Geneva 2012 : Accommodations

Here Are the Top 5 Nearest Hotels Around PALEXPO, The 82nd Geneva International Motor Show 2012



1. Crowne Plaza Hotel 
      Geneva Route François-Peyrot 34, 1218 Genève, Switzerland +41 22 747 02 02  ‎

Features

Crowne Plaza is the largest 4 star hotel and conference centre in Geneva. Ideally located for your business or leisure trip: 5 min from the airport, 5 min from Geneva largest shopping centre and 10 min from downtown and UN Palace. Organize your next meeting in the Crowne Plaza Geneva. Our banquet & conference centre, with 18 flexible function rooms can host events from 7 to 700 persons.

The Crowne Plaza geneva proposes 302 bright coloured, air-conditioned and soundproofed Standard, Superior rooms and Suites, with bathroom, hair dryer, minibar, safe, coffee maker facilities, telephone, radio, television with cable netweork and pay TV, wireles and LAN Internet connexion

2. NH Geneva Airport
     Av. De Mategnin, 21, 1217 Geneva, Switzerland +41 22 989 90 00

 

Features

  Located right next to Geneva airport, the NH Geneva Airport is perfect for business and pleasure at the world famous city of Geneva. Our customers benefit from a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere of the hotel with its modern and elegant design, many services and a free shuttle service between the airport and the NH Geneva Airport. The city of Geneva is well known for its geographical and historical importance and today houses the main international human rights. NH Geneva Airport is just 2 minutes from Geneva Airport and Palexpo Congress Centre. The UN building is easily accessible within minutes by car or public transport. For a nice walk, head to the fabulous "alpine garden" a few steps away, with its rock gardens, streams and 3,600 different species of plants. The hotel offers free parking and is also well served by public transport. The tram takes you to downtown and the lake area, with its historic charm and a beautiful shopping area in just 10 minutes.

                                

The NH Geneva Airport is a modern and elegant, the needs of business travelers in particular. Our four fully equipped meeting rooms are ideal for events and meetings for up to 70 people. The rooms and junior suites are all elegantly furnished in shades of relaxing colors with super thick comfortable mattress and hardwood floors. Our 190 rooms offer many amenities, including air conditioning / heating, TV with international channels, telephone, tea and coffee, and more. Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel.

3. Hotel Ibis Genève Aéroport
     Chemin de la Violette 10, 1216 Genève, Switzerland +41 22 710 95 00

Features

The Ibis Geneve Aeroport is located in Cointrin, 10 min from downtown Geneva, near the international airport and the Palexpo Exhibition Centre. The UN headquarters is a few minutes by car. A free shuttle runs between the airport picked five hours 30-23:15 109 airconditioned rooms, pay parking, bar with terrace open 24 hours and a restaurant. Guests traveling on business will appreciate our wireless Internet access. Public transport in 5 minutes.

 

Geneva 2012 - Entry Rates, Online Tickets & Opening Hours

 

Entry Rates & Online Tickets, The 82nd Geneva International Motor Show 2012

Entry Rates (VAT included)

Adults	CHF 16.–
Children from 6 to 16 and pensioners	CHF 9.–
Group rate (more than 20 people)	CHF 11.–

50 % discount on all entry tickets sold on site after 4 p.m.
Cannot be combined with any other offer.

 

Online Ticketing

www.salon-auto.ch: Online Ticketing
www.cff.ch/ticketshop
www.fnac.ch or www.fnac.com   ( or France : Phone 0892 68 36 22, € –.34/min )
www.francebillet.com

Opening Hours

8th to 18th March 2012

Opening times:
Monday - Friday	10 am to 8 pm
Saturday - Sunday	9 am to 7 pm
Price of admission
Adults	CHF 16.-
Children from 6 to 16 and pensioners	CHF 9.-
Group rate (more than 20 people)	CHF 11.- /each.

50 % discount on all entry tickets sold on site after 4 pm.
Cannot be combined with any other offer.
Adults: CHF 8.- and Children and pensioners: CHF 4.50

 

 

Geneva 2012 : All Needed Info to Get There

How to get to The PALEXPO, The 82nd Geneva International Motor Show 2012

 Map PALEXPO (Click to enlarge or Save As to view bigger)

 

By Geneva public transport network (TPG)

With the combined ticket of the Geneva Public Transport System (Transports Publics Genève - TPG), the Motor Show offers you a return ticket within the Unireso region on the day of your visit.



N° 5 bus (Thônex - Vallard - Palexpo - Arena - Aéroport) links the main entry gate of Palexpo with the City Centre in only 20 minutes, and with the Airport in 5 minutes. Runs every 7 to 8 minutes.

N° 10 bus (Rive - Aéroport) stops at the Airport, 7 minutes’ walk from Hall 7 Palexpo Runs every 7 to 8 minutes.

