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WORLD CLASS FACILITIES
THE 2006 WORLD RANKING BY THE UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (UIA) SHOWS THAT LYON IS ONE OF THE PRIME DESTINATIONS FOR BUSINESS TOURISM AND EVENTS
with 2.7 million business tourists in 2006 (up 13%) and 26,000 events held.
- Lyon Convention Center: a new 3000-seat amphitheater (350 events a year), 2 auditoriums of 900 and 300 seats, an exhibition space of 8400 sq. m. In 2007, 14 events hosted between 1000 and 9000 participants.
- EUREXPO exhibition park: 15,000 exhibitors, 1.5 million visitors/ year, 109,000 sq. m. indoor expo space and over 50,000 sq. m. outdoor expo space.
- Cité Internationale: designed by Renzo Piano, winner of the 2007 MIPIM Award as best business center. The site includes the Convention Center and Amphitheater, the Museum of Contemporary Art, hotels (Hilton, Concorde), office buildings (57,500 sq. m.) and leisure facilities (cinema complex, casino).
Along with:
- Lyon BIOPARC: 40,000 sq. m. for biotechnology companies, and center of the Lyonbiopôle competitiveness cluster
- Bio-safety level P4 lab and the European Molecular Biology lab
- Part-Dieu: second largest business district (1.7 million sq. m.) after La Défense in Paris.
XAVIER KERGAL
Director of the Lyon Rhône-Alpes Entrepreneurs trade show
For four years in a row, Lyon has hosted a major trade show for local entrepreneurs. The Lyon metropolitan area is one of the few cities in France capable of holding such an event. Its economic vitality, as proven by a high rate of business creation, the structured efforts of local actors in the area of entrepreneurship and its world class facilities convinced us to create this event. Lyon offers the ideal environment and infrastructures for organizing large-scale trade shows. 
