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Trade show · Cannes
Your stand at MAPIC 2026
Every November at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, MAPIC brings together the companies that open stores and the ones that lease them space: retail brands, restaurant chains and leisure operators on one side; property owners, shopping centre and retail park managers, developers, cities and investors on the other. Its organiser, RX, describes it as the leading international retail leasing hub. The 2025 edition, the thirtieth, drew 4,000 participants from 75 countries, including 1,700 retail brand representatives, and 150 exhibitors, in a format condensed to two days. Here the stand is there to close leasing deals: it has to show your sites within minutes and give brands a quiet place to talk.
- Next edition
- 3 to 4 November 2026
- Frequency
- Every year, in November
- Visitors
- Retail brands, restaurant chains and leisure operators, property owners and managers of shopping centres and retail parks, developers, cities, travel retail players, investors and brokers, tech and ESG providers
Next edition
MAPIC 2026
3 to 4 November 2026 · Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes
in 2 weeks Time to get started
2 weeks left: still possible with a tight schedule or a premium modular stand. Contact us quickly.
Dates checked on 18 October 2026 on the official website, organised by RX Global. Rockstar Event is not the organiser of this show.
Free timeline
Exhibiting at MAPIC 2026?
Get your personalised timeline: every deadline, from design to build-up, calculated from the show dates.
Sent! Your timeline is on its way by email. Here are the key steps:
- 5 May 2026 Brief, budget and booking your space with the organiser (start now)
- 14 July 2026 Design kick-off: latest recommended date for a custom stand (start now)
- 11 August 2026 3D design sign-off and technical file sent to the organiser (start now)
- 25 August 2026 Technical orders (power, rigging, internet, badges) before the organiser’s deadlines (start now)
- 8 September 2026 Stand fabrication in our workshop (start now)
- 13 October 2026 Pre-assembly, quality control, printed and digital content ready (start now)
- 31 October 2026 On-site build-up by our crews
- 3 November 2026 Show opens
- 5 November 2026 Breakdown, then storage of your stand for the next edition
The challenges
Making your stand a success at MAPIC
Our advice
Think of your stand as a leasing suite: a front that announces your destinations, screens or a model to walk a brand through a site in a few minutes, and tables where a unit plan can be laid out to discuss floor area, rent and opening date. Brands come to Cannes looking for locations: display, readable from the aisle and in one line, the cities and formats you offer (shopping centre, retail park, high street, station or airport). And since the show lasts only two days, fill your schedule before opening with DealMaker by MAPIC, the organiser’s meeting platform.
- 01Showing your available sites like a leasing pack: a map of your destinations, unit plans, project visuals and key figures readable in seconds
- 02Running back-to-back meetings with retail brands over just two days: discussion tables, presentation screens and a reception desk that keeps the schedule
- 03Drawing visitors to the stand when part of the business happens at the networking tables and in the hospitality suites of the Palais
Turnkey
Your stand builder for MAPIC 2026: from 3D design to breakdown
We know the technical rules and constraints of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes. You deal with one English-speaking contact, from first brief to breakdown.
- Analysis of your location and hall visitor flows
- Creative concept and photorealistic 3D renderings
- Technical file and paperwork with the MAPIC organiser
- Fabrication in our workshop and pre-assembly
- Transport, build-up and breakdown by our own crews
- Storage and reuse for the next edition
Formats we build
Custom buildPremium modularEco-designedImmersiveGroup pavilion
A client evening during MAPIC?
Partner dinner or cocktail reception for your clients: our event agency in Cannes designs it alongside your stand, with one project manager for both.
Projects
Projects that speak for us
FAQ
Your questions, answered.
When is MAPIC 2026?
MAPIC 2026 takes place from 3 to 4 November 2026 (Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes). Dates checked on the organiser’s official website on 18 October 2026.
How much does a stand at MAPIC cost?
Design, build, installation and dismantling included, allow €6k to €14k excl. VAT for a 9 m² stand, €18k to €48k excl. VAT for a 36 m² stand and €44k to €128k excl. VAT for a 100 m² stand. Floor space, charged per m² by the organiser, and its technical services (electricity, rigging) come on top.
When should we start our stand for MAPIC?
Ideally 16 weeks (4 months) before opening: for a show held in November, that means starting the project in July. At the very least, allow 10 to 14 weeks for a custom stand and 6 to 8 weeks for a premium modular stand. The August holidays fall in the middle of the schedule: starting in June leaves time to approve the 3D design before the summer, so the build can begin as soon as September starts.
Bare space, packaged stand or suite: which option should we choose at MAPIC?
The organiser offers bare space in the Riviera 7 exhibition hall, where you have your own stand built, a packaged stand (the Quick Connect Booth, with tables, chairs and a reception desk), networking tables in Riviera 8 and hospitality suites for the two days. On bare space, design, build, transport, installation and dismantling are ordered from a stand builder: that is our job, with projects from €5k excl. VAT. On a packaged stand or in a themed area (LeisurUp for leisure, Innovation & Sustainability, the Cities Pavilion), we dress your space in your brand colours with graphics, screens and furniture, within the organiser’s rules.
How do we present our sites and available units on the stand?
With material a brand can take in within minutes: a map of your destinations, unit plans on a touchscreen or in print, a model or 3D views for upcoming projects, and your key figures (footfall, catchment area, available floor space) next to the discussion table. We design the model supports, lighting and screen integration, then test everything during pre-assembly in our workshop, so the presentations run from the moment the show opens.
Can you install our stand at the Palais des Festivals and reuse it afterwards?
Yes. We build regularly at the Palais des Festivals, where build-up slots are short and access is tightly controlled: your stand is fully pre-assembled in our 1,500 m² workshop near Paris, then delivered to Cannes and installed by our own crews. Designed in modules, it can then be reused at SIMI in Paris in December, at MIPIM in Cannes in March or at your own events, with storage in between.
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