Presentation of the Film Festival Palme, Saturday evening, Monaco F1 Grand Prix on Sunday, Pentecost weekend extended until Monday and very good weather: this is the winning combo for Cannes. If the flagships of the Croisette were sold out until Sunday, the occupancy rate was around 80% in the other hotels. And, this, because of a transfer of customers.
“The very good week of the film market ended on May 24. The buyers of the 7th art left, they gave way to a European leisure clientele who stayed three or four days. The four stars therefore regained a price of June-July more accessible for the last part of the week”, says Christine Welter, president of the Cannes hoteliers union, who is smiling. “Because the beginning of May, despite the bridges, was calm”.
A trend is rife everywhere: last-minute reservations which require small hoteliers to have complex logistical flexibility.
Restaurants: “average attendance overall”
As for the restaurants, the terraces were full. But not everywhere. “We see the presence of many foreign tourists, English-speaking and Asian”, indicates Alain Lahouti, president of the Cannes restaurateurs (UMIH). The terraces are full. But not everywhere. “We have good attendance in the heart of the city, Félix-Faure, the Forville market, the bottom of Suquet, the Allées de la Liberté or the De-Gaulle and Mérimée squares, but throughout the city, it is average attendance. The restaurants had their peak of activity rather last weekend.
