carte Blanche Plus, Bulgarian Doorsteps, Venue Find, Web Systems, Clarity Event Insurance, and we are further associated to Gullivers Travel Associates, Sigma AV, Nomadic Display, Abela Secretarial Services, BMS International (Based in Berlin), to name a few.
We organise events for various companies, societies, charities and associations from all way of life, from gay businesses to royalty throughout Europe, although through DRM, we have also an office in Montreal and have personal contact in New York, L.A. and Washington D.C.
Most events are based on Art, Food, Drink and most importantly on networking. The social element is very much predominant and am personally thriving in such environment, presenting people that I know will either make business or become friendly.
As said, I welcome a exchange of links between our two organisations.
I look forward to seeing you again soon
Best wishes,
Jean-François.
With regards to the wine tasting, I do have some pretty exclusive tasting here and abroad, whether in the air, on a boat or on land, anywhere.
For the Bordeaux-Rotary trip, I will wait for your quote before proposing anything
Finally for the various packages on offer, I will forward to you any high profile event packages that we get through the group.
The Group includes in association : Ladies on Tour, Simply Elegant, Deborah Dwek Weddings, Exclusive France Holidays, MEB Music Management, Snap-Drape Europe, DRM-Destination & Resources Management (Based in Geneva), Savvy Club, Mayobee, Carte Blanche Plus, Bulgarian Doorsteps, Venue Find, Web Systems, Clarity Event Insurance, and we are further associated to Gullivers Travel Associates, Sigma AV, Nomadic Display, Abela Secretarial Services, BMS International (Based in Berlin), to name a few.
We organise events for various companies, societies, charities and associations from all way of life, from gay businesses to royalty throughout Europe, although through DRM, we have also an office in Montreal and have personal contact in New York, L.A. and Washington D.C.
Most events are based on Art, Food, Drink and most importantly on networking. The social element is very much predominant and am personally thriving in such environment, presenting people that I know will either make business or become friendly.
As said, I welcome a exchange of links between our two organisations.
I look forward to seeing you again soon
Best wishes,
Jean-François.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Whirlwind
Isn't life such a whirlwind? I so enjoy it! not enough time to update you all on what I am doing but busy organising various events for Circa (www.circa-club.com) and the Savvy Club (www.savvyclub.co.uk) This off course on top of the events for the Rotary, Anglo-Belgian Organisations, various galleries, clubs, charities and embassies. I thought that the Cercle Francois stepped up with the wonderful presentation by Lalique last month and we had this great tasting of chocolates by Galler this month. In June, David will talk about the Cote d'Azur which is appropriate as I will be leaving for the area just after the talk!
Forgotten! We went to Helsinki for the Eurovision! Last year we went as accredited journalist for a website in Greece that is now redundant but I was there as a translator, this was fun. This year we went by our own steam and Helsinki is a lovely city, albeit a bit small. Eurovision itself is becoming quite expensive with tickets costing €250 each for the final and we went to a few rehearsal and semi final too. Eurovision is a great way to get to know people from all over the world in a very short space of time. Yes there are quite a few nerds too but never dangerous, just funny. In our hotel, we were in the room next to Virka (the Ukrainian song) and breakfast was fun to watch both teams from Russia and Ukraine ignoring each other blatantly.
Must dash now I am going to Glyndebourne!
Forgotten! We went to Helsinki for the Eurovision! Last year we went as accredited journalist for a website in Greece that is now redundant but I was there as a translator, this was fun. This year we went by our own steam and Helsinki is a lovely city, albeit a bit small. Eurovision itself is becoming quite expensive with tickets costing €250 each for the final and we went to a few rehearsal and semi final too. Eurovision is a great way to get to know people from all over the world in a very short space of time. Yes there are quite a few nerds too but never dangerous, just funny. In our hotel, we were in the room next to Virka (the Ukrainian song) and breakfast was fun to watch both teams from Russia and Ukraine ignoring each other blatantly.
Must dash now I am going to Glyndebourne!
Monday, March 19, 2007
New venue in Brussels
By private appointment only, very exclusive and very central, for exclusive event or photoshoot. Price by application.
