Rise of the MIPIM bunker dodgers

Having only arrived in Cannes last night in time for a quick bag drop before dinner, I have yet to venture into the bunker. This rather ominously titled location is traditionally the heart of the MIPIM conference.

But it seems I am not the only one who hasn’t been in yet. And while I intend to head there today – there are a huge number of delegates who won’t be setting foot inside the Palais all week.

With the pass prices now costing around $1600 MIPIM-goers are increasingly opting out of forking out and are simply meeting in the surrounding bars, restaurants and hotels – picking up key bits of information from “the inside” on their blackberries and laptops.