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City details
Country: France
City proposed: to determinate
Proposed dates Friday 30th july to Sunday 1st August, with possibility of arriving on the Thursday night and leaving on Monday morning or Thuesday 29th july to Saturday 31st.
English: Happy to Montpellier ! For the first time, Wikimedians are trying to stage a bid to bring Wikimania to France.
Montpellier is the 8th city in France[1].
Español : Feliz a Montpellier ! Para primera vez los Wikimedians trató de obtener la organización de Wikimania en Francia.
Montpellier es la 8 ciudad de Francia en población.
Français : Heureux à Montpellier ! Pour la première fois les Wikimédiens vont essayer d'obtenir l'organisation de Wikimania en France.
Montpellier est la 8e ville la plus peuplée de France.
Socializing areas (Garden, lounge etc.), their capacity and the hours at which they are opened/closed: Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, and Garden of champs de Mars which ares garden.
Contacts with conference venue (emails, price quotes etc.)
There are three mobile operators in France: Orange, SFR (or Vodafone for europeans) and Bouygues Télécoms. If you like to be able to use your GSM phone in France, check if your device can operate in these bands.
Accommodation
Location of main accommodation facilities
(where can the attendees be hosted. On site, off site, how far from conference venue? For attendees? For VIPs?)
Room details and price range
Hotel ** and ***, Singles or doubles. Between 55€ ($66) and 77€ ($93) per day
Hostelin international. Amount 18€ per night (22$)
Catering (one meal a day, breakfast is a plus)
Breakfast cost 8€ ($12) at the hotel or the cafe in downtown 2€ ($2,4) - Meal cost between 5€ ($6) and 22€ ($27) (to be determinated)
Contacts with accommodation partner(s)
(Have you contacted the proposed locations, exchange of emails, price quotes etc.)
Party opportunities
Wikimania traditionally hosts two parties, one for attendees (capacity of 250-350) and one for sponsors and VIPs (capacity 40-60).
Attendees party(ies) propositions
Sponsor party(ies) proposition
Travel and transportation
To come to Montpellier (from beyond France)
Continent
Departure to Montpellier
through
Travel Time
Estimated Cost (€uros)
Africa
Alger
Paris CDG
4h00
~500
Bamako
Paris CDG and Paris ORL
8h00
~870
Beirut
Paris CDG
5h30
~630
Casablanca
Paris CDG
5h00
~430
Dakar
Lisbonne and Paris CDG
9h00
~1200
Dubai
Amsterdam and Paris CDG
7h30
~1160
Le Caire
Amsterdam and Paris CDG
10h00
~500
Le Cap
Amsterdam and Paris CDG
17h00
~1000
Tunis
Paris CDG
4h00
~500
Americas
Buenos Aires
Paris
16h30
~1300
Lima
Miami and Paris CDG
20h00
~1950
Los Angeles
Houston and Paris CDG
19h00
~1200
Mexico
Houston and Paris CDG
24h00
~900
Montreal
Paris CDG
15h30
~750
New-York
Amsterdam and Paris
15h00
~1000
Rio de Janeiro
Paris CDG
22h00
~1200
Asia/Ocenia
Beijin
Paris CDG
15h00
~1000
Melbourne
Singapour and Paris
24h00
~1500
Seoul
Paris CDG
10h00
~1260
Shangai
Amsterdam and Paris CDG
12h00
~1200
Sydney
Hong Kong and Paris CDG
18h00
~2200
Taipei
Hong Kong and Paris
20h00
~1200
Tokyo
Amsterdam and Paris CDG
18h00
~1900
Europe
Amsterdam
Paris CDG
2h30
~550
Athen
Roma FCO and Paris CDG
13h00
~620
Berlin
Paris CDG and Paris ORL
5h30
~400
Copenhage
Paris CDG
7h00
~500
Dublin
Paris
4h30
~500
London
Direct
2h30
~90
Madrid
Lyon
4h00
~400
Moscow
Milan and Paris CDG
6h00
~650
Roma
Lyon
3h30
~400
To come to Montpellier (France)
TGVMed: Between 25 € (30$) and 150 € (180$) and between 10€ (12$) and 30€ (36$) for the TER
Orly CDG-Montpellier Airport: 1 hour and 10 minutes, more than 20 travels between Orly and Montpellier Airport per day
Distance from international airports and how do we get to the location, 20 minutes (in summer) from Montpellier Airport in fonction of the circulation.
Railway station is neer a tramway station ("Gare de Montpellier"), the distance between the railway station ans the corum in tramway is around 5 minutes.
Local transportation and local social opportunities
Two Tram line and numerous bus line
Visa issues
Visa issues
60€ or (between 80 to 90 $ in fonction of cost of euro)
Visa waiver (less than 90 days) : Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Singapore, South Korea, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Special Administrative Region of Macao of the People’s Republic of China, Citizen of Shengen area which include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, and for Switzerland, Monaco and french citizen of course.[3]
Tourism opportunities
Montpellier try to be a tourism destination. That why, there are more and more attraction, like the Place de la comédie, the Zoo of Montpellier (free) with its Serre Amazonienne(Amazonian Greenhouse), an all new Aquarium named "Mare Nostrum" that mean our sea in latin, it's open between 10am to 10pm in august, neer the aquarium, there are Bowling/Karting complex, a Lasergame, a cinema complex, an ice skating rink, a big center commercial (which is open in september 2009), the planetarium galillée which is a 3D theather and the beach at an half hour of Montpellier. There are too Les Rochers de Maguelone, where there are "17 adventure trails, including a breathtaking 200 m zip wire, as well as 20 fun and educational games".
Social opportunities
Montpellier is a student city, that why there are numerous nightlife and sport to discover at Montpellier. With the website A place for young people (EN). If you want to go to a restaurant, you could choose it on linternaute.com (FR), bars and pubs on cityvox.fr (FR). There are numerous Michelin starred in Montpellier like "Le Jardin des Sens" by the brothers Pourcel (****) or the "Domaine de Soriech" by Michel Lousteau (***) and more...
Local sponsorship opportunities
Possibility of local sponsorships
Contacts
(no name needed, just "company X, 4000 USD or will provide 300 beds)
Miscellaneous
Anything you feel should be brought to the attention of the jury.
Self-evaluation
Weaknesses of the proposed location ...and how to overcome those weaknesses