The OFFICIAL Monaco and French Riviera Thread.
#931
09-10-2014, 03:24 AM
Cannes
The Arabs
The stories goes on and on about their anti-social manner, how they brake the rules time after time, about alcohol, prostitutes etc..... Some stories will follow...
And people are not impressed with their behavior... or presence..... take a look for yourself:
The Protagonist: I have no respect for these clowns, they spend billions on footballers, horses, and exotic cars, but treat their labor force like slaves. The facilities they have aren't fit for animals let alone humans.
poopypoo123: We should have annexed the oil fields 100 years ago. A couple of hundred years from now the Middle East will be back being a desert.
tradingsorrows: Maybe they need fewer toys and more time helping their people.
John: Wait until their oil runs out, they'll be back in the stone age like the rest of the middle east.
TC: I await the day we stop our dependency on oil and stop making these disgusting people rich.
AmyS: They flee the Middle East so they can do all their sinning without losing a hand or their eye balls.
Myview: When in the Europe abide by the laws otherwise clear off one run for all not dispensation because they got full wallets end of.
Stu: Classless idiots.
eyesontheworld: all that money...........and a little winkie!!!!
Fed_up_Dismayed: Middle Eastern boy with small appendages.
Hamhead: @scotwood. Maybe they are or maybe they know these people showing off their flash cars are the kids of oppressors, kids who's family's keep all the oil revenue for themselves while their people live in poverty. It's the sort of thing saddam hussains kids would do.
anon: It only goes to show that having all that money still cannot buy class.
Bobby: They are here having fun while their country's are in ruins.
Jay: Does any of the wealth created form that natural resource get spread around the lower classes in those countries.
gazzakickboxer: Amazing they can't do this at home because of religion, but can goto what ever country they want and have no tax, insurance or anything else but because they spend loads of money people look the other way.
Luke: They support ISIS and for that we should blow their car up!
milano: and there was ISIS..bunch of fools!
Dltvstyle: Why aren't they at home fighting ISIS?
Von.k: the same muslims that are funding isis?? they have no shame.
Source: Daily Mail
The Arabs
The stories goes on and on about their anti-social manner, how they brake the rules time after time, about alcohol, prostitutes etc..... Some stories will follow...
And people are not impressed with their behavior... or presence..... take a look for yourself:
The Protagonist: I have no respect for these clowns, they spend billions on footballers, horses, and exotic cars, but treat their labor force like slaves. The facilities they have aren't fit for animals let alone humans.
poopypoo123: We should have annexed the oil fields 100 years ago. A couple of hundred years from now the Middle East will be back being a desert.
tradingsorrows: Maybe they need fewer toys and more time helping their people.
John: Wait until their oil runs out, they'll be back in the stone age like the rest of the middle east.
TC: I await the day we stop our dependency on oil and stop making these disgusting people rich.
AmyS: They flee the Middle East so they can do all their sinning without losing a hand or their eye balls.
Myview: When in the Europe abide by the laws otherwise clear off one run for all not dispensation because they got full wallets end of.
Stu: Classless idiots.
eyesontheworld: all that money...........and a little winkie!!!!
Fed_up_Dismayed: Middle Eastern boy with small appendages.
Hamhead: @scotwood. Maybe they are or maybe they know these people showing off their flash cars are the kids of oppressors, kids who's family's keep all the oil revenue for themselves while their people live in poverty. It's the sort of thing saddam hussains kids would do.
anon: It only goes to show that having all that money still cannot buy class.
Bobby: They are here having fun while their country's are in ruins.
Jay: Does any of the wealth created form that natural resource get spread around the lower classes in those countries.
gazzakickboxer: Amazing they can't do this at home because of religion, but can goto what ever country they want and have no tax, insurance or anything else but because they spend loads of money people look the other way.
Luke: They support ISIS and for that we should blow their car up!
milano: and there was ISIS..bunch of fools!
Dltvstyle: Why aren't they at home fighting ISIS?
Von.k: the same muslims that are funding isis?? they have no shame.
Source: Daily Mail
Last edited by MONACO BODYGUARDS™; 09-10-2014 at 03:29 AM.
#932
09-13-2014, 05:51 AM
No no no..... the 458 is RARE...you were lucky to spot it among all the Bugatti's
The Bugatti is the the new Mini.....
Bugatti summer 2014
#933
09-13-2014, 06:56 AM
Cannes/Nice
The French Rivera. The truth.
Here in this thread you have all seen the nice automotive exotics & super yachts in Monaco, pop stars shopping in Nice, the beautiful supermodels - female movie stars at the Film Festival in Cannes and the azure blue water at the surrounding beaches of St.-Tropez. But under the surface, everything is quite different from what it appears to be....
The French Riviera is definitively not what it used to be. Follow this series, to learn about what is really going on....It's called ...."The French Rivera. The truth."
English man killed in streets of Cannes
After complaining about prices in a lap-dancing club, an English man was punched in the face in the street outside and hit his head on the pavement. He died immediately.