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Friday, March 16, 2007
March 2007
Must be mad, I don't seem to have a moment to myself or my friends! I have to organised more parties! Sorry I am not updating this as much as I should! Life is really hectic, but hey, I enjoy it! Join me, call me (07831 782 200) , email me (events@jeanfrancoisdor.com) Look forward to hearing from you. JF.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Peace on Earth and Enjoy Life!
Since last posting a lot happened, I went to Switzerland where afterwards I realised that I got shingles, the most awful and tiresome of sickness, still curing now the aftermath of this, treating the nerves that were badly affected, increasing the doses, slowly. However you know me, life is too short and you want to enjoy it. I have a whole lot on Switzerland to tell you and to show you but this might have to wait, I have an evening extravaganza at Lalique on Tuesday and more parties to come.
Do keep in touch and I look forward to seeing you on either side of Christmas. Best wishes to all,
JF.
07831 782 200
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Le Touquet
Le Touquet Paris-Plage Familiarisation Trip 6-8 September 2006
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It all started in a cocktail party by the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce when John Pinniger from PrimeWord International and I discussed the idea of a familiarisation trip to Le Touquet. We stopped on the dates in our busy diaries of 6-8th September.
This was very much a VIP trip: John and Aurelie took us in charge at Shoreham Airport on Wednesday 6. This was a very effortless check in with the custom officer coming to greet us as we were having a glass of chardonnay on the ground where our plane was waiting only 10 meters away, we did not realised that the pilot who came and welcomed us had already placed the luggage on board. 30 minutes later we were greeted at Le Touquet Airport by the director himself, Jean-Jacques and the Director of Tourism Pascal Maillet-Contoz, they both were excellent hosts throughout our stay. To paraphrase the Relais and Chateaux 5 C’s Courtesy, Charm, Character, Calm and Cuisine were at the 'rendezvous'.
The Westminster Hotel were we stayed has the 1930’s style that is permeated throughout Le Touquet. Le Touquet was very much created then by an English group as a Leisure Resort and this is very much, what this is to this date. The town now own most of the facilities that the previous owner (Groupe Lucien Barriere) has sold them.
At the head of all this leisure to include, racing, yachting, archery, tennis and a very full agenda of activities every weekend throughout the year is Pascal Maillet-Contoz, director of tourism, sports and culture. http://www.letouquet.com/
After a quick drop in of our luggage, we visited the Museum, once a residence of the American Ambassador in the 1930’s were there a few very good modern pictures to include Vasarely and some local painters and various temporary exhibitions.
Dinner at the Hotel was the start of culinary experience that were carried in every hotels that we visited, they were all creative, innovative and our taste buds were further charmed by the choice of wines, obviously no expenses spared in greeting us.
On Thursday, we visited the Palais de L’Europe that surprisingly can take up to 1200 people for conferences. In term of numbers, Pascal tells me that up to 50,000 attend the fireworks at the end of June; they must come from everywhere to include Paris that is 2 hours by train. With about 1200 hotel bedrooms, you realise that the many villas in town must be quite busy at the weekends. The Town Hall employs 600 people out of which Pascal employs 120. There is a serene atmosphere all over town and yet there are many activities.
We visited the Bristol Hotel and the Pol Hotel (a boutique hotel) located near the market bustling with food, drinks, and trinkets and went for lunch at the Holiday Inn Resort that is more in touch with Intercontinental service than Holiday Inn, perhaps a renaming is in progress. The Deputy Mayor and the hotel sales team joined us for lunch.
After lunch was our initiation to sand yachting, boy that was fun! I really enjoyed it as you can see from the many pictures contained in the album.
Dinner was at Mercure Grand Hotel that is undergoing a major refurbishment and if it all carries on as the restaurant was just finished it will then be a cross between Sanderson Hotel and Embargo Club in London… very trendy.
The evening after was spend visiting other venues such as Champagne Bars, other venues, discotheque and Casinos showing that there is more activities after dark.
