Six Private Dining Events Across Cannes Lions Week
Digiday has been covering Cannes Lions for years. As a media brand, they don't just report on the week, they host it. Their model is deliberate: bring together a select group of senior marketing and media leaders for a private meal, away from the noise, and let the conversation do the work. The right people around the right table, sharing candid views over a good lunch or dinner.
For Cannes Lions 2026, their GM of Events came with a clear brief: six private dining moments across the week, each fully privatised, each with its own format and feel. Native Spaces sourced, negotiated and confirmed all six.
📋 The brief
- 3 private dinners: champagne cocktail hour followed by a full seated dinner with premium drinks
- 2 private brunches for 25 guests: full privatisation with a complete breakfast spread and champagne
- 1 private lunch
- All restaurants within walking distance of the Palais des Festivals and La Croisette
🍷 A private dinner to open the week
For the Monday evening, Digiday privatised a private room with city and sea views for their 20 guests. The space is a private room inside a restaurant, with its own outdoor terrace, modern and authentic in feel, a few minutes from La Croisette and the sea.
The format was a proper dinner: a champagne cocktail to welcome guests, followed by a seated menu with starter, main and dessert, and a premium drinks package throughout. The kind of evening that sets the right tone for the week ahead.
🥐 Back-to-back morning brunches
For Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, Digiday came back to the same venue: a bistro-style restaurant in the heart of Cannes, a three-minute walk from the station, with both an indoor room and a sunny terrace.
The brief for both days was a full privatisation from 10:30am to 12:30pm, with a generous morning spread: mini viennoiseries, bread with butter and jam, scrambled eggs, bacon, avocado toast, cheese and charcuterie platters, plus an open bar of hot drinks and fresh juices. Champagne added to both.
On Wednesday, Digiday moved to a second venue for their brunch: a cozy bistronomic restaurant 500m from the Palais des Festivals and 200m from La Croisette. The same format, different energy.
✨ How It Came Together
Six dining events in one week, and a single team behind all of them. Native Spaces sourced every venue, negotiated the rates directly with each restaurant, and absorbed the back-and-forth so Liz didn't have to. Everything then ran through the platform: briefs, quotes, confirmations, contracts and payments in one place. One point of contact instead of six, one administrative trail instead of six. Once each booking was confirmed, she was connected directly with the host.
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