Lee Elton Fisher, 37, was attacked by several people in the streets of Cannes after complaining about the prices in a lap-dancing club. He was a labourer working in construction as part of the Tax Free World Association exhibition and he went for drinks with three friends after work. After drinking five or six pints with his friends down the pub the party moved on to a lap-dancing club up the road.
After having one drink he stormed out and approached a person handing out flyers for lap-dancing and complained heatedly about being ‘ripped off’. A fight soon broke out between them, and friends of both parties came to help. Lee found himself facing several people and he and a couple of friends were punched in the face and mouth. They managed, however, to scare off a couple of their opposition and things appeared to start calming down. Suddenly Lee was punched in the face and fell to the ground unconscious.
Lee was due to return home later that day and return to his wife in Sandhurst, Surrey. He used to be in the Territorial army and served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Three French men aged between 25 and 30 are being held in custody over the attack.
Prison sentences for night-time attacks in Nice and Cannes
Assailants in two vicious assault cases on the Riviera have each been sentenced to 18 months of prison this week, leading to Nice’s vice public prosecutor to declare “it’s not safe to walk outside after 10pm.”
Cannes may be no better off it seems, with the first attack taking place there on 21st July at 6am. A couple leaving a nightclub stopped by the main station when they were approached by two men asking for a cigarette. The older of the duo then sprayed the couple with tear gas before grabbing the young woman’s purse and fleeing the scene. Railway police apprehended the younger attacker, who at 16-years-old will be tried by the juvenile court. The elder man’s identification was found on the teenager, and Soufiane Amri, 20, was arrested later that evening at his home.
According to Nice Matin, Amri told the court by that he needed the money, despite the fact he is employed at the city hall of Antibes with a reported salary of €2,000 per month.
Just over a fortnight later, the attack in Nice took place on the Promenade des Anglais at 2.30am on 16th August. Once again approached by two men asking for a cigarette, a passer-by replied he had none before being attacked with punches and kicks. A Brazilian tourist was parking his car nearby and interrupted the scene, which he described as “extremely violent”.
The victim was taken to Saint Roch hospital with injuries to his skull. The men, Aymen Hadji and Houssem Fahem - both from Tunisia, were arrested a few streets from the scene and were found to be illegally resident in the country.
On 18th August the case was heard at Nice’s correctional tribunal. The men reportedly presented conflicting testimony with Hadji admitting he was at the scene but denying all involvement, while Fahem claimed the victim had hit him first.
Alongside the 18 month prison sentence, the prosecutor, Hervé Leroy, also enforced a 10-year ban on entering the PACA region on both men. "It's not safe to walk outside after 10pm," he said, adding that he had noticed a return of "brutality" to French society.
Cannes
The French Rivera. The truth.
Here in this thread you have all seen the nice automotive exotics & super yachts in Monaco, pop stars shopping in Nice, the beautiful supermodels - female movie stars at the Film Festival in Cannes and the azure blue water at the surrounding beaches of St.-Tropez. But under the surface, everything is quite different from what it appears to be....
The French Riviera is definitively not what it used to be. Follow this series, to learn about what is really going on....It's called ...."The French Rivera. The truth."
English man killed in streets of Cannes
After complaining about prices in a lap-dancing club, an English man was punched in the face in the street outside and hit his head on the pavement. He died immediately.
Lee Elton Fisher, 37, was attacked by several people in the streets of Cannes after complaining about the prices in a lap-dancing club. He was a labourer working in construction as part of the Tax Free World Association exhibition and he went for drinks with three friends after work. After drinking five or six pints with his friends down the pub the party moved on to a lap-dancing club up the road.
After having one drink he stormed out and approached a person handing out flyers for lap-dancing and complained heatedly about being ‘ripped off’. A fight soon broke out between them, and friends of both parties came to help. Lee found himself facing several people and he and a couple of friends were punched in the face and mouth. They managed, however, to scare off a couple of their opposition and things appeared to start calming down. Suddenly Lee was punched in the face and fell to the ground unconscious.
Lee was due to return home later that day and return to his wife in Sandhurst, Surrey. He used to be in the Territorial army and served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Three French men aged between 25 and 30 are being held in custody over the attack.
Prison sentences for night-time attacks in Nice and Cannes
Assailants in two vicious assault cases on the Riviera have each been sentenced to 18 months of prison this week, leading to Nice’s vice public prosecutor to declare “it’s not safe to walk outside after 10pm.”
Cannes may be no better off it seems, with the first attack taking place there on 21st July at 6am. A couple leaving a nightclub stopped by the main station when they were approached by two men asking for a cigarette. The older of the duo then sprayed the couple with tear gas before grabbing the young woman’s purse and fleeing the scene. Railway police apprehended the younger attacker, who at 16-years-old will be tried by the juvenile court. The elder man’s identification was found on the teenager, and Soufiane Amri, 20, was arrested later that evening at his home.
