Space and comfort
Mercedes V-Class
- 7 passengers
- 7 pieces of luggage
The V-Class combines the comfort of a sedan with the space of a van, in a beautifully finished cabin. It is the natural choice for carrying your luggage, even the largest pieces.
Private Chauffeur Cannes Lions
TAILORED · SEAMLESS · DISCREET
The Riviera Elite Standard
The Palais by day, the parties by night
Riviera Elite Driver provides a licensed and insured private chauffeur service operated in accordance with the professional requirements for private passenger transport. Our vehicles and chauffeurs hold the required professional authorizations and are covered by the appropriate insurance for chauffeur operations. Compliance, safety and the protection of our clients are integral to our standards.
In June, Cannes Lions gathers advertisers and creatives from around the world inside the Palais des Festivals. Between talks, meetings, private beaches and agency parties, the days fly by: a private driver keeps them flowing, from your arrival to the last drink of the night.
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Nice or Cannes-Mandelieu
An airline flight into Nice or a jet touching down at Cannes-Mandelieu: in both cases, your chauffeur has your arrival time and heads straight for your hotel, in Cannes or close by.
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The whole agency
Clients to host, partners to invite: V-Classes and sedans travel as one, and Valentin times each departure so that nobody is left waiting.
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From talks to villas
The Palais in the morning, the waterfront in the afternoon, and in the evening a house rented for the occasion: your chauffeur connects every address, at your pace.
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The Croisette, beachside
Throughout the festival, brands set up on the sand: you are dropped close to their entrance, and your chauffeur knows where to find you afterward.
DURING CANNES LIONS
Your private chauffeur for Cannes Lions
Arrive by private car transfer, with a fare you can see before you book. Then switch to hourly service: one chauffeur, kept for a single day or your whole stay.
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Always the same chauffeur, with all your addresses soon memorized: the sessions, lunch, then the evening party.
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June also opens wedding season on the Riviera: our chauffeurs look after the couple and everyone close to them, until the very last dance.
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A few days in Saint-Tropez, or a weekend in Monaco before flying home: tell us when, and Valentin plans the rest of your trip.
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Enter your hotel’s address and where you land, Cannes-Mandelieu or Nice Airport: the price appears at once, locked in.
CLIENT REVIEWS
Loyal clients, five-star service
Teams of twenty and more, driven all through Cannes Lions; clients whose loyalty spans more than a decade: you will find it all, in their own words, in our Google reviews.
Authentic reviews on GoogleWe have used them for over 10 years as our regular chauffeur service for airport transfers and various trips around the area, both for ourselves and for our guests.
They have always been punctual, reliable, and available even at short notice. We highly recommend the company to anyone looking for a professional, exclusive, and comfortable travel experience at a very reasonable price.
OUR MERCEDES-BENZ FLEET
Your guests in a sedan, your team in the V-Class
A VIP rides in the S-Class, a day of meetings suits the E-Class, and an entire team travels together in our van, the V-Class, with room for seven. A whole delegation? We can arrange additional vehicles.
Understated and refined
Mercedes E-Class
- 2 passengers
- 2 pieces of luggage
Elegant and discreet, the E-Class welcomes you into a peaceful atmosphere. It is a favorite with business travelers, who make the most of every minute on the road.
Prestige and serenity
Mercedes S-Class
- 2 passengers
- 2 pieces of luggage
The S-Class embodies all the prestige of Mercedes-Benz. With its unrivaled comfort, it is made for occasions that call for the very best.
PART OF THE SERVICE
Cool, calm and connected
Wi-Fi to fine-tune a presentation, chargers for your phone and your laptop, an onboard refrigerator always stocked with cold water: in Cannes in June, that is no small detail.
Your luggage goes straight into the trunk, handled by your chauffeur. Champagne to toast a Lion is an extra, and child seats are available on request.
- Multilingual ChauffeursYour chauffeur speaks French and English. For another language, mention it when you book.
- UmbrellasAn umbrella is always within reach, in case the weather turns.
- Chilled WaterBottled water is offered to you throughout the service.
