Tips for visitors
- pick up the official visitors’ guide in English prepared by Illustré magazine, by far the easiest way to find your way around, and well written
- go to the bank beforehand, as there are only two ATMs inside the hall and they tend to be busy; bring change, as there is just one change machine, near the entrance
- wifi: yes, Palexpo has it, but with a pre-paid card for one hour to three days, on sale at door E13
- children, dog and smoking: no smoking inside the building and six designated areas just outside; no dogs except guide dogs; children 2-5 years can be left at the nursery for CHF5/hour for three hours
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Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The born-again car industry is hoping to get out of the red by shifting most of us into the green. There are two kinds of cars at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show: those for consumers who care about the environment and their pocketbooks, and those who lust after big hunky gorgeous fast cars. Switzerland’s Illustré magazine, which prepares the official visitor’s guide writes aptly that “there will always be extremists: hardline opponents of he automobile on the one hand, and absolute car fanatics on the other. But increasingly, passion and reason are coming together.”
Title: Retro-moto international
Location: St. Cerge, Vaud
Link out: Click here
Description: The fifth edition of this original display of motorcycles and sidecars will take place in St. Cerge. More than 200 participants are expected in 2009. “A must” for all motorcycle fans.
Date: 20 Jun 2009
Geneva, Switzerland (Genevalunch) - The Geneva Motor Show has come and gone, but it leaves in its wake a sense that environmentally friendly “green” cars finally matter to manufacturers.
An equal amount of spectator buzz surrounded the less glamorous green cars’ stands as the flashy Ferrari and Lamborghini displays. Many of the manufacturers used g/km CO2 emissions ratios (grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre driven) as their key advertising strategy, splashing the information across the hoods, doors, and roofs of their cars.
