Private Beach Cocktail & Team Accommodation during Cannes Lions
Cannes Lions isn't just a conference. For the companies who show up, the whole week is an opportunity to host, to connect, to make a mark beyond the sessions at the Palais. AirOps, an AI platform for marketing and revenue teams, approached it exactly that way.
They came with two needs: a space where they could host a proper networking cocktail, and somewhere for the team to actually stay and decompress between the days. Native Spaces helped them sort both.
đ The brief
AirOps needed a sea-facing venue for a panel and an evening networking cocktail for around 50 guests, with space for a branded merch activation on-site, plus accommodation for the team across the full Lions week, all walkable from the Palais des Festivals.
đïž The event: a private beach on the Cannes seafront
For the panel followed by a cocktail, AirOps semi-privatised a section of a private beach on Boulevard Jean Hibert, a 12-minute walk from the Palais. The venue has been a Cannes institution since 1928: golden sand, panoramic sea views across to the LĂ©rins Islands and the Esterel massif, and a relaxed, family-run atmosphere.
The group had a dedicated outdoor area with built-in AV (microphone, speakers, screen) and this is where the panel took place, with the sea directly behind the speakers. A format that usually happens in a meeting room, held outdoors instead. Guests stayed in the same space as the evening moved into the cocktail: a 3-hour open bar with canapés, and full branding on-site.
The Native Spaces team went on-site ahead of the event to make sure everything was running smoothly and to help bridge any language barrier with the venue.
Beyond the venue itself, Native Spaces also helped coordinate the service providers around the event: a chauffeur for the evening, a DJ, and a France-based goodies and merchandising contact to supply the branded tote bags and iron-on patches for the customisation station.
đĄ The accommodation: two Cannes addresses for the team
The team spread across two properties for the week.
The first was the Creative Loft with Garden: a character-filled 1925 property with five bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a garden terrace that seats 30, and a small pool, about a 15-minute walk from La Croisette.
The second was an Industrial Loft with a Sea View Terrace, a top-floor apartment on Boulevard d'Alsace with four en-suite bedrooms, a large south-facing terrace with sweeping views across the sea, and a 7-minute walk to the Palais.
âš How It Came Together
Between the private beach panel and cocktail and the two team houses, AirOps had a complete Cannes Lions setup.
Ally shared this feedback mid-week, while the events were still running: "Everything is going so well this week. Thanks for everything.â
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