PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Christmas Shopping sets the tone for the 6th edition of the event which takes off on 1 December 2011 and extends beyond the Sales to the end of February. Visitors and Parisians 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.
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 Flo brasseries are offering a 10% reduction on meals plus a complimentary aperitif. Cruise companies on the Seine and canals are also playing their part and the Lido is offering a reduction of 20% on certain shows. Others 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’, table d’hôtes dinners with ‘Voulez-Vous Dîner ?’, etc. A number of personal shopper services are also cutting their prices. On the cultural scene, the Paris Museum Pass 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 Bureau, Shopping by Paris, supported by the Paris City Council, the CCIP-Paris and Atout France seeks to increase the attractiveness of Paris, Shopping and Fashion Capital.