Congress and seminar centers Rhône-Alpes

Eurexpo Lyon, managed by GL Events, is France's^{number 1} exhibition center (excluding Paris) and Europe's ^15th largest. Every year, it welcomes over 200 events and 1.5 million visitors in the best possible conditions. At the heart of a vast European crossroads, with fast motorway and rail links, regular services to Lyon Airport with the Rhône Express, and public transport to the center of Lyon, this modular space is ideal for conventions, product presentations, gala evenings, trade shows and exhibitions for the general public. 13,000 parking spaces and numerous restaurants complete this exceptional facility.

With its central geographical location, convenient transport network (TGV, airports, freeways), rich cultural and historical heritage, and a hotel stock of almost 12,000 rooms, Lyon offers many advantages for hosting conventions and seminars. In order to promote the city on the international scene, the Bureau des Congrès et des Salons offers comprehensive, personalized logistical support for the organization of a wide range of events: feasibility studies, drawing up specifications, contacts with local institutions..

A variable geometry space - to be visited virtual with the interface on the website - to provide solutions to all your meetings, conventions and seminars. The 2 400 m ² plateau is fully adjustable and versatile, and is equipped with the same level of conference, exhibition and dining facilities. In addition, level one offers four independent rooms. Near the train station of the Part Dieu and easily accessible by road, this Espace offers practical solutions to all your projects.

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Lyon is very close - just 30 minutes away, yet so far in this beautiful morntise countryside. Completely renovated by a man of taste, Jacques Kraemer, Château Talluy is the perfect place to organize seminars and all your private or professional events. The place is magic: a castle beautifully restored and furnished with a painstaking beauty. Large park to oxygenate, an environment conducive to reflection as well as festivities, combining the beauty of seventeenth century buildings and modernity of design furniture… Everything is done to get you under the best conditions. In addition to the 6 rooms to welcome you (3 specially designed for seminars), 7 rooms and 3 suites, both restaurants, the tea room, add a magnificent chapel that will offer an unusual setting - and magic acoustics - to your interventions or meals. Address Futé with all the talents.

You dream of organizing an unusual private or professional event, you want to surprise your guests during a cocktail, anniversary… seminar? Think about privatizing Le Grangent the time of a party. The Cruise crew of the Loire Gorges will assist you in making your reception a real success. Families, friends, associations, clubs, businesses… all audiences are welcome. In the exceptional surroundings of the Loire Gorges, your parties will be amazing and will delight all participants.

15 Km from Clermont-Ferrand, airport and highway, in the heart of one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France. All sorts of events: dinner buffet, gala dinner, Louis XIII meal - music, crockery, adapted decoration -, weddings... All can be turn-key with meals, entertainment and decoration, provided by a very professional and friendly staff. It has a unique collection of spaces and paths, internal and external, with different views and exhibitions to accommodate your needs and the number of your hosts, the season and the weather of the moment.

The Grande Halle d'Auvergne features 12,606 m2 of covered space in a single block and two outdoor platforms of 28,800 m2 each, a capacity of 8,500 people for the Zenith and 6,500 parking spaces. The Zénith d'Auvergne is a European-scale exhibition center, hosting numerous events such as the Carrefour national de la pêche et des loisirs, Vinidôme, the salon des voyages et des loisirs, the Clermont Geek convention... It also houses the salons d'Auvergne, a 2,400 m² multi-purpose space divisible into four 600 m² rooms.

The Polydôme was designed to accommodate all types of events. It features a 14,000 m² hall, a 650-seat amphitheatre with control room and 200 m² stage, two 500 m² multi-purpose areas, a 1,473 m² catering area and 14 modular meeting rooms. Conveniently served by streetcar and bus. Among the best-known events held at the Polydôme are Carnets de voyage and the forum de la création et de la reprise d'entreprise.

Five Auvergne territories have joined together to offer efficient infrastructures: Clermont-Ferrand, Le Puy-en-Velay, Montluçon, Moulins and La Bourboule/Massif du Sancy. The congress office of the tourist office of Clermont is the reference partner for the organization of your event and will ensure its good progress. To do so, it relies on the large reception sites of the agglomeration such as the Polydôme, the Grande Halle d'Auvergne (www.grandehalle-auvergne.com), and other castles and high places of tourist interest of the region.

The firm also offers training courses and supports companies in their training and career development projects. It is Datadock-certified, which guarantees the quality of its training courses. The office is easily accessible by metro, at Hôtel de Ville station, and there is a parking lot nearby, at Opéra / Hôtel de Ville.