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Day: 31 July 2018

Visitor numbers climb faster than receipts

by: Cassandra Tanti
31/07/2018
Tourists on a beach

The number of tourists visiting Monaco so far this summer has increased, according to local businesses, local French daily Monaco Matin reports.

However, anecdotal evidence is that more people are coming to Monaco on short trips, and the revenues from tourism reflect the fact that hotel occupancy in the Principality has not kept pace, at least for the month of July, local sources say.

Monaco from the air

The new attractions at the Oceanographic Museum have proven very popular, and the summer exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum has been particularly successful. The fact that children under 18 are admitted free has been a big draw for families. Those with a local railway ticket also receive a discount, so that entry costs only nine euros. This has drawn in many visitors who may be spending their holidays elsewhere along the coast. The Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs continues until September 9.

Official figures for tourism for 2018 will not be published by the Monaco Statistical Office until much later.

Music amongst blooms of Princess Grace Rose Garden

by: Cassandra Tanti
31/07/2018
Princess Grace Rose Garden

Monaco’s Foreign Residents’ Club, CREM, will be holding its end of summer cocktail on Thursday, September 13, in the Princess Grace Rose Garden, Fontvieille, reserved exclusively for members.

The celebrated violinist Maxim Vengerov will perform a musical interlude in the midst of the roses and the event will start at 18:30. Dress code is ‘cocktail.’ To reserve, email info@crem.mc, or call +377 97 98 01 77.

Princess Grace Rose Garden

The club is also offering an exceptional day at sea aboard the Narwhal, visiting the Pelagos marine mammal sanctuary, on Saturday, September 15. Breakfast and lunch will be served on board. The cost for members is 120 euros, and places are limited.

AS Monaco launches social media offensive in China

by: Staff Writer
31/07/2018
Monaco FC

With this Saturday’s Trophée des Champions taking place in Shenzhen, AS Monaco is set to launch its Chinese social networks, the club reports on its website.

The first official match of the 2018/19 season kicks off against Paris SG and AS Monaco will look to engage with local fans on what is the club’s first trip to China. To that end, this week sees the launch of its Chinese social networks on Weibo, Dongqiudi and Toutiao.

Monaco FC

Weibo is the No.1 microblogging social network in China with more than 300 million active users, while Toutiao – an application intended for football fans along with sport and entertainment enthusiasts – boasts more than 350 million active users. Dongqiudi, which is also known as ‘All Football,’ is aimed exclusively at football fans.

Each day, AS Monaco will add adapted content to these platforms that will allow fans to follow news of the club and its players while also discovering the history of the Red and Whites and the Principality. In this way, AS Monaco – which already has more than eight million followers on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram – is continuing with its digital development.

Juli Ferré Nadal, Commercial and Marketing Director at AS Monaco, said: “In this special week for Ligue 1 in China, AS Monaco wants to seize the opportunity to get closer to our Chinese fans while showcasing the image of the club and the Principality. This launch, which highlights our ambitions in the digital sphere, will allow AS Monaco to continue to increase its audience and gain further visibility. China is one of our target markets in our international development strategy; it is an exciting challenge for the club and a story that we are very happy to begin.”

Fort Antoine offers Shakespearean tale for the present

by: Cassandra Tanti
31/07/2018
Fort Antoine

On August 7 William Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” will close the 48th summer season at the Fort Antoine open-air theatre. The very rich Timon spends his wealth in order to improve the lives of others.

He finds himself ruined and in exile, then expresses his rage and his hatred of humanity before one day falling on a gold mine. Shakespeare was inspired by the Greek playwright Lucien for his work.

Fort Antoine
Fort Antoine.

The company TAC Theater used the method of the Russian director Anatoly Vassiliev to approach the text of the English playwright in a very modern way.

The piece whose subject is very contemporary, the theatre’s director says. “Politically, we are in this spirit of believing in many things and in fact, we realise that it is everyone for himself, so we can have these moments of revenge, like Timon.”

“Through a play, we ask ourselves questions, it jostles us, moves us, it is also the search for an emotion.”

A few places are still available. Just go to the theatre at 21:00 on performance nights.

Classical concerts continue at Prince’s Palace with Wagner and Beethoven

by: Cassandra Tanti
31/07/2018
Monaco Symphony Orchestra

Summertime classical concerts in the Courtyard of Honour of the Prince’s Palace continue with the Monaco Symphony Orchestra performing operatic works by Richard Wagner and Ludwig van Beethoven on Sunday, August 5.

Monaco Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra will be conducted by Marek Janowski with Irene Theorin, soprano. The concert commences at 21:30, and ticket prices start at just 20 euros.

The idea of the concerts first arose in 1959, reviving an age-old tradition of the Grimaldi as protectors of the Arts, and music in particular.

The dress code is smart (jacket and tie).

To book: click here