According to Nice Matin, Amri told the court by that he needed the money, despite the fact he is employed at the city hall of Antibes with a reported salary of €2,000 per month.
Just over a fortnight later, the attack in Nice took place on the Promenade des Anglais at 2.30am on 16th August. Once again approached by two men asking for a cigarette, a passer-by replied he had none before being attacked with punches and kicks. A Brazilian tourist was parking his car nearby and interrupted the scene, which he described as “extremely violent”.
The victim was taken to Saint Roch hospital with injuries to his skull. The men, Aymen Hadji and Houssem Fahem - both from Tunisia, were arrested a few streets from the scene and were found to be illegally resident in the country.
On 18th August the case was heard at Nice’s correctional tribunal. The men reportedly presented conflicting testimony with Hadji admitting he was at the scene but denying all involvement, while Fahem claimed the victim had hit him first.
Alongside the 18 month prison sentence, the prosecutor, Hervé Leroy, also enforced a 10-year ban on entering the PACA region on both men. "It's not safe to walk outside after 10pm," he said, adding that he had noticed a return of "brutality" to French society.
Cannes
#934
09-18-2014, 03:25 AM
Cannes
The Arabs
As mentioned earlier I will post some interesting "behind the scene reading". I have seen a lot of it, but as of professional courtesy I will not reveal any personal details myself...for now.
What I CAN tell you is, that I have never seen any of the local girls or tourist girls being the least interested in these Arabic, they literally either RUN away or turn their heads in disgust. That leaves the Arabic men with one option only... buying prostitutes.
Here is the story:
The Cannes ‘luxury prostitutes’ earning $40,000 PER NIGHT on million-dollar yachts during their summer stay and at the annual film festival.
Arab pimp in Cannes sold luxury prostitues to sex addicted Muslims for $40,000 per night
The supercar Arabic clients
From full-time escorts to models, actresses and beauty queens, the call girls servicing wealthy Arab men in Cannes’ luxury hotels, and on million-dollar yachts can earn thousands of dollars a night.
According to Lebanese businessman, Elie Nahas, who was arrested for running a Cannes prostitution ring that supplied more than 50 women ‘of various
nationalities’ to rich Middle Eastern men, the money call girls make is bigger than most people realize.
Mr Nahas, 48, who unable to leave Lebanon while his eight-year prison sentence is being appealed, told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘They can make up to $40,000 a night.
‘Arabs are a little desperate at times and willing to pay a lot of money. ‘In Cannes, they carry money around in wads of 10,000 euros. To them, it’s just like paper,’ he explained. ‘They don’t even like to count it. They’ll just hand it to the girls without thinking.’
Mr Nahas, who owns a Beirut-based modeling agency and used to work as a right-hand man for Moatessem Gadhafi, the son of Muammar Gadhafi, who were both killed in Libya in 2011, denies he was running a prostitution ring.
However, he explained: ‘I know the system.’ The more experienced escorts, he said, target Cannes’ high-end hotels ‘where all the Arabs stay,’ and where, after 10pm, call girls perch in the lobby waiting for prospective clients to check them out. ‘It’s all done with hand signals,’ he explained. ‘The Arabs signal their room numbers with their hands and the girls follow them.
The same goes on at the nigh clubs.
The Cannes Film Festival clients
’But the luxury yachts, which house some of the world’s wealthiest men – many single, some married – is where the serious money is, Mr Nahas said.
Every year during the festival there are 30 or 40 luxury yachts in the bay at Cannes, and every boat belongs to a very rich person.
‘Every boat has about 10 girls on it; they are usually models, and they are usually nude or half nude. . . The girls are all waiting for their envelopes at the end of the night.
But it’s not all luxury yachts and high-end hotels. Local prostitutes, who charge up to $75 an hour work alongside high-priced call girls, which the French call putes de luxes, who charge an average of $4,000 a night. ‘Every boat has about 10 girls on it; they are usually models, and they are usually nude or half nude’. But no matter what a prostitutes’ status, the Cannes Film Festival is ‘the biggest payday of the year,’ according to one Parisian escort.
‘We all look forward to it,’ said Daisey, a local prostitute in Cannes who has her own website. ‘There’s a lot of competition because there are so many girls, but the local ones have an advantage. We know the hotel concierges.’ It is routine to drop cash off with concierges at the town’s top hotels, she said, and in return, concierges will steer clients their way. According to The Hollywood Reporter, up to 200 escorts are coming and going from big hotels every day during the festival.
Roger Ebert, the American film critic who died last month, famously tweeted in 2010: ‘Hookers stand out in Cannes. They’re the ones who are well-dressed and not smoking.’ And while some of the ‘luxury prostitutes’ fly into Cannes from Paris, London, Venezuela, Brazil, Morocco and Russia to take advantage of the big event, some escorts come as part of an organized ring.
