CliCk and ConneCt around a typiCal FrenCh dinner

An exciting concept of culinary social networking arrives in Paris, bringing new prospects for cultural exchange to visitors from other countries. VoulezVousDîner.com offers tourists, expatriates and businessmen the opportunity to connect with Parisian hosts of similar interests and discover the French «art de vivre» by dining in their homes:

Sample the culture and richness of a region by enjoying a typi-•cal French gourmet dinner prepared with only fresh products. The hosts choose the menus and specialties they wish their guests to discover.

Experience a moment of cultural exchange and conviviality •based on shared common interests thanks to a quality network of selected hosts and a unique personalised reservation system.

«After I completed my many travels, I quickly realised that Paris, the most visited city in the world, was very limited in terms of ser-vices offered to travellers and expatriates who want to discover the lifestyle of French people and immerse themselves in the culture of the country», explains Renaud Maigne, creator of the concept. «This is why the idea of designing a website for visitors and French hosts to share an authentic French dinner together came naturally to me. We are the first to professionalize this type of meeting».

VoulezVousDîner.com: the French experience for visitors willing to meet the locals and taste the wealth of a country, its culture.

Where disCovery rhymes With gastronomy

In search of authenticity and new experiences, more and more travellers are looking to im-merse themselves in a country’s culture. They wish to meet the locals to experience their daily lives, learn about their lifestyle and make unique contacts.

Becoming better informed through the Internet, they carefully plan their trip, exchange infor-mation with other Internet users and talk about their experience when they return on social networking sites. All of these new habits have contributed to the boom in participatory tourism aimed at making meaningful connections lead primarily by Web 2.0 development and «Couch Surfing». Dining in the homes of a country’s inhabitants is part of this movement, espe-cially in France with the richness of its culi-nary heritage. Honoured in 2010 by UNESCO, French cuisine represents a very strong mo-tivation to travel for the millions of visitors who come to France each year. When you enjoy a gourmet dinner in an inhabitant’s home that features traditional, quality regio-nal cuisine, cultural exchange takes on an en-tirely different flavour... to explore by visiting www.voulezvousdiner.com.

Paris, March 16, 2011

Press release

voulezvousdîner.com the French experience

press ContaCtMarie-Anne FrAncès • cap & cime Tel. : 01 44 50 57 25 • mafrances@capetcime.fr

the Flavour oF an authentiC Cultural exChange

A good meal shared around a warm, inviting table fosters positive emotions that are conducive to exchange, encou-raging cultural, professional or even philosophical conver-sations to take place. Thanks to VoulezVousDîner’s unique, personalised reservation system, hosts and guests can share an enjoyable moment of exchange around common interests chosen from the selection criteria (hobbies, sports, favourite pastimes, travel, professional activities...).

What is a VoulezVousDîner Dinner?

The hosts select their own menus, specialities and food/wine pairings they wish their guests to discover: classic French dishes such as blanquette of veal, a boletus mushroom omelette and beef bourguignon are just a few examples. Prepared and cooked using only fresh ingredients, each meal includes a starter, a main course and desert with drinks provided throughout the entire dinner.

When foreign visitors register on the website, they can select the host with whom they feel they have the most in common based on pre-selected criteria such as centres of interests, age group, location, etc. The all-inclusive meal price of a 65 Euros per person is paid upon making a reservation.

OUr CHOSEN HOSTS ArE…

Selected after completion of a stringent selection •program

Living in beautiful apartments or houses offering •typical Parisian charm, in the heart of Paris or in its exclusive suburbs

Welcoming and with international cultural sensitivity•

All fluent in English•

Fond of cooking high quality French meals•

Committed to maintaining the high standards that •VoulezVousDîner established

After the reservation has been made, the host is informed by email/SMS of the guest’s visit. As a confirmation, the visi-tor receives the contact information of his/her host to get in touch and prepare the evening together.

After each dinner, VoulezVousDîner.com automatically sends a satisfaction questionnaire to guests, which allows a quality network of hosts to be built over time.

In order to secure the host-visitor relationships, VoulezVous-Dîner uses the support of its professional partners (luxury ho-tels, language schools, international organisations, expatriate associations, etc.).

the advantages oF making a reservation

When we travel for business or tourism, what we remem-ber most about a country is the personal exchange we’ve had with the locals. By making a dinner reservation with VoulezVousDîner, foreign visitors are sure to be welcomed by selected hosts chosen for their sense of hospitality for a delicious and quality French cuisine, guaranteed by a Quality Charter.

A true alternative to classic food and beverage services, VoulezVousDîner offers tourists, businessmen and expatriates a unique opportunity that will add variety to their nights spent in Paris. They will discover the French «art de vivre» and expe-rience an authentic time of meaningful conversation by being invited to the homes of Parisian hosts who wish to share and exchange their culture and language. Paired together based on professional, cultural, artistic or even philosophical shared interests, these meals foster new relationships, which could motivate foreign visitors to return at a later date and eventually return the favour in the future for their hosts. This is why Vou-lezVousDîner plans to duplicate this concept in other coun-tries in order to allow both guests and hosts to participate in the deepening of cultural exchanges and discovery of other lifestyles.

BOOk A DINNEr ON WWW.VOULEzVOUSDINEr.COm

Click on « reserve a dinner »•

Fine tune your search•

Choose your host among those suggested•

Pay on line in complete security•

receive an email and SmS confirmation with •all the details (payment acceptance, dinner confirmation, host’address)