Cannes Lions dates tried, tested and true

The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has revealed the dates for 2012 will revert back to the usual third week in June next year after the decision by the city of Cannes to postpone until further notice the refurbishment to the Palais des Festivals.

Earlier this year, the organisers of the festival had agreed to move the dates of the 2012 event two weeks earlier than usual to allow for improvements to be made to the venue. For various internal and external reasons the proposed upgrade works of the Palais des Festivals have now been postponed and to avoid a crossover with the end of the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Lions will revert back to the usual dates in the third week of June: 17-23 June 2012.

Philip Thomas, Cannes Lions CEO proferred an apology to those who had already made plans around the earlier dates.

"After consulting with many people in the industry, there was an overwhelming view that our delegates would prefer to revert to the traditional Cannes Lions dates," he said. "It's a time slot that has been in peoples' diaries for the best part of 60 years."