For its 6th edition, it is out with Soldes by Paris and in with Shopping by Paris! Christmas shopping
sets the tone for this event which takes off on 1 December 2011 and extends beyond the Sales to
the end of February. Visitors and Parisians will have more than two months to take advantage of
reductions and special offers put together by Paris tourism professionals led by
the Paris
Convention and Visitors Bureau
. Visitors will therefore be able to treat themselves to the best of
the French capital and find many bargains, which is always satisfying!
More than 174 partner hotels, a network of Bed & Breakfasts and furnished rentals have made
real efforts to offer reductions of up to 60%. The mythical Flo brasseries are offering a 10%
reduction on meals plus a complimentary aperitif. Cruise companies on the Seine and Parisian
canals are also playing their part whilst the famous Paris Lido cabaret is offering a reduction of
20% on certain shows.
Other partners are packaging Paris differently: gourmet walks with ‘Meeting The French’, unusual
Paris with ‘Paris par Rues Méconnues’ or
1 Paris 2 Rêve, en deudeuch with ‘4 Roues Sous Un
Parapluie’ and ‘Paris Authentic’, behind-the-scenes visits of the most famous monuments with
‘Cultival’, and table d’hôtes dinners with ‘Voulez-Vous Dîner ?’. Plus, a number of personal
shoppers will help visitors to discover their style and have trimmed their prices. On the cultural
scene, the Paris Museum Pass – a passport to more than 60 tourist sites and museums in Paris
and the Paris region – is offering a reduction of €8 on the purchase of two tickets, from 11 to 18
January 2012.
All the pleasures of shopping can be found on http://www.shoppingbyparis.com/en/, the Bureau’s
bilingual French-English website entirely devoted to shopping. It presents a huge panorama: good
deals from Parisian professionals, trendy districts and shops for shopping à la carte, cultural or
gourmet Parisian breaks, etc. Not forgetting, the 6 handmade shopping itineraries (2012 version
already online): Select, Trendy, Creative, Bobo Chic, Ethic Ethnic and Savvy, available from January,
in the Paris
Shopping Book, browsable online and available to download on shoppingbyparis.com,
and free at the Bureau’s information centres. On presentation of this guide, 5 boutiques from the
Espace Créateurs at the Forum des Halles will offer discounts of 20% along with personalized
coaching sessions, from 9 to 15 January 2012,.
Organized by the
Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau, supported by the Paris City Council, the CCIPParis
and Atout France, Shopping by Paris seeks to increase the attractiveness of Paris, Shopping and
Fashion Capital, to French and international visitors at a more off-peak time of year for tourists.
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