Philippe Camps, a lawyer for a Paris-based anti-prostitution organization that was a civil plaintiff in Mr Nahas’ trial, said that that some of the women were brought to Cannes under false pretenses and pressured into prostitution. Mr Nahas, who after his arrest, was jailed for 11 months in France before being released for lack of proof, maintains that he unfairly singled out because of his connections with Gadhafi.
But he admits he arranged for women to come to Cannes during the festival, where he would pick them from Nice International Airport, bring them to the younger Gadhafi’s yacht, the Che Guevara, and other luxury vessels.
‘I was not party to anything else,’ he insisted. ‘I don’t know what took place between any of them. I had no part of it. They may have just been there to talk and have fun.’ These women, some professional escorts, models, or struggling Hollywood actresses, who are brought onto the yachts in Cannes during the film festival are called ‘yacht girls,’ said Mr Nahas.
Carole Raphaelle Davis, a French-American film and television actress revealed that it is common for some prominent society women to work as high-priced prostitutes during the festival. She says several women she knew ‘traveled the world like jet-setters,’ as high-end call girls.
‘This woman didn’t even enjoy sex, she told me,’ explained Ms Davis. ‘But she didn’t mind it, either. She didn’t mind sleeping with men who were repulsive. She said it never lasted more than five minutes, so it wasn’t that bad.’ One anonymous industry veteran admitted: ‘You’d definitely recognize more than a few names from Hollywood. ‘These are actresses who made bad career choices and fell off the radar. They tell themselves what they’re doing at Cannes is OK, that they’re just on dates with rich men, when the reality is they’re doing what prostitutes do. But they like the money.’
Cannes
The Arabs
As mentioned earlier I will post some interesting "behind the scene reading". I have seen a lot of it, but as of professional courtesy I will not reveal any personal details myself...for now.
What I CAN tell you is, that I have never seen any of the local girls or tourist girls being the least interested in these Arabic, they literally either RUN away or turn their heads in disgust. That leaves the Arabic men with one option only... buying prostitutes.
Here is the story:
The Cannes ‘luxury prostitutes’ earning $40,000 PER NIGHT on million-dollar yachts during their summer stay and at the annual film festival.
Arab pimp in Cannes sold luxury prostitues to sex addicted Muslims for $40,000 per night
The supercar Arabic clients
From full-time escorts to models, actresses and beauty queens, the call girls servicing wealthy Arab men in Cannes’ luxury hotels, and on million-dollar yachts can earn thousands of dollars a night.
According to Lebanese businessman, Elie Nahas, who was arrested for running a Cannes prostitution ring that supplied more than 50 women ‘of various
nationalities’ to rich Middle Eastern men, the money call girls make is bigger than most people realize.
Mr Nahas, 48, who unable to leave Lebanon while his eight-year prison sentence is being appealed, told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘They can make up to $40,000 a night.
‘Arabs are a little desperate at times and willing to pay a lot of money. ‘In Cannes, they carry money around in wads of 10,000 euros. To them, it’s just like paper,’ he explained. ‘They don’t even like to count it. They’ll just hand it to the girls without thinking.’
Mr Nahas, who owns a Beirut-based modeling agency and used to work as a right-hand man for Moatessem Gadhafi, the son of Muammar Gadhafi, who were both killed in Libya in 2011, denies he was running a prostitution ring.
However, he explained: ‘I know the system.’ The more experienced escorts, he said, target Cannes’ high-end hotels ‘where all the Arabs stay,’ and where, after 10pm, call girls perch in the lobby waiting for prospective clients to check them out. ‘It’s all done with hand signals,’ he explained. ‘The Arabs signal their room numbers with their hands and the girls follow them.
The same goes on at the nigh clubs.
The Cannes Film Festival clients
’But the luxury yachts, which house some of the world’s wealthiest men – many single, some married – is where the serious money is, Mr Nahas said.
Every year during the festival there are 30 or 40 luxury yachts in the bay at Cannes, and every boat belongs to a very rich person.
‘Every boat has about 10 girls on it; they are usually models, and they are usually nude or half nude. . . The girls are all waiting for their envelopes at the end of the night.
But it’s not all luxury yachts and high-end hotels. Local prostitutes, who charge up to $75 an hour work alongside high-priced call girls, which the French call putes de luxes, who charge an average of $4,000 a night. ‘Every boat has about 10 girls on it; they are usually models, and they are usually nude or half nude’. But no matter what a prostitutes’ status, the Cannes Film Festival is ‘the biggest payday of the year,’ according to one Parisian escort.
‘We all look forward to it,’ said Daisey, a local prostitute in Cannes who has her own website. ‘There’s a lot of competition because there are so many girls, but the local ones have an advantage. We know the hotel concierges.’ It is routine to drop cash off with concierges at the town’s top hotels, she said, and in return, concierges will steer clients their way. According to The Hollywood Reporter, up to 200 escorts are coming and going from big hotels every day during the festival.
