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Sara Kimberley Jennifer Creighton
Jul 04, 2014

Video: The worst things about Cannes Lions, according to adlanders

Losing, swimming in your underpants, being 'stuck' with 'boring' journalists, partying in the 'gutter bar' until 3 am...

 
For most Cannes Lions is about creativity, inspiration, glitz, glamour and of course partying, we mean "networking".
 
However, there are the down sides to Cannes Lions.
 
Publicis Groupe's Maurice Levy and Dylan Williams, africa's Sergio Gordilho, BETC's Remi Babinet, and Omnicom's Michael Roth
 
This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk
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