Françoise Rougé International Inc. - Z French Touch

Françoise Rougé International Inc. - Z French Touch Business & Leisure Travel, Luxury Lifestyle, Cruises, Celebration, Meeting & Incentive.
+1 (212) 757 0874
www.zfrenchtouch.com
[email protected] (FRI Inc).
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Françoise M.P. Rougé is the president and founder of Françoise Rougé International Inc. Founded in 1992, FRI Inc. represented privately owned boutique and deluxe hotels to distinguished travel agencies, successful corporations as well as individual clients with cultivated tastes and exacting demands. In 1995, following the growing interest of her demanding private and corporate clientele, Ms. Roug

é created FRI TRAVEL (Virtuoso Member), which designs and implements customized trips to a large number of destinations around the world. FRI Inc. services a diverse international market, having offices in Paris (France) and in New York City (USA). Ms. Rougé is a seasoned international traveler, having visited many of the world’s major tourist and business capitals during her 25-year career. She has never stopped exploring new horizons since childhood. She is personable, lively, fluent in the culinary arts and hospitality, and multi-lingual. She started her road to success within, as she calls it, “la petite famille de l’hôtellerie” (the small family of the hospitality industry) working as the only foreign executive woman at the New Otani hotel in Tokyo (Japan), at the time the largest hotel in Asia. She then joined the group ACCOR in 1983 where after having spent one year at their headquarters in the International Sales and Marketing Division, was transferred to New York City to open the first Novotel in North America. This experience was her first venture in New York, the city where she decided to settle and has made her home. In 1986, Ms. Rougé opened the North American office for Hotel Le Bristol of Paris, a deluxe property, member of The Leading Hotels of the World and Preferred Hotels, and held the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing for North America. After five years of a successful operation, Ms. Rougé created FRI Inc. and three years later, her natural instinct for travel brought about the launch of FRI TRAVEL, for which she earned her current reputation as being “z” French touch. Rougé participated in the creation and development of the New York catering company, Tentation Catering Inc. which later joint-ventured with Potel & Chabot in 1991. She is a worldwide event planner (conferences, meetings, weddings, etc.) Rougé received a Master’s Degree in Hospitality Management from IMHI, a graduate program jointly operated by Cornell University (Ithaca, USA) and the Business School: ESSEC (Paris, France). She holds a Bachelor of Science from the Hotel School in Paris . She occasionally lectures and writes on new technologies and concepts in the luxurious segment of the hospitality industry. She is a member of Virtuoso ®, a by-invitation-only organization comprising over 330 agencies in 20 countries, a network of the world’s finest travel agencies with knowledgeable advisors. She was on the Board of the UFE (Union des Français à l’Etranger), a member of MAPTA (Metropolitan Association of Professional Travel Agents) and the French-American Aid for Children (a charity organization). She is fluent in French, English and Spanish. She has lived in France, Japan and America. She has traveled to 51 countries. Rougé has been featured in the international press:
Figaro Madame, Le Journal de l’hôtellerie, Néo Restauration (France), Where Tokyo, New Otani Magazine (Japan), Departure Magazine, France Guide, Gotham, Insiders News, LuxuryTravel Advisor, Town & Country (USA)

She resides in Manhattan with her daughter Olivia.

08/14/2021
Have American tourists been missed? 'You have no idea,' say European hotel ownershttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/euro...
05/29/2021

Have American tourists been missed? 'You have no idea,' say European hotel owners

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/europe-eases-travel-restrictions-vacation-hot-spots-hope-american-tourists-n1268715

Ready to get away? Europe hopes to lure American tourists this summer
"Greece is offering what people need," Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis tweeted as the country reopened May 15.

"Greece is offering what people need," Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis tweeted as the country reopened May 15.

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Françoise M.P. Rougé is the president and founder of Françoise Rougé International Inc. (FRI Inc). Founded in 1992, FRI Inc. represented privately owned boutique and deluxe hotels to distinguished travel agencies, successful corporations as well as individual clients with cultivated tastes and exacting demands. In 1995, following the growing interest of her demanding private and corporate clientele, Ms. Rougé created FRI TRAVEL (Virtuoso Member), which designs and implements customized trips to a large number of destinations around the world. FRI Inc. services a diverse international market, having offices in Paris (France) and in New York City (USA). Ms. Rougé is a seasoned international traveler, having visited many of the world’s major tourist and business capitals during her 25-year career. She has never stopped exploring new horizons since childhood. She is personable, lively, fluent in the culinary arts and hospitality, and multi-lingual. She started her road to success within, as she calls it, “la petite famille de l’hôtellerie” (the small family of the hospitality industry) working as the only foreign executive woman at the New Otani hotel in Tokyo (Japan), at the time the largest hotel in Asia. She then joined the group ACCOR in 1983 where after having spent one year at their headquarters in the International Sales and Marketing Division, was transferred to New York City to open the first Novotel in North America. This experience was her first venture in New York, the city where she decided to settle and has made her home. In 1986, Ms. Rougé opened the North American office for Hotel Le Bristol of Paris, a deluxe property, member of The Leading Hotels of the World and Preferred Hotels, and held the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing for North America. After five years of a successful operation, Ms. Rougé created FRI Inc. and three years later, her natural instinct for travel brought about the launch of FRI TRAVEL, for which she earned her current reputation as being “z” French touch. Ms. Rougé participated in the creation and development of the New York catering company, Tentation Catering Inc. which later joint-ventured with Potel & Chabot in 1991. She is a worldwide event planner (conferences, meetings, weddings, etc.) Ms. Rougé received a Master’s Degree in Hospitality Management from IMHI, a graduate program jointly operated by Cornell University (Ithaca, USA) and the Business School: ESSEC (Paris, France). She holds a Bachelor of Science from the Hotel School in Paris . She occasionally lectures and writes on new technologies and concepts in the luxurious segment of the hospitality industry. She is a member of Virtuoso ®, a by-invitation-only organization comprising over 330 agencies in 20 countries, a network of the world’s finest travel agencies with knowledgeable advisors. She was on the Board of the UFE (Union des Français à l’Etranger), a member of MAPTA (Metropolitan Association of Professional Travel Agents) and the French-American Aid for Children (a charity organization). She is fluent in French, English and Spanish. She has lived in France, Japan and America. She has traveled to 51 countries. Ms. Rougé has been featured in the international press: Figaro Madame, Le Journal de l’hôtellerie, Néo Restauration (France), Where Tokyo, New Otani Magazine (Japan), Departure Magazine, France Guide, Gotham, Insiders News, LuxuryTravel Advisor, Town & Country (USA) She resides in Manhattan with her daughter Olivia.

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