On Friday we were treated to a fantastic tour of the area by helicopter and we learned afterwards that the same helicopter was used to take photographs of the ‘France vue du Ciel’ apparently a beautiful book. I have to see that on Amazon! Followed by lunch at the Manoir Hotel that is surrounded by Golf Courses.
I shall be back!
Do ask me if you require further information, best wishes, Jean-François.
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It all started in a cocktail party by the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce when John Pinniger from PrimeWord International and I discussed the idea of a familiarisation trip to Le Touquet. We stopped on the dates in our busy diaries of 6-8th September.
This was very much a VIP trip: John and Aurelie took us in charge at Shoreham Airport on Wednesday 6. This was a very effortless check in with the custom officer coming to greet us as we were having a glass of chardonnay on the ground where our plane was waiting only 10 meters away, we did not realised that the pilot who came and welcomed us had already placed the luggage on board. 30 minutes later we were greeted at Le Touquet Airport by the director himself, Jean-Jacques and the Director of Tourism Pascal Maillet-Contoz, they both were excellent hosts throughout our stay. To paraphrase the Relais and Chateaux 5 C’s Courtesy, Charm, Character, Calm and Cuisine were at the 'rendezvous'.
The Westminster Hotel were we stayed has the 1930’s style that is permeated throughout Le Touquet. Le Touquet was very much created then by an English group as a Leisure Resort and this is very much, what this is to this date. The town now own most of the facilities that the previous owner (Groupe Lucien Barriere) has sold them.
At the head of all this leisure to include, racing, yachting, archery, tennis and a very full agenda of activities every weekend throughout the year is Pascal Maillet-Contoz, director of tourism, sports and culture. http://www.letouquet.com/
After a quick drop in of our luggage, we visited the Museum, once a residence of the American Ambassador in the 1930’s were there a few very good modern pictures to include Vasarely and some local painters and various temporary exhibitions.
Dinner at the Hotel was the start of culinary experience that were carried in every hotels that we visited, they were all creative, innovative and our taste buds were further charmed by the choice of wines, obviously no expenses spared in greeting us.
On Thursday, we visited the Palais de L’Europe that surprisingly can take up to 1200 people for conferences. In term of numbers, Pascal tells me that up to 50,000 attend the fireworks at the end of June; they must come from everywhere to include Paris that is 2 hours by train. With about 1200 hotel bedrooms, you realise that the many villas in town must be quite busy at the weekends. The Town Hall employs 600 people out of which Pascal employs 120. There is a serene atmosphere all over town and yet there are many activities.
We visited the Bristol Hotel and the Pol Hotel (a boutique hotel) located near the market bustling with food, drinks, and trinkets and went for lunch at the Holiday Inn Resort that is more in touch with Intercontinental service than Holiday Inn, perhaps a renaming is in progress. The Deputy Mayor and the hotel sales team joined us for lunch.
After lunch was our initiation to sand yachting, boy that was fun! I really enjoyed it as you can see from the many pictures contained in the album.
Dinner was at Mercure Grand Hotel that is undergoing a major refurbishment and if it all carries on as the restaurant was just finished it will then be a cross between Sanderson Hotel and Embargo Club in London… very trendy.
The evening after was spend visiting other venues such as Champagne Bars, other venues, discotheque and Casinos showing that there is more activities after dark.
On Friday we were treated to a fantastic tour of the area by helicopter and we learned afterwards that the same helicopter was used to take photographs of the ‘France vue du Ciel’ apparently a beautiful book. I have to see that on Amazon! Followed by lunch at the Manoir Hotel that is surrounded by Golf Courses.
I shall be back!
Do ask me if you require further information, best wishes, Jean-François.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
August 2006 and beyond
August 2006 and beyond
August is for catching up, changing and adding things to the website see the new travelling arrangement! ( Train, plane, boat, helicopter and limousines) Site visits for events coming up and the organising time.
If buyers are interested, please contact me about a familiarisation trip to Le Touquet in September and to Strasbourg in December.
