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Business Services Business Contacts Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Geneva Street Address: Boulevard du Thtre 4, 1204 Geneva Postal Address: PO Box 5039, 1211 Geneva 11 Tel: (022) 819 9111. Fax: (022) 819 9100. E-mail: ccig@cci.ch Website: www.cci.ch/geneve Office for the Promotion of Geneva Industry Street Address: Rue Boissonnas 9, 1227 Geneva Postal Address: PO Box 1355, 1211 Geneva Tel: (022) 308 9880. Fax: (022) 308 9890. E-mail: admin@opi.ge.ch Website: www.opi.ch Supplies information on the city’s industrial activities. Technical visits of certain OPI member companies may be arranged upon prior request. The Swiss Embassy in the UK provides economic and commercial information: Swiss Embassy (UK) 16-18 Montagu Place, London W1H 2BQ Tel: (020) 7616 6000. Fax: (020) 7724 7001. Website: www.swissembassy.org.uk Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce Suite 309, 608 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10020 Tel: (212) 246 7789. Fax: (212) 246 1366. E-mail: swissny@mindspring.com Website: www.sacc.net Swiss-Canadian Chamber of Commerce 1572 avenue Dr Penfield, Montral, Qubec H3G 1C4 Tel: (514) 937 5822. Fax: (514) 932 9028. E-mail: info@cccsmtl.com Website: www.cccsmtl.com Swiss Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) Suite 209, 203 New South Head Road, Edgecliff NSW 2027 Tel: (02) 9326 1986. Fax: (02) 9328 7299. E-mail: admin@sacci.com.au Website: www.sacci.com.au Business Services Business library Bibliothque de la Facult Sciences conomiques et Sociales Universit de Genve, Boulevard du Pont d’Arve 40, 1211 Geneva 4 Tel: (022) 705 8046. Fax: (022) 320 4220. E-mail: bibses@uni2a.unige.ch Website: www.unige.ch/biblio/ses Library of the faculty of social and economic sciences, on the University of Geneva campus. Convention and meeting planners Geneva Tourism Rue du Mont Blanc 18, PO Box 1602, 1211 Geneva 1 Tel: (022) 909 7000. Fax: (022) 909 7011. E-mail: info@geneve-tourisme.ch Website: www.geneva-tourism.ch Provides an organisational and advisory service, including the selection of appropriate dates and facilities for meetings and provision of information, contacts and documentation. Symporg SA (Symposium and Conference Organisers) Avenue Krieg 7, 1208 Geneva Tel: (022) 839 8484. Fax: (022) 839 8485. E-mail: info@symporg.ch Website: www.symporg.ch Provides cost evaluation, multi-lingual secretarial support, database preparation, hotel booking, travel arrangements and exhibition and social events organisation. Convention and meeting venues Geneva has over 200 meeting halls with capacities ranging from 20-6500. All major conference sites are equipped with simultaneous translation and multi-lingual interpreters are readily available. Technological innovations, such as remote translation and text-processing, allow conference services to extend beyond Geneva-based meetings. Palexpo PO Box 112, Grand-Saconnex 1218 Tel: (022) 761 1111. Fax: (022) 798 0100. E-mail: info@palexpo.ch Website: www.palexpo.ch Ten minutes from the city centre, and directly connected to the airport and railway station, Palexpo has a large conference centre (eight rooms with a combined seating space of over 3000); exhibition halls, four large restaurants (with a total of 2000 seats), and the nearby nineteenth-century Villa Sarasin with its personalised reception rooms, VIP bar, restaurant and garden. International Conference Centre Geneva (ICCG) Rue de Varemb 15, 1211 Geneva 20 Tel: (022) 791 9111. Fax: (022) 733 8106. E-mail: info@cicg.ch Website: www.cicg.ch The centre is equipped with satellite video-conference capability, audiovisual facilities in the offices and simultaneous interpretation. There are four main conference rooms equipped with interpreters’ booths and nine committee rooms. Grand-Casino Hotel Noga Hilton, Quai du Mont-Blanc 19, 1211 Geneva Tel: (022) 908 9150. Fax: (022) 908 9091. E-mail: gvahitwfb@hilton.com Website: www.hiltongeneve.ch The Grand-Casino theatre, situated underneath the Noga Hilton Hotel, seats 1600. Facilities include a stage area, a complex lighting system with 240 circuits controlling over 150 projectors, high-quality sound equipment and simultaneous translation. Expo-Lac/Scenexpo-Lac Rue Plantamour 18-20, 1201 Geneva Tel: (022) 908 9756. Fax: (022) 732 5304. Website: www.hiltongeneve.ch/conf.html Expo Lac is a 5000-sq-metre (53,820 sq ft) congress and exhibition centre on the Rue Plantamour side of the Noga Hilton Hotel. Each of the centre’s three levels can be used separately, allowing it to be adapted to suit a wide range of events. Office equipment hire Soprotec SA Rue de Lausanne 45a, PO Box 262, 1201 Geneva Tel: (022) 732 5111. Fax: (022) 731 9110. E-mail: info@soprotec.com Website: www.soprotec.com Dorier SA Routes des Jeunes 19, 1227 Carouges Tel: (022) 309 2000. Fax: (022) 309 2001. E-mail: dorier@bluewin.ch Provision of audiovisual equipment for international conferences, and advisory service for planning and installation. Secretarial services A&G Support Services Rue des Alpes 7, 1201 Geneva Tel: (022) 909 8710. Fax: (022) 909 8719. Regus Business Centre Rue du Rhne 14, 1204 Geneva Tel: (022) 819 1919. Fax: (022) 819 1900. Website: www.regus.com Translation services Transpose SA Avenue Calas 8, 1206 Geneva Tel (022) 839 7979. Fax (022) 839 7978. E-mail: info@transpose.ch Website: www.transpose.ch ABC Office Traduction Boulevard Saint-Georges 72, 1205 Geneva Tel: (022) 321 2391. Fax: (022) 321 2389. Unusual conference venue Domaine de Choully Route du Crt-de-Choully 34-36, 1242 Satigny-Geneva Tel: (022) 753 1307. Fax: (022) 753 2112. Located in the countryside and surrounded by vineyards, this traditional country house is 15 minutes’ drive from the city centre. In addition to its particular charm and two restaurants seating up to 40 and 150 respectively, it provides conference rooms and facilities. |