If you would like to bring home a bit of French Riviera, pick up beautiful items for your daily life. At Villa Soleya online store for instance, you’ll discover a range of cute products for the bathroom.

Choosing assorted decoration items always create a special atmosphere in a room. Refined and useful, you’ll find at Villa Soleya quality assorted items. Fancy a set of matching ceramic pots: one for soap, one for liquid soap and one for make up? Or, if you’re in a romantic mood, opt for hearts or angels pattern pots. You like objects reminding you of the beauty of nature? Choose a black or beige natural stone soap dish.

To fill your shower with enchanting fragrances, Villa Soleya presents a nice range of soaps, some of them under the shape of a garland. Its natural or blue soap garland and butterfly soap suspension can be used to wash oneself as well as for decoration and to fill the bathroom with a delicate scent. Villa Soleya also introduces a range of white and natural heart soap dishes. Try the Shower Flower by Mathilde M: it softens in contact with water and is very gentle on the skin.

Coming out of the shower, put on the gorgeous angel pattern bathrobe by Mathilde M from Villa Soleya’s natural textile collections and take out your white linen make up bag.

Going out tonight? Grab your glamorous squeeze bulb perfume spray and put on your favorite fragrance, for an incredible night to come.

For more French gift ideas, eau de toilette for men and women and decorative objects for the home, visit Villa Soleya’s website.

Led by Robert de Niro, Cannes Film Festival 2011 will take place between May 11th and 22th 2011. A “monstre sacré”, Robert de Niro was whosen by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémeaux. Film director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry will be the president of short films competition. “Midnight in Paris”, the latest Woody Allen movie will be shown during opening night.  

To enjoy the Festival as much as possible, you would like to book a room in a prestige hotel, located in city-center and close to everything which will be happening during these crazy ten days.

If you’re looking for the best Cannes Film Festival Hotel, we would like to recommend Hotel Cavendish Cannes. A 4 star hotel Cannes located close to the Croisette, it will enable you to come and go easily, always ready for the next arrival of stars on the red carpet.

A must in Cannes accomodation, Hotel Cavendish offers elegant, fully equipped and comfortable rooms, decorated with taste. In city-center, in the heart of French Riviera, the colors of the hotel rooms were inspired by Provence region : blue for the Mediterranean Sea, green for olive trees and purple for fragrant lavender fields.

Enjoy a 4 star hotel customer service and high quality standards at Hotel Cavendish and have an unforgetable time in Cannes!

Are you one of the businessmen and women who will attend Cannes MIPTV 2011, big event in the field of content, gathering professionals from TV and Film industry?

MIPTV will take place in Cannes from April 4th to 7th 2011 at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals, just a few weeks before Cannes Film Festival 2011 rushes in with movie stars and directors.

For its 2011 edition, MIPTV expects 1500 exhibitors, 4000 buyers and 11 500 visitors, coming from more than 100 countries. In 2010, firms like BBC Worldwide, Endemol Group, Sony Pictures Television or Fox Int’l Television attended the event.

You’re attending MIPTV 2011 and are looking for a Grand Hotel Cannes for your stay? Since the Palais des Festivals is on the Croisette, that is to say right in city-center and on the seaside, opt for a conveniently located luxury Hotel Côte d’Azur, like Hotel Cavendish for instance.

After a hard day of work meeting decision makers from TV and Film industry, digital media and advertising sectors, you’ll certainly need to relax in a beautiful environment. For that reason too, we recommend Hotel Cavendish.

Just a two-minute walk away from the Croisette, this luxury hotel presents a Belle facade and elevator, marble staircase and original parquet floors. Refined rooms with elegant and stylish furniture and the spotless customer service of a 4 star hotel Cannes: at Hotel Cavendish, you’ll have a charming stay.

Enjoy your days in Cannes and at MIPTV 2011.

More than 17 000 international real estate key decision makers will attend this event and you intend to work intensively during these 4 days in order to make new business contacts and/or close interesting deals.

During this meeting between real estate professionals, you will need all your energy to meet potential business partners in the best conditions.

