Fairmont Le Montreux Palace The XIII Summit of the Francophonie was held in Montreux in October 2010. More than 30 head of States, including Nicolas Sarkozy stayed at the Montreux Palace during this important summit. The official gala diner of the summit took place at the Salle des Congrès of the Montreux Palace. 2011 - During the Montreux Jazz Festival, artists such as Liza Minnelli, B.B. King, Tommy LiPuma, George Benson, Ricky Martin, Nathalie Cole, Sting, Paul Simon and many more stayed at the Montreux Palace. Fairmont Le Montreux Palace participated at the Swiss Hotel Film Award. The awards took place on the 25th
Leopolis Jazz Fest Leopolis Jazz Fest Leopolis Jazz Fest (previously Alfa Jazz Fest) is an international jazz festival, annually held in June in Lviv (Ukraine) since 2011. The Guardian included Alfa Jazz Fest in the list of the best European festivals. The festival was established by Mikhail Fridman, a businessman, co-founder of LetterOne, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group and a native of Lviv, in 2011. Until 2017 the main sponsor of the festival was Alfa Bank Ukraine, and therefore the festival was called Alfa Jazz Fest. In 2017, the festival was renamed to Leopolis Jazz Fest to indicate its venue