THE five-star palace hotels are in full swing, the sound of music drifts across the beach and after a ‘horrible’ year blighted by coronavirus, Cannes is buzzing again for its international film festival.
“We can’t wait,” admits Pierrick Cizeron, chief executive at the Majestic hotel that overlooks the Mediterranean and the festival convention centre.
In 2020, the festival that draws stars from across the world, had to be cancelled because of the pandemic. With France under a partial lockdown in Spring, the 2021 edition has been delayed from the usual May date to 6-17 July.
The festival pulled in 40,000 people a day pre-COVID-19, only about half that number are expected this year, and provided 20 percent of annual hotel turnover.
“It’s more than just the excitement, we are in the middle of recruiting 250 people for the season,” says Yann Gillet, director of the luxury Martinez hotel, which was
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