We therefore recommend a four star hotel Cannes offering the highest standards of quality and customer service : 24 hour reception, room service, hammam, lounge bar, spa, a convenient location and a beautiful environment.

We selected for you Villa Garbo Hotel Cannes, introducing an exclusive concept of luxury self-catering apartments. At this top-range charming 4 star hotel, you’ll staying in your own flat, from 25 m2 studio to 70 m2 penthouse size.

At Villa Garbo, you will find in your room or flat a selection of international alcohol and soft drinks, teas and coffees, as well as a Nespresso machine. You’ll have the possibility to take your breakfast in your room where you’ll be delivered fresh bread and buns upon a simple request or in Villa Garbo elegant lounge.

After a day at MIPIM, come back to your four star hotel Cannes and take full advantage of its services : what about a relaxing moment in the hamman or an hour in the massage room?

Make your reservation hotel Cannes now and enjoy your stay and these 4 days of work at MIPIM 2011.

On March 15th and 16th, the Bejart Ballet Lausanne will fill Cannes Grand Auditorium with music and dance. This Ballet is composed of 39 dancers, coming from 15 different countries and performing choreographies by Maurice Béjart. Their show of March 15th, “Aria”, tackles the theme of a quest, the desire for an artist to reconcile instinct and reason.

On March 26th, there will be a performance of “Le Barbier de Séville” by Rossini at the Grand Auditorium.

In the same venue, Marianne Faithfull will give a concert on April 12th 2011. Since her first single “As tears go by”, the singer has reached international recognition, for her sad and emotional balads and unique, husky and bewitching voice.

Once you get to Cannes, you’ll surely enjoy staying at a hotel Croisette Cannes close to most of the exciting events going on!

If you would like to experience Cannes’ atmosphere in the heart of city-centre and with gorgeous surroundings, we recommend Villa Garbo, a 4 star hotel in Cannes. Located very close to the Croisette and seaside, this hotel de charme in Cannes finds itself in a quiet area.

Staying at this Cannes 4 star hotel, you’ll be close to everything you might want to see and, at the same time, enjoy good nights of sleep in a quiet, beautiful place. Offering all services of a luxury hotel, Villa Garbo gives you the opportunity to stay in self-catering cosy apartments, from 25 m2 studios to penthouses.

From Villa Garbo, you can walk to the Croisette and therefore be very close to the “Palais des Festivals” during Cannes International Film Festival, which will take place from May 11th to May 22nd . Robert de Niro will be Cannes 2011’s president!

Enjoy your stay in Cannes…

At Villa Soleya’s, you will find French gift ideas to bring a touch of the South of France in your home. Their range of French Riviera local products has been carefully selected. We love these items coming from Provence.

Let’s be practical: at Villa Soleya’s, you can find bottle openers and spoon rests, sponge holders, shopping bags, table mats and all sorts of boxes, with South of France patterns. Both beautiful and useful, these articles often bear a charming Côte d’Azur 1920s advertisement. Discover their sweet “Huile d’Olive”, “Le Moulin de Papet” or “La Petite Provençale” designs.

A box for each thing: Villa Soleya also offers a range of Tea & Coffee, Flour & Rice, Spaghetti and Sugar boxes. Made out of metal, these boxes make it easy for you to grab each ingredient and keep them dry and clean. 

Discover the friendly “Le Soleil Toute l’Année” (Sun All Year Long) thermometer, metal plates showing views of Cannes, wine and waterglasses and a vintage style olive oil dispenser…

For more French Olive Oil Provence products and charming gift ideas, have a look at Villa Soleya’s website.

If you already have dark and tanned skin, don’t think that you can sunbathe without a protection! Pick up the vitamined dry oil 4 and vitamined emulsion 4 Gold, containing 3% of multivitamins to boost your skin and 2% of Aloe Vera to soothe it.

For those of you with fair or sensitive skin, we recommend the High Protection Vitamined Emulsion 30.

Villa Soleya also offers vitamined dry oil 6, 10, 15, very high protection 50+ for kids and after-sun lotion.

To discover French Riviera local products and for more French gift ideas, visit Villa Soleya’s website.

