Velapop (1701)

1. Hotel minimum stay conditions

If you wish to book rooms including the night of October 13th 2025, the hotels in Cannes require a three (3) night minimum stay, and for the night of October 14th 2025, they require a two (2) night minimum stay.  A two (2) night stay is possible in the hotels outside of Cannes.

Please note that each hotel may apply its own terms and conditions.

2. Changes and cancellation policies

bnetwork accommodation department must be notified of any changes or cancellations as soon as possible. If you made your reservation via our online accommodation booking tool (www.mipcom.bnetwork.com/), you are able to check or modify your booking online. 

a.      For individual reservations (less than 10 rooms)

·        For all cancellations made until August 21st 2025 included, one (1) night will be charged per room cancelled and the balance refunded (net of administrative fees).

·        In case of cancellation between August 22th and September 11th 2025 included, two (2) nights will be charged per room cancelled and the balance refunded (net of administrative fees).

·        In case of cancellation between September 12th and September 29th 2025 included, three (3) nights will be charged per room cancelled and the balance refunded (net of administrative fees).

·        From September 30th 2025 included, the full amount will be charge in case of cancellation or shortened stay. 

b.      For group reservations (from 10 rooms)

·        For all cancellation made until August 21st 2025 included, one (1) night will be charged per room cancelled and the balance refunded (net of administrative fees)

·        For all cancellation made between August 22nd and September 11th 2025, included, two (2) nights will be charged per room cancelled and the balance will be refunded (net of administrative fees)

·        From September 12th 2025 included, the full amount of the reservation will be charged in case of cancellation or shortened stay (no cancellation possible of rooms or nights)

3. Deposit policy

Your booking will be confirmed once the deposit payment has been received by bnetwork.

The deposit to be paid corresponds to the total amount of all the nights booked. The full payment of the nights booked is requested to get the confirmation. 

This deposit will be requested upfront to confirm your reservation request as per the following agenda:

- For any reservation made prior to August 16th : payment is due within 10 working days 

- For any reservation made between August 17th and Sept 07th : payment is due within 5 working days 

- For any reservation made between Sept. 08th and Sept 25th : payment is due within 48 hours 

- For any reservation made from Sept 26th : payment is due within 24 hours (only by credit card).

If your payment is not received within the given schedule, your option will be automatically cancelled.

Full prepayment of the reservation : you can also proceed to the full payment of your reservations including breakfasts and local taxes directly with bnetwork. For that, bnetwork must receive this information upon reservation.  

Administrative fees corresponding to 2% of the requested amount will be levied on any financial transaction. These fees are non refundable.

4. Accommodation invoicing process

• bnetwork collects deposit payment for all accommodation reservations. 

• Payments will then be transferred in full to the relevant hotel(s) (minus the 2% administration fees).

• bnetwork will provide a confirmation including a summary of the rooms reserved for you and the amount to be paid to confirm them.

• You will receive an accommodation confirmation upon receipt of the deposit payment but you will not be provided with an official invoice from bnetwork. Your payment to bnetwork will appear as a deduction on the final invoice be issued by your hotel upon check out. The balance due on the final invoice will have to be settled directly with your hotel before departure (breakfasts, taxes, extras, etc.).

• Please address any specific invoicing details or requests to bnetwork directly and they will be communicated to the accommodation providers accordingly. TVA may be applied to your invoices.

5. Apartments and villas reservations for MIPCOM 2025

Each estate agencies applies its own terms and conditions concerning payments, cancellation policy, etc…Please kindly ensure you take note of all the rules before booking your accommodation.

For any apartment booking, please note that the deposit required corresponds to the full stay amount.

6. MIPCOM 2025 registration conditions

bnetwork accommodation service is exclusively dedicated to MIPCOM Participants.

If you have not registered to the MIPCOM and unable to produce a justificatory document to prove your registration on RX France or bnetwork’s first request, your hotel or apartment/villa reservation will be cancelled within 5 (five) business days prior to your date of arrival and, if applicable, refunded according to the conditions listed above or the estate agencies terms and conditions.

Please visit https://www.mipcom.com/ for any further information.

Any information regarding the hotel reservation (lastname, firstname, etc) should correspond to the information communicated for your registration. 

Beneficiaries of reservation are expressly forbidden from assigning, subletting or exchanging, free of charge or for consideration, the hotel or apartment booking to third parties, MIPCOM participants or not.

bnetwork would like to remind you the content of the Article ‘Unfair competition and parasitic business practices’ of the Terms & Conditions, applied to all RX France events:

“Participants formally undertake not to engage in activities that are identical or similar to those conducted in the event venue, the immediate surrounding area or in any other exhibition area that the Organiser may designate, in particular, in places such as hotels or other sites external to said event, during the period of the event.

Accordingly, Participants in particular undertake not to directly or indirectly draw any other Participant away from any exhibition area for the purpose of presenting any of its products and/or services that are within the scope of the event.

The Organiser reserves the right to have any breach of this provision evidenced by any witness sworn officer, to have the relevant Participant pay the costs associated therewith and to initiate any legal action enabling it to assert its rights.” 

As a consequence, bnetwork, as an official partner of RX France, applies and enforce this regulation. By beneficiating from the housing services provided as part of our agreement, you are committed to respect this clause and you are a guarantor of its application. Failing that, bnetwork will not be held responsible and may terminate this agreement without being liable to any indirect, consequential or pure economic loss or any loss of profit, goodwill or opportunity.