Roger Ebert, the American film critic who died last month, famously tweeted in 2010: ‘Hookers stand out in Cannes. They’re the ones who are well-dressed and not smoking.’ And while some of the ‘luxury prostitutes’ fly into Cannes from Paris, London, Venezuela, Brazil, Morocco and Russia to take advantage of the big event, some escorts come as part of an organized ring.
Philippe Camps, a lawyer for a Paris-based anti-prostitution organization that was a civil plaintiff in Mr Nahas’ trial, said that that some of the women were brought to Cannes under false pretenses and pressured into prostitution. Mr Nahas, who after his arrest, was jailed for 11 months in France before being released for lack of proof, maintains that he unfairly singled out because of his connections with Gadhafi.
But he admits he arranged for women to come to Cannes during the festival, where he would pick them from Nice International Airport, bring them to the younger Gadhafi’s yacht, the Che Guevara, and other luxury vessels.
‘I was not party to anything else,’ he insisted. ‘I don’t know what took place between any of them. I had no part of it. They may have just been there to talk and have fun.’ These women, some professional escorts, models, or struggling Hollywood actresses, who are brought onto the yachts in Cannes during the film festival are called ‘yacht girls,’ said Mr Nahas.
Carole Raphaelle Davis, a French-American film and television actress revealed that it is common for some prominent society women to work as high-priced prostitutes during the festival. She says several women she knew ‘traveled the world like jet-setters,’ as high-end call girls.
‘This woman didn’t even enjoy sex, she told me,’ explained Ms Davis. ‘But she didn’t mind it, either. She didn’t mind sleeping with men who were repulsive. She said it never lasted more than five minutes, so it wasn’t that bad.’ One anonymous industry veteran admitted: ‘You’d definitely recognize more than a few names from Hollywood. ‘These are actresses who made bad career choices and fell off the radar. They tell themselves what they’re doing at Cannes is OK, that they’re just on dates with rich men, when the reality is they’re doing what prostitutes do. But they like the money.’
Cannes
#935
09-23-2014, 07:57 AM
French Riviera - NEWS
The French Rivera. The truth.
Here in this thread you have all seen the nice automotive exotics & super yachts in Monaco, pop stars shopping in Nice, the beautiful supermodels - female movie stars at the Film Festival in Cannes and the azure blue water at the surrounding beaches of St.-Tropez. But under the surface, everything is quite different from what it appears to be....
The French Riviera is definitively not what it used to be. Follow this series, to learn about what is really going on....It's called ...."The French Rivera. The truth."
The latest global travel survey has been harsh on some of France's most famous destinations. The annual poll for the most unfriendly cities in the world features four French (Including Monaco) ones in the top ten. You might NOT be surprised at which ones, if you have followed this thread for a while...
That's what the latest annual listing from travel site Condé Nast has concluded. And so you have heard from MONACO BODYGUARDS.
The French REALLY deserve this. I hope it will cost them dearly when THE people stops to come.... and they already have started to chose other places instead. Jobs will be lost etc. That might be a lesson for the French.
Comments?
Cannes, Paris, Marseille and Monte Carlo among world's 'most unfriendly' cities
We know France has a reputation, for not being the most welcoming towards visitors and having 4 cities in the world's top ten "least friendly" speaks by itself. Despite the area’s reliance on the tourism industry, the reviews are full of complaints about unwelcoming locals.
With over 800,000 readers, Condé Nast’s Traveler magazine is well-placed to put together a list of the world’s friendlist, and unfriendliest, destinations for tourists, and its annual list guides holidaymakers as they choose next year's vacation spot.
After compiling thousands of reports from travel readers, Condé Nast voted France’s ultimate jewel of the Riviera, Cannes, into the second most unfriendly city in the world, trailing only crime-ridden Johannesburg, which topped the poll.
Cannes:
“Despite – or perhaps because of – the hype surrounding Cannes and its glitzy film festival, many readers seemed underwhelmed,” the travel magazine wrote in its motivation. “The city is described as being ‘very forgettable’ and ‘uninspiring,’ with one reader calling it a ‘European Vegas, not much on my return list,” it continued.
It seems the town just can’t live up to the hype around the festival, with visitors finding it “disappointing and unfriendly” at all other times.
Paris:
The second French city to receive a bashing was Paris, who clinched a fourth place, after Moscow which came in third. Although most readers seemed to agree that the City of Light remains both fabulous and romantic, some noted that “don’t count on friendliness” while visiting, because locals “will not budge an inch to help”.
Marseille:
France’s second largest city, sunny Marseille, came in fifth place, but the ranking mostly seemed to be linked to safety rather than unfriendliness.
“Although Marseille is a ‘lovely, historical city’, crime seems to be a major concern for many visitors,” it said. Marseille seems to be dogged by crime problems with most comments from readers focusing on the “unsafe areas”, with one recommending that visitors avoid it altogether, “Stay away! Threatening atmosphere for tourists.”
