PRACTICAL INFORMATION

 

 
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Key dates: opening from 10th to 13th March, 2009

 

Venue: Eurexpo - Parc des Expositions (Lyon)

 

Exhibition's opening hours:

  • 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m on Tuesday and Wednesday
  • 9.00 a.m - 9.00 p.m on Thursday (Fête de l'industrie)
  • 9.00 a.m - 5.00 p.m on Friday
 

ACCESS TO THE EXHIBITION

By road

On the A43 Chambéry Grenoble motorway, linked to the Paris Marseille motorway.
Download the EUREXPO access map Acrobat Reader

 

Fast super highways to all French and European capitals

  • Four hours from Paris (A6)
  • Three hours from Marseille (A7)
  • 45 minutes from Chambéry-Grenoble (A43)
  • 90 minutes from Geneva (A42)
  • Three hours from Turin
  • 20 minutes from downtown Lyon
  • Two and a half hours from Chamonix and the "Mont Blanc"

 

From the Railway station

3 TGV high speed train stations: Lyon Part-Dieu, Lyon Perrache and St Exupéry airport with several trains per day to all big French and European cities. Lyon-Paris: one TGV per hour - Journey time: approximately two hours.Contact the SNCF Conference Service to reserve your tickets.

 

Stations TGV of Lyon Part Dieu, Lyon Perrache, Lyon Saint Exupéry)
www.sncf.com

 

From the Airport

LYON SAINT-EXUPÉRY AIRPORT
Tel: 33 (0)4 72 22 72 21
Fax: 33 (0)4 72 22 74 71
www.lyon.aeroport.fr

 

10 miles from Eurexpo. Direct flights to 29 domestic and 26 International destinations. On-Airport TGV station with 8 return trains to Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Lyon Part-Dieu. Direct shuttle bus to TGV Part-Dieu station and downtown Lyon.

 

LYON BRON AIRPORT
Virtually on the showground, Lyon Bron airport is the second largest business and recreational airport in France. Fly your VIPs to your Show by private jet, helicopter or air taxi. Hostesses can organize personalized receptions. The airport is open from 6.30 to 22.30 local time.

Service reception Lyon Bron
Tel: +33 (0)4 78 26 81 09
Fax: +33 (0)4 78 26 72 65
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Transit

 

Not assured on every exhibition. Get more informations calling 0033 4 72 22 33 44.

Priority to TCL (TRANSPORTS EN COMMUN LYONNAIS) 0033 820 427 00

Town center/Eurexpo: 30 minutes

One way trip: 1,50 € (all TCL titles are valid)

 

PART-DIEU train station, VILLETTE exit : tramway line T3 + bus « Direct EUREXPO »:

Part-Dieu train station, Villette exit : tramway line T3,

Direction Meyzieu to « Vaulx en-Velin – La Soie » : every 7 minutes

Then connection with « Direct Eurexpo » bus : every 20 minutes.

 

Terminus station Vaulx en-Velin – La Soie + bus « Direct EUREXPO »

Station line A, terminus « Vaulx en-Velin – La Soie » : every 6 minutes

Then connection with « Direct Eurexpo » bus : every 20 minutes

Get more informations on: www.tcl.fr

 

Satobus
Runs between the airport and downtown Lyon every 20 minutes every day from 5.00 am to 11.20 pm.
The Satobus desk is open from 7.00 am to 11.00 pm in the central hall of the airport on level 1. Phone: +33 (0) 472 687 217
Tel: +33 (0)4 72 22 75 26
Fax: +33 (0)4 72 22 72 66
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Taxis

Seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Indicative fares:
Saint-Exupéry Airport - Eurexpo: 30 Euros (day), 40 Euros (Night)
Eurexpo - Part Dieu station: 20 Euros (day), 25 Euros (night)

  • Allo Taxi Tel: +33 (0)4 78 28 23 23
  • Taxi Lyonnais Tel: +33 (0)4 78 26 81 81
  • Taxi aéroport Tel: +33 (0)4 72 22 70 90

Web links:

Lyon Public Transport: www.tcl.fr
Satobus shuttles: www.satobus.com
Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport: www.lyon.aeroport.fr

 

REDUCTION TRANSPORT

 

BY PLANE


Air France - Official carrier
 
  • On international routes
    AIR FRANCE will offer you preferential fares (subject to conditions) from your country of departure # on the regular full fare in business or economy class for your round-trip journey to attend this event.
    Your nearest Air France office: www.airfrance.fr

  • On the domestic network within metropolitan France
    The discount with the exhibition will entitle you to a rebate of up 45% (subject to conditions) on the regular full fare in economy class for your round-trip journey on the Air France metropolitan domestic network .to attend this event.
    To book and obtain your electronic ticket within France, contact: 3654* or your travel agent in metropolitan France or your Air France office.
    Members of Air France's partner-carriers will receive "miles" on their loyalty programme when using Air France flights. Check details with your Air France office.

     

    *charge for calls: 0,12€/min

 

DISCOUNTS INDUSTRIE Lyon 2009

 

Identifier Code 04650AF Valid for travel from 05/03/2009 to 18/03/2009

Discounts are applied to a wide range of airfares, in all classes of travel (Espace Première [First], Espace Affaires [Business] and Tempo [Coach]), on all flights of the Air France worldwide network.
-10% rebate is applied on published non-restrictive public fares. A reduction of -5% is granted on restrictive-discounted fares.

 

Use the website of this event to access:

  • the preferential fares granted for this event,
  • make your online reservation,
  • issue your electronic ticket*,
  • select your seat**
  • and print your boarding card**,

or link to www.airfrance-globalmeetings.com

 

Your electronic ticket will carry a special mention which justifies the application of the preferential Air France Global Meetings fare. Should you prefer to process your reservations and ticket-purchase directly with an Air France sales outlet, you must keep this current document which serves to justify the application of the preferential airfare. Keep it with you as you may be asked for it at any point of your journey. To locate your nearest Air France sales point, consult: www.airfrance.com

 

You will need to quote the reference given above which is registered
in Air France data under: GGAIRAFEVENTNEGO

 

* not available in certain countries
** subject to conditions

Frequent flyer / loyalty programs of Air France partner airlines are credited with "miles" when Air France flights are used.
Société Air France , société anonyme au capital de 1.901.231.625 euros - RCS Bobigny 420495178
Siège social : 45 rue de Paris, F95704 Roissy Charles de Gaulle

 

ACCOMMODATION

 

For your comfort Lyon's hotels provide over 11,000 rooms in all categories including 28 hotels near Eurexpo.

 

Hotel capacity by category (Greater Lyon):

 

4 stars and 4 stars Luxury 1455 rooms
3 stars 3 060 rooms
2 stars 4500 rooms
1 star 480 rooms
No star 1 175 rooms

To see the hotels' list

 
  • Central reservations office of Lyon is at your disposal for any information concerning accommodation at Lyon:
    Tel: 33 (0)4 72 77 72 50
    Fax: 33 (0)4 78 42 04 32
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  • Tourist information centre of Lyon:
    Tel: +33 (0)4 72 77 69 69
    Fax: +33 (0)4 78 42 04 32
    www.lyon-france.com