- Wi-FiStay connected from pickup to drop-off.
- Phone ChargingKeep your devices charged on the way, via USB-C or Lightning.
- Climate ControlThe temperature is set before we pick you up, in summer and winter alike.
- Child SeatsBaby seats, child seats and booster seats are available on request.
- Dress CodeAll our chauffeurs wear a suit and tie.
THE WEEK OF THE LIONS
Five days, five nights
Arrive the day before, spend your days in talks and your nights by the sea, until the Lions are handed out: your chauffeur keeps time with you.
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The day before
Before the opening
Arriving the day before means starting the first morning fresh. Landing late? Your chauffeur is there, whatever the hour.
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During the day
Inside the Palais
International juries judge some 20,000 entries there, while the seminars follow one another. In the morning, a stop at the entrance; on your way out, one phone call and your chauffeur returns.
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In the evening
Beaches and villas
Agencies entertain by the water or up in the hills overlooking Cannes. You are driven there, your chauffeur stays nearby, then takes you back, even at dawn.
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Since 1954
The Lions
Born in Venice, the festival took as its trophy the winged lion of St. Mark’s Square. Bronze, silver, gold, and in each category a Grand Prix chosen from the Gold Lions: they are known as the Oscars of advertising.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Experience serving hotels, luxury brands and major events
Palace hotels, prestige houses, world-famous events: each entrusts its guests to us, and their logos appear a little further down. Our private clients stay anonymous.
For several years, these partners and professional references have relied on Riviera Elite Driver for their private chauffeur needs. Their presence here is a testament to a lasting relationship of trust, built on services we have genuinely delivered.
THE RIVIERA JOURNAL
The same service, wherever you go
Cannes Festival chauffeur
Cannes Film Festival
A month earlier, cinema takes the spotlight.
Nice Airport to Cannes
Nice → Cannes
From the plane to the Croisette, no detours.
Cannes-Mandelieu transfer
Cannes-Mandelieu
The jet airfield just outside Cannes.
Antibes private chauffeur
Antibes
Old Antibes, Cap d’Antibes and Juan-les-Pins.
AROUND THE LIONS
From the Croisette to Mougins and Cap d’Antibes
Cannes Lions reaches far beyond the walls of the Palais: dinner in Mougins, a celebration in Juan-les-Pins, the night ending on Cap d’Antibes.
From arrival to departure
GOOD TO KNOW
A question about your week at Cannes Lions?
When is Cannes Lions?
Each June, for five days, the festival fills the Palais des Festivals. Since the dates shift from one year to the next, send us yours, and we organize your rides around them.
Can one chauffeur cover the Palais, the beaches and the villas?
Yes, that is the whole point of hourly service: one chauffeur from your first meeting to the ride home at night, with no need to book each trip.
Do you have several vehicles for a team?
Of course: V-Classes and sedans, as many as you need. Valentin coordinates the chauffeurs and the timing, from the first one in to the last one out.
During Cannes Lions, taxi or private chauffeur?
A taxi means waiting your turn in the airport line. Your chauffeur, by contrast, is already inside the terminal, your name shown on a tablet. In Cannes, the difference is clear: a suit and tie, schedules that hold, the fare paid when you book, and a brand-new, latest-generation Mercedes-Benz.
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE
Cannes Lions, with Valentin
Valentin Sassi founded Riviera Elite Driver in 2016, after a career in tourism and luxury hospitality on the French Riviera. In the five-star hotels and Palaces of Cannes, he learned what great hospitality demands: attention to detail, discretion and the art of anticipation. These qualities have become his signature.
At first the only one behind the wheel, he earned the trust of hotels, partners and loyal clients, then brought together a team of professional chauffeurs who share his vision of the craft.
Since 2023, he has devoted himself entirely to his clients: he personally organizes every journey and coordinates your chauffeurs.
Day and night, seven days a week, the whole team is just a call away. Your chauffeur knows the streets along the Croisette by heart, and the roads that climb to the hillside receptions.
The vehicle matters. The people who look after you matter more.