Monte Carlo:
Even though it’s technically not French territory, Monaco’s Monte Carlo also deserves a mention after grabbing a ninth place on the far from flattering list.
“It’s ostentatious and overcrowded,” one reader wrote, while another stated that Monte Carlo is “conspicuous consumption at its worst”.
Here is the full list:
1. Johannesburg, South Africa
2. Cannes, France
3. Moscow, Russia
4. Paris, France
5. Marseille, France
6. Beijing, China
7. Frankfurt, Germany
8. Milan, Italy
9. Monte Carlo, Monaco
10. Nassau, Bahamas
World's 'most unfriendly' cities
The French Rivera. The truth.
Here in this thread you have all seen the nice automotive exotics & super yachts in Monaco, pop stars shopping in Nice, the beautiful supermodels - female movie stars at the Film Festival in Cannes and the azure blue water at the surrounding beaches of St.-Tropez. But under the surface, everything is quite different from what it appears to be....
The French Riviera is definitively not what it used to be. Follow this series, to learn about what is really going on....It's called ...."The French Rivera. The truth."
The latest global travel survey has been harsh on some of France's most famous destinations. The annual poll for the most unfriendly cities in the world features four French (Including Monaco) ones in the top ten. You might NOT be surprised at which ones, if you have followed this thread for a while...
That's what the latest annual listing from travel site Condé Nast has concluded. And so you have heard from MONACO BODYGUARDS.
The French REALLY deserve this. I hope it will cost them dearly when THE people stops to come.... and they already have started to chose other places instead. Jobs will be lost etc. That might be a lesson for the French.
Comments?
Cannes, Paris, Marseille and Monte Carlo among world's 'most unfriendly' cities
We know France has a reputation, for not being the most welcoming towards visitors and having 4 cities in the world's top ten "least friendly" speaks by itself. Despite the area’s reliance on the tourism industry, the reviews are full of complaints about unwelcoming locals.
With over 800,000 readers, Condé Nast’s Traveler magazine is well-placed to put together a list of the world’s friendlist, and unfriendliest, destinations for tourists, and its annual list guides holidaymakers as they choose next year's vacation spot.
After compiling thousands of reports from travel readers, Condé Nast voted France’s ultimate jewel of the Riviera, Cannes, into the second most unfriendly city in the world, trailing only crime-ridden Johannesburg, which topped the poll.
Cannes:
“Despite – or perhaps because of – the hype surrounding Cannes and its glitzy film festival, many readers seemed underwhelmed,” the travel magazine wrote in its motivation. “The city is described as being ‘very forgettable’ and ‘uninspiring,’ with one reader calling it a ‘European Vegas, not much on my return list,” it continued.
It seems the town just can’t live up to the hype around the festival, with visitors finding it “disappointing and unfriendly” at all other times.
Paris:
The second French city to receive a bashing was Paris, who clinched a fourth place, after Moscow which came in third. Although most readers seemed to agree that the City of Light remains both fabulous and romantic, some noted that “don’t count on friendliness” while visiting, because locals “will not budge an inch to help”.
Marseille:
France’s second largest city, sunny Marseille, came in fifth place, but the ranking mostly seemed to be linked to safety rather than unfriendliness.
“Although Marseille is a ‘lovely, historical city’, crime seems to be a major concern for many visitors,” it said. Marseille seems to be dogged by crime problems with most comments from readers focusing on the “unsafe areas”, with one recommending that visitors avoid it altogether, “Stay away! Threatening atmosphere for tourists.”
Monte Carlo:
Even though it’s technically not French territory, Monaco’s Monte Carlo also deserves a mention after grabbing a ninth place on the far from flattering list.
“It’s ostentatious and overcrowded,” one reader wrote, while another stated that Monte Carlo is “conspicuous consumption at its worst”.
Here is the full list:
1. Johannesburg, South Africa
2. Cannes, France
3. Moscow, Russia
4. Paris, France
5. Marseille, France
6. Beijing, China
7. Frankfurt, Germany
8. Milan, Italy
9. Monte Carlo, Monaco
10. Nassau, Bahamas
World's 'most unfriendly' cities
#936
09-27-2014, 09:13 AM
Monaco NEWS
Yacht Club de Monaco Officially Opens
Commissioned all the way back in 2003 and under construction since 2009, the Yacht Club de Monaco has been finally officially opened and proudly takes its place among the principality’s landmarks. The opening celebrations were attended by Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, as well as the project’s architect, Lord Norman Foster, founder and Chairman of the world-renowned Foster + Partners architecture firm.
The elegant building is set to be the centerpiece of Monaco’s renovated harbor, a symbol of the city’s great yachting tradition. Apart from being stylish and sleek design, it also scores high on the environmentally-friendly scale, with its heavy reliance on renewable energy sources. It incorporates photovoltaic cells, solar thermal panels, and sea water cooling systems, thus taking advantage of the latest technological developments in the area, as well as the building’s location.
