{"id":200581,"date":"2025-05-27T13:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=200581"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:55:41","slug":"saint-etienne-business-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/saint-etienne-voyageurs-affaires","title":{"rendered":"Saint-Etienne: essentially business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, there's no sea like in Antibes. Or the champagne vineyards and timber-framed houses of Troyes. But there is a converted industrial past, a contemporary \u00e9lan and a special warmth. In fact, Saint-Etienne often joins these two cities on the convention circuit around France. More and more French cities are positioning themselves in the market for conferences and major professional events, the metropolis plays to its strengths<\/strong>. Starting with easy TGV access from Paris and facilities designed to accommodate up to 800 people. Or even more, now that the exhibition centre has demonstrated its capacity to host events with up to 2,000 participants in the plenary hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reconstruction of Hall A, renovation of Hall B: the exhibition centre, which will reopen in 2020, offers more than 16,000 m\u00b2 of covered space and will enable the city to position itself as one of the world's leading exhibition centres. larger-scale projects<\/strong>This is one of the ambitions of Saint-Etienne Events. The venue is one of five major event venues in the city owned by this company, which is 65% owned by GL Events and 35% by Loire Action, the association that managed the exhibition centre until the end of the last decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n