At this fashionable online boutique, you’ll find a nice range of ladies fashion bags and fancy jewerly, inspired by the South of France, its sunny days and Mediterranean landscapes, between the mountains and the sea.

A black pearly bracelet, leave-patterned ring, black or brown pearly necklace : Villa Soleya’s range is sweet and simple and always linked to nature.

A fine or “semi precious” stone, mother-of-pearl, used in many of Villa Soleya’s fashion items, is naturally present inside shells. Beautiful and resistant, mother-of-pearl is often used for decoration, jewelry and button confection.

Did you know that mother-of-pearl symbolizes motherly qualities, feminity and protection? It is said to soothe and provide a sensation of well-being and security.

To discover this jewerly range and many more French gift ideas, visit Villa Soleya’s website.

Firelec provides products and  DeltaV cables for standard, intrinsicaly safe and safety signals. Firelec products are particularly suitable for Digital Control system (DCS) and Programable Logic Controller (PLC) interfacing. They are generally used on process plants (chemical, petrochemical pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, …) for the interfacing of the process signals (inputs and outputs) between the plant and the process automation utilities.

A specialty of Firelec is DeltaV technology, and its assistance with  DeltaV PROVOX Migration. To develop and maintain a competitive advantage, the DeltaV digital automation system helps businesses improve operations, , by harnessing today’s predictive technologies in an easy, intuitive, and interoperable way to connect people, processes, and production. Industries like Life Sciences and Biotechs, Oil, Gas, & Hydrocarbons, Chemicals and Specialty Chemicals, Pulp & Paper, Food & Beverage, and Metals, Mining, & Minerals have increased the return on their automation investment with the DeltaV system and DeltaV PROVOX Migration.

The interface units, modules and panels provided through FIRELEC, using DeltaV interface wiring, are particularly suitable for the DeltaV of Emerson Process Management. Emerson Process Management has developed an automation system for applications of any size. Since 1996, their system using DeltaV cables has been commissioned in automation applications across the globe in projects ranging from 8 I/O up to 30,000 I/O. In the early 80s, Fisher Controls (Emerson) launched the digital control system PROVOX for the process industries. The Provox system, now extremely widespread all over the world requires a change toward other newest systems. That is why Firelec has developed a wide range of adapters and interconnection cables particularly suitable to the interfacing of the Provox inputs / outputs for seamless DeltaV PROVOX Migration toward the latest systems.

Used with DeltaV cables developed by Firelec for connection with all types of termination blocks of DeltaV I/O cards, DeltaV interface wiring allows a very quick and efficient interconnection between the field instruments and the DeltaV system. The DeltaV system is part of the PlantWeb architecture which delivers proven results across the globe. From a suite of digital buses, to embedded advanced control, to easy enterprise integration and optimization, the DeltaV system delivers precision control and predictive maintenance — making automation of processes easy.

Founded in 1993, FIRELEC is a developer and manufacturer of electrical and electronic technologies for industrial automation and process control market.

Services

• DeltaV interface wiring
• DeltaV PROVOX Migration
• DeltaV Cables

Nice Carnival attracts more than 1 million visitors each year. Would you like to be one of them? A cheerful experience, Nice Carnival has become very important in the life of the city.

In Nice and on the French Mediterranean coast in general, carnivals and popular balls have been organized since centuries. People had fun dancing and wearing costumes in Nice narrow streets in the XIVth century. During the Renaissance, they wore masks to create a mysterious atmosphere, influenced by Venitian Carnival.

Today, most of Nice Carnival events happen on Massena Place and on the Promenade des Anglais, the famous boulevard running alongside the Mediterranean Sea.

“Flower battles”, street art and the huge cardboard “Carnival King” which is to be burned on the last night of the Carnival are part of the festivities.

You’d like to see Nice Carnival? You’re looking for holiday homes Nice ? Riviera Holiday Homes help you find the right accomodation. Their experienced team offers you carefully selected French Riviera Holiday rental adapted to your needs and budget. If you’re seeking a holiday apartment in Nice, contact them and check out their offers.