Members of the club, as well those of the other 40 or so other clubs around the world with which Yacht Club de Monaco has agreements, and even outsiders, on some occasions, will now be able the enjoy everything the place has to offer, including an exhibition hall, ballroom, swimming pool, terrace, library, fitness room, and even five spacious guest cabins for travelers stopping by.
Yacht Club de Monaco
Yacht Club de Monaco Officially Opens
Commissioned all the way back in 2003 and under construction since 2009, the Yacht Club de Monaco has been finally officially opened and proudly takes its place among the principality’s landmarks. The opening celebrations were attended by Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, as well as the project’s architect, Lord Norman Foster, founder and Chairman of the world-renowned Foster + Partners architecture firm.
The elegant building is set to be the centerpiece of Monaco’s renovated harbor, a symbol of the city’s great yachting tradition. Apart from being stylish and sleek design, it also scores high on the environmentally-friendly scale, with its heavy reliance on renewable energy sources. It incorporates photovoltaic cells, solar thermal panels, and sea water cooling systems, thus taking advantage of the latest technological developments in the area, as well as the building’s location.
Members of the club, as well those of the other 40 or so other clubs around the world with which Yacht Club de Monaco has agreements, and even outsiders, on some occasions, will now be able the enjoy everything the place has to offer, including an exhibition hall, ballroom, swimming pool, terrace, library, fitness room, and even five spacious guest cabins for travelers stopping by.
Yacht Club de Monaco
#937
09-27-2014, 09:57 AM
French Riviera NEWS
No wonder France is dropping on the list....
Riviera
Disappointing results for France on index of best place to live.
France has placed 18th internationally as the best country to live in, while the French Riviera is 13th out of the country’s 22 regions. This is according to figures from the OECD’s Better Life index, released annually and detailing the ‘best’ places to live based on economic and social factors, like health and happiness.
Given its status as the second most popular destination for international visitors, it might be surprising that the French Riviera region scores so low ( NO, no surprise). At 13th place nationally, with a score of 7.1 out of 10, the region is particularly poor in relation to safety and education.
When it comes to personal security, calculated by the reported number of murders and assaults, it is ranked second from last nationally, only above Corsica. Education was the region’s second weakest factor, coming in 17th place.
Given the record levels of unemployment in France recently, it’s no surprise to see a lower ranking in terms of employment, with 24% of young people from 18-25 unemployed. The country is also floundering at the bottom of the long term unemployment for all age groups, coming in at 27th place.
Cannes
Cannes’ famous Palais des Festivals undergoes latest renovation
Next year’s Cannes Film Festival will take place in an even bigger and better venue following a €9 million renovation of the Palais des Festivals. Work has just begun for the venue's latest facelift, which includes an extended glass area, a whole new floor and an interior update.
The world-famous Palais des Festivals officially became a building site on 30th June, when works began to expand the glass-fronted area of the Salle Debussy - one of the most iconic facades of the building and the backdrop to countless photos, both of celebrities walking the red carpet for exclusive premieres and tourists pretending to.
Along with extending this glass area, the works will also add a whole new level to the building, a 280m2 auditorium looking out over the main square. The interior stairs system will be changed too, updating to a new design with a two-part staircase to allow simultaneous entries and exits.
And the list goes on. The internal flooring of the Grand Auditorium is set to be updated and its 2,300 seats replaced, while the main foyer will be given a makeover for a modern, brighter and more spacious atmosphere. The work will cost over €9 million and is expected to last until mid-September.
The project is part of a three-year, €22.5 million renovation scheme, which began in August 2013. The upgrades are specially planned for the summer months to avoid clashing with the many prestigious events which take place year-round in the Palais.
Along with investment from the City of Cannes, the project budget was bolstered by contributions from the Conseil General of the Alpes Maritimes, as well as the regional council of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur collective.
"We are attentive to the needs of our clients and aim to develop the infrastructure of the Palais to reinforce Cannes' position on the international scene," explained former Palais CEO David Lisnard in autumn 2013. “The venue’s excellence in quality and technology is being improved, without costing the taxpayers of Cannes anything,” he added.
While the work is underway, visitors can console themselves for the lack of photo opportunities by visiting a new exhibition in the nearby tourist office. The theme is the eternal metamorphosis of the Palais des Festivals, and it features photos and video footage of the site’s development since 1979.
The Palais was originally located at the site of the current Cannes Marriott, constructed in 1949. After its move to the Croisette due to the success of the film festival, it has undergone many updates, always with the intention of keeping the building as luxurious, exclusive and modern as expected by the film industry’s VIPs.
Palais des Festivals
No wonder France is dropping on the list....
Riviera
Disappointing results for France on index of best place to live.
France has placed 18th internationally as the best country to live in, while the French Riviera is 13th out of the country’s 22 regions. This is according to figures from the OECD’s Better Life index, released annually and detailing the ‘best’ places to live based on economic and social factors, like health and happiness.