N° 15 tram (Palettes - Nations ) via P+R Etoile, Route des Acacias, the Railway station Cornavin, change at terminus ‘Nations’ and then take bus No. 5. Runs every 5 to 6 minutes.

N° 23 bus (ZIPLO - Aéroport ) stops at the Airport, 7 minutes’ walk from Hall 7 of Palexpo. Runs every 10 to 15 minutes.

N° 28 bus (Parfumerie - Palexpo - Arena - Jardin Botanique) runs every 15 to 20 minutes.

N° 57 (Gare de Meyrin - Aéroport) stops at the Airport, 7 minutes’ walk from hall 7 of Palexpo. Runs every 15 to 20 minutes.

N° Y (Val-Thoiry - CERN - Airport - Arena - Palexpo - Ferney - Mairie) runs every 30 to 60 minutes.

Access by train

The Geneva Airport railway station is just a three-minute walk from Hall 7.

Save with the SBB RailAway offer
With the SBB RailAway offer you will benefit from a discount on the train journey to the Motor Show (-10%) as well as reduced-price admission (-30%). If you already have an admission voucher, purchase the SBB RailAway RailTicket to receive a reduction on your train journey. The offers are available from 1 February at railway stations, ticket machines and online.

Online ticket: includes official admission
The train ticket and the official admission ticket are included in the online ticket. This will save you even more time as you will bypass the queues and gain direct access to the Motor Show. www.sbb.ch/en/ticketshop

Stress-free comfort and convenience on special event trains
A number of special event trains will be running to and from Geneva Airport for visitors to the 2012 Motor Show. Seat reservations can be made at railway stations or by phoning the Rail Service 0900 300 300 (CHF 1.19/min. from the Swiss fixed-line network). Find the connection that best suits you on www.sbb.ch/en

50% reduction on normal round-trip fare with TER Rhone-Alpes trains from any station in the Rhone Alpes region (including Macon) to Geneva, when you buy the package that includes the train, bus and entry ticket to the Geneva International Motor Show.

Bus and entry ticket to the Motor Show

More info: ter-sncf.com (Rhône-Alpes)

Geneva 2012 : Ecological Transportation featured at the Green Pavilion

 

 3 years ago, the Geneva International Motor Show was the car show the first international instrument to a section devoted specifically to the topic of alternative transportation and environmental propulsion technologies and renewable fuel sources: The Green Pavilion. From the start, visitors can find well-qualified small businesses and startups that have been presenting their innovative visions for the future of personal transportation. And now, the major automakers are also to take this opportunity to present their latest concepts in this area. The Green Pavilion can be found in the park Sarasin, just opposite the main entrance to Palexpo in Geneva International Motor Show which runs from 8-18 March 2012.

 

In 2009, long before the global economic crisis, the International Motor Show of Geneva created the Green Pavilion and has thus become THE international exhibition for auto focusing on the development of transportation technologies of the future.

For its first edition, the Green Pavilion featured companies only highly qualified and specialized institutes, and start groups that might take this opportunity to present the latest results of their research to the public as part of an overall exposure . They could also develop relationships with car manufacturers exhibiting at the Motor Show. Meanwhile, the manufacturers recognize this opportunity to introduce to the public their latest prototypes are ready for mass production. The test discs available at the neighboring Green Tests contributed greatly to the success of the concept of the Pavilion.

For the 82nd edition of the Geneva Motor Show International Fair Green Pavilion and green trials moves to the Parc Sarasin, whose entrance is directly opposite the main entrance to Palexpo. Access to the Green Pavilion is included in the primary ticket for the Motor Show, and it will open one hour before the opening of the rest of the show at 9:00 on weekdays and 8:00 on weekends.

The 82nd International Motor Show in Geneva will be open from March 8-18, 2012

The 82nd Geneva International Motor Show: Driving into the future!

The Geneva Motor Show has always been a cradle of ideas and strong emotions about the future of the automobile. The poster for the 82nd International Motor Show in Geneva (8-18 March 2012) was created by range, a communications agency in Bern.

 

The concept of LineUp not only celebrates the automobile, but also pays homage to the city at the end of Lake Geneva in its graphic displays. They summarize their creative ideas as follows:

"Every year, Geneva becomes a metropolis of innovative technologies, craft very high level, bold and noble designs, as it takes the role of an international gallery for automobiles of the future. As the preview of an exhibition of art, established and new manufacturers are the latest trends cars and their latest creations, with an increasing emphasis on environmental concerns. We were also inspired by the pleasures and perpetual sense of freedom that driving provides. We tried to translate the following impressions in our artistic creation: a bright sun, fresh air, driving through a natural landscape to an open horizon that gives observers an impression of space to develop their own reactions and emotions "
This video will be used for all domestic and international Motor Show in Geneva in 2012 and will improve the logos of the partners sponsors: Natural gas / biogas, the main sponsor for the official website www.salon-car.ch , and the Swiss national railway company SBB, the sponsor in the field of public transport