In September:
I am looking forward to a night of revelry at Cliveden http://www.clivedenhouse.co.uk/ a luncheon at the House of Lords, a familiarisation trip to Switzerland, a reception at the Guildhall, several visit to Clarence House, many good speakers at the Rotary Club of London and to more reception at the IOD
In October:
I look forward to ACE 35th Anniversary, a visit by Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium in the Club, a house party in Brussels for the Rotary and the annual dinner for the Anglo-Belgian Society
In November:
The World Travel Market with its many parties, the Torch Kindling ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the Lord Mayor Show, my International Service Dinner, the Golden Bridge Awards, Thanksgiving in Brussels, Stanley Leverton Day and a concert in St Michael’s Chester Square.
August is for catching up, changing and adding things to the website see the new travelling arrangement! ( Train, plane, boat, helicopter and limousines) Site visits for events coming up and the organising time.
If buyers are interested, please contact me about a familiarisation trip to Le Touquet in September and to Strasbourg in December.
In September:
I am looking forward to a night of revelry at Cliveden http://www.clivedenhouse.co.uk/ a luncheon at the House of Lords, a familiarisation trip to Switzerland, a reception at the Guildhall, several visit to Clarence House, many good speakers at the Rotary Club of London and to more reception at the IOD
In October:
I look forward to ACE 35th Anniversary, a visit by Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium in the Club, a house party in Brussels for the Rotary and the annual dinner for the Anglo-Belgian Society
In November:
The World Travel Market with its many parties, the Torch Kindling ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the Lord Mayor Show, my International Service Dinner, the Golden Bridge Awards, Thanksgiving in Brussels, Stanley Leverton Day and a concert in St Michael’s Chester Square.
July 2006
July 2006
After the Mas de Pierre where my parents joined us for a fantastic lunch we joined them in their house near Draguignan at Trans en Provence. With the exception of going to see my friends at the Bastide de Moustiers (www.bastide-moustiers.com) for an outstanding lunch and a site vite to an absolutely wonderful golf course at the Domaine de St Endreol, (www.st-endreol.com ) the month whiled away pretty fast. I am sorry that I didn’t manage to get to Juan Les Pins at the end for the Jazz Festival , I hear that BB King was outstanding.
I came back to London for the 16th July for the Cenotaph Ceremony. Belgium is the only country in the world who has this privilege and I am proud to be able to perpetuate this tradition dating from the friendship of Kings George V and Albert I. We will remember.
On the hottest day of the year, ever apparently, we held a reception at Marlborough House, house of the Commonwealth Secretariat that was preceded by a visit of the house and gardens.
Another trip to Wales to celebrate a 40th birthday and as I came back though this was just too hot to do anything but catching up on many project
After the Mas de Pierre where my parents joined us for a fantastic lunch we joined them in their house near Draguignan at Trans en Provence. With the exception of going to see my friends at the Bastide de Moustiers (www.bastide-moustiers.com) for an outstanding lunch and a site vite to an absolutely wonderful golf course at the Domaine de St Endreol, (www.st-endreol.com ) the month whiled away pretty fast. I am sorry that I didn’t manage to get to Juan Les Pins at the end for the Jazz Festival , I hear that BB King was outstanding.
I came back to London for the 16th July for the Cenotaph Ceremony. Belgium is the only country in the world who has this privilege and I am proud to be able to perpetuate this tradition dating from the friendship of Kings George V and Albert I. We will remember.
On the hottest day of the year, ever apparently, we held a reception at Marlborough House, house of the Commonwealth Secretariat that was preceded by a visit of the house and gardens.
Another trip to Wales to celebrate a 40th birthday and as I came back though this was just too hot to do anything but catching up on many project
Le Mas de Pierre
Le Mas de Pierre
At long last we arrived late on Friday in Nice airport where we were awaited and drove the twenty minutes to this oasis of calm. Warm welcome was given before being shown to our room. Le Mas de Pierre is everything a private house, a grand house, should be. You instantly feel at home. Seminar rooms are spacious and equipped with the latest equipement that is cleverly hidden away, this is a Relais & Chateau after all. As Winston Churchill said, “I am easily satisfied with the very best”. http://www.lemasdepierre.com/
enough said look at these pictures:
Le Mas de Pierre, one picture is from the Colombe d'Or, did I tell you that it was in St Paul de Vence?
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