Given its status as the second most popular destination for international visitors, it might be surprising that the French Riviera region scores so low ( NO, no surprise). At 13th place nationally, with a score of 7.1 out of 10, the region is particularly poor in relation to safety and education.
When it comes to personal security, calculated by the reported number of murders and assaults, it is ranked second from last nationally, only above Corsica. Education was the region’s second weakest factor, coming in 17th place.
Given the record levels of unemployment in France recently, it’s no surprise to see a lower ranking in terms of employment, with 24% of young people from 18-25 unemployed. The country is also floundering at the bottom of the long term unemployment for all age groups, coming in at 27th place.
Cannes
Cannes’ famous Palais des Festivals undergoes latest renovation
Next year’s Cannes Film Festival will take place in an even bigger and better venue following a €9 million renovation of the Palais des Festivals. Work has just begun for the venue's latest facelift, which includes an extended glass area, a whole new floor and an interior update.
The world-famous Palais des Festivals officially became a building site on 30th June, when works began to expand the glass-fronted area of the Salle Debussy - one of the most iconic facades of the building and the backdrop to countless photos, both of celebrities walking the red carpet for exclusive premieres and tourists pretending to.
Along with extending this glass area, the works will also add a whole new level to the building, a 280m2 auditorium looking out over the main square. The interior stairs system will be changed too, updating to a new design with a two-part staircase to allow simultaneous entries and exits.
And the list goes on. The internal flooring of the Grand Auditorium is set to be updated and its 2,300 seats replaced, while the main foyer will be given a makeover for a modern, brighter and more spacious atmosphere. The work will cost over €9 million and is expected to last until mid-September.
The project is part of a three-year, €22.5 million renovation scheme, which began in August 2013. The upgrades are specially planned for the summer months to avoid clashing with the many prestigious events which take place year-round in the Palais.
Along with investment from the City of Cannes, the project budget was bolstered by contributions from the Conseil General of the Alpes Maritimes, as well as the regional council of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur collective.
"We are attentive to the needs of our clients and aim to develop the infrastructure of the Palais to reinforce Cannes' position on the international scene," explained former Palais CEO David Lisnard in autumn 2013. “The venue’s excellence in quality and technology is being improved, without costing the taxpayers of Cannes anything,” he added.
While the work is underway, visitors can console themselves for the lack of photo opportunities by visiting a new exhibition in the nearby tourist office. The theme is the eternal metamorphosis of the Palais des Festivals, and it features photos and video footage of the site’s development since 1979.
The Palais was originally located at the site of the current Cannes Marriott, constructed in 1949. After its move to the Croisette due to the success of the film festival, it has undergone many updates, always with the intention of keeping the building as luxurious, exclusive and modern as expected by the film industry’s VIPs.
Palais des Festivals
#939
09-30-2014, 08:49 AM
Monaco NEWS
He was extremely lucky that we were not around....
But great to see that the system is still working in Monaco...and I can promise you he will not enjoy his time in prison.
Man sentenced to 3 months for insulting Prince of Monaco
An Arabic man from Nice has been sentenced to three months in prison after publicly insulting the Prince of Monaco and the princely family.
The 28-year-old man, who is Tunisian, was in an outbuilding of the courthouse in Monaco to seek help with a workplace accident when the incident happened, as reported by Nice Matin.
Asked to supply a change of address, the man suddenly became angry, loudly announcing: “I want my money. I am Muslim. I apply the Sharia and I slaughter everyone like sheep.”
When asked to calm down by an employee, he stepped it up a gear, shouting, “I piss on the Prince and the royal family.”
The man was charged with public insult to the Sovereign and the princely family, reports France 3.
Despite the prosecution requesting the man be sentenced to eight days in prison and a 1,000 euro fine, the court went far beyond this, ordering a three month prison sentence.
Prince Albert
He was extremely lucky that we were not around....
But great to see that the system is still working in Monaco...and I can promise you he will not enjoy his time in prison.
Man sentenced to 3 months for insulting Prince of Monaco
An Arabic man from Nice has been sentenced to three months in prison after publicly insulting the Prince of Monaco and the princely family.
The 28-year-old man, who is Tunisian, was in an outbuilding of the courthouse in Monaco to seek help with a workplace accident when the incident happened, as reported by Nice Matin.
Asked to supply a change of address, the man suddenly became angry, loudly announcing: “I want my money. I am Muslim. I apply the Sharia and I slaughter everyone like sheep.”
When asked to calm down by an employee, he stepped it up a gear, shouting, “I piss on the Prince and the royal family.”
The man was charged with public insult to the Sovereign and the princely family, reports France 3.
Despite the prosecution requesting the man be sentenced to eight days in prison and a 1,000 euro fine, the court went far beyond this, ordering a three month prison sentence.
Prince Albert
Last edited by MONACO BODYGUARDS™; 09-30-2014 at 08:54 AM.