MIPIM — The Global Urban Festival
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès — 19,300 to 20,000 m² of exhibition space
Zones named in official documentation: Palais Central, Palais 7, R7 (Espace Riviera). Historically spilling over onto the Lérins and Riviera terraces, the Salon des Ambassadeurs and the outdoor pavilions along the Croisette.
Monday (pre-opening / Housing Matters!): 1:00–8:00 PM. Tuesday to Thursday: 9:00 AM–7:00 PM (exhibitors from 8:30 AM). Friday: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM. Registration desk opens the day before.
Full Pass €1,710 excl. VAT · Premium Pass €2,820 excl. VAT (200 passes max, Premium Lounge and networking concierge) · 1 Day Pass €1,200 excl. VAT · Startup Pass at a reduced rate on validation (under 6 years old, under 100 staff, independent).
mipim.com ↗ — Organiser : RX France (groupe RELX) — 1re édition en 1990
This is the Cannes buy-out show par excellence: most of MIPIM's relationship value happens off-site. City-delegation cocktails, developer dinners, agency and REIT parties run back to back from Monday to Thursday. The venues used: Croisette private beaches under heated marquees — the sea is cold in March —, Croisette hotels (Carlton, Martinez, Majestic, Gray d'Albion, JW Marriott), rooftops, yachts at the Old Port and Port Canto, and the Palais's own function rooms. Busy districts: the Croisette as the main axis, the Old Port and Pantiero, rue d'Antibes, and Le Suquet for the more informal dinners.
MIPIM saturates the Croisette and sends buy-out budgets through the roof. Eight minutes' walk from Palais Central, Loka offers the alternative mid-sized teams are looking for: the whole casa for 40 to 70 people, a DJ set until 12:30 AM, cocktail and latina finger-food packages, and a bill that bears no relation to a marquee-covered private beach. For a city delegation or a developer who wants to entertain without breaking the bank, it is the most effective format of the week. Five days of show: book Tuesday or Wednesday evening, the two peaks. See the private hire page or book a table for a group of fewer than 8.
Maximum hotel pressure, on a par with the Film Festival and Cannes Lions. RX explicitly warns about fake accommodation providers, a sign of a very tight market; official housing goes through BNetwork. Book 6–12 months ahead — premium evening venues are often blocked as soon as the previous edition closes.
20 – 40 lokos
Signature cocktails, circulating latina finger food, DJ set. Two to three hours, standing format, ideal between the show closing and the official party.
10 – 25 lokos
Private table, three-course South American menu, mezcal tasting running through the evening. Served in ninety minutes if you have somewhere else to be.
40 – 70 lokos
The whole casa: bar, dining room and terrace. DJ set until 12:30 AM, optional cocktail workshop, your branding on site.
Tell us the date, the number of guests and the vibe: we come back within 24 hours with a quote. During MIPIM, dates go fast.
Or directly: 04 93 39 61 41 · info@lokabarkitchen.com