# Exclusive France Tours & Events

> Exclusive France Tours & Events is a corporate event and incentive travel house based in France. It designs and runs bespoke corporate events — executive retreats, VIP client gatherings, global board meetings, incentive and award programmes, team building and MBA cohort integration — across every French region. Around fifty events a year, each built from a blank page, using relationships with châteaux owners, winemakers, chefs and venues developed since 1999.

Important notes:

- Founded by Marie Tesson. Marie reads every inquiry personally and replies within two days.
- Focus is corporate and event work. Private, leisure travel is handled by the sister house, Journeys of a Lifetime (a separate brand).
- Nothing is off-the-shelf. Programmes are made to measure, not sold from a catalogue, and most inquiries are turned away.
- Clients include BMW, American Express, Chanel, Hermès, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, ESSEC, FDJ, EDF, Volaris, Rolex and Zespri.

## About the house

- [Who we are](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/who-we-are-corporate-event-experts/): The team, the story and how the house operates.
- [How we work](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/how-we-work-crafting-exceptional-corporate-experiences/): The method, from the first call to the debrief.
- [Start here](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/start-here-corporare-event-france/): A six-step walkthrough of what working together looks like.
- [Our philosophy](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/philosophy/): Marie Tesson's founding account and what the house values.
- [Reviews & testimonials](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/testimonials/): Verified client accounts of past events.

## Corporate events

- [Corporate events](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-events/): The main hub — every format, with real client stories.
- [Top executive retreats](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-events/top-executive-retreats-in-france/): Secluded houses taken in full, strategy sessions and long tables.
- [VIP client gatherings](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-events/vip-clients-gathering-in-france/): Private access your competitors cannot buy.
- [Global board meetings](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-events/global-boards-meeting-in-france/): Privacy, elegance and logistics nobody notices.
- [Incentive & award programmes](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-events/incentive-travel-programs-in-france/): Rewards built around a story, not a hotel.
- [Team building](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-events/team-building/): Vintage rallies, harvests and kitchens. Never a rope course.
- [MBA cohort integration](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-events/mba-cohort-integration-in-france/): Experiential programmes for business school cohorts.
- [Corporate stories](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/corporate-stories/): Events actually delivered, told through the clients who commissioned them.

## Wine

- [Wine tours & explorations](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/wine/): Private access to estates, cellars and winemakers.
- [Wine for corporate events](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/wine-expertise-for-corporate-events/): Sommelier-led tastings and wine programmes built into corporate events.
- [Our French wine guide](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/french-wine-guide/): A reference to France's wine regions.

## Where in France

- [All destinations](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/): The regional hub for planning an event in France.
- [Paris](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/paris-tours/): Palaces, private dining rooms and cultural access.
- [Champagne](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/champagne/): Chalk cellars, family estates and private tastings.
- [Burgundy](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/burgundy/): Grand Cru estates and the Route des Grands Crus.
- [Bordeaux](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/bordeaux/): Châteaux, en primeur and the Médoc.
- [Provence & the French Riviera](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/provence-tours/): Light, markets, the coast and the art de vivre.
- [Normandy](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/normandy/): D-Day landscape, Étretat and the coast.
- [Loire Valley](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/loire-tours/): Royal châteaux and Renaissance gardens.
- [French Alps](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/alps/): Mont Blanc, Megève and Courchevel.
- [Alsace](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/alsace/): The Wine Route and half-timbered villages.
- [Brittany](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/brittany/): Coast, oysters and Celtic heritage.
- [Dordogne & Périgord](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/dordogne-tours/): Prehistory, castles and gastronomy.
- [Lyon & the Rhône Valley](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/lyon-and-rhone-valley-tours/): Gastronomy and the northern Rhône.
- [Basque Country](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/basque-country/): Coast, txokos and a strong local culture.
- [Occitanie](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/occitanie-tours/): Carcassonne, Cathar fortresses and the Languedoc.
- [Pyrenees](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/destinations/pyrenees-tours/): Peaks, lakes and mountain villages.

## Contact

- [Contact us](https://www.exclusive-france-tours.com/contact-us/): Send the dates, the headcount and what you want your people to feel. Marie answers within two days.

## Sister brand

- [Journeys of a Lifetime](https://www.journeysofalifetime.com/): Private and leisure travel, same team, same doors, built for individuals rather than companies.