Make your ideas grow in Lyon

Capital of the Rhone Alps Region and 2nd business tourism offer in France, its Roman architecture (including UNESCO-listed heritage) going back 2,000 years rubs shoulders with bold contemporary creations.

Lyon’s layout, featuring two rivers and two hills, makes it (a la place de this) an unusual city, where you can travel to the new Confluence district from the Medieval and Renaissance Vieux-Lyon (500 ha listed as Unesco World Heritage) district by boat.

Its gastronomic reputation goes hand in hand with the art of hospitality so greatly appreciated by visitors and event organizers (enlever that come here)

The wide range of cuisines, from Lyon’s traditional bouchons to the gourmet delights of award-winning restaurants, (enlever which) respond to sustainable development challenges. Lyon has the largest sustainable business and housing sector in France. Green, bold, humanistic, it is the place for new ideas to grow fast. Lyon gathers the best chefs, hotels, talents and savoir-faire to make your event count.

Listed 2nd congress city in France (ICCA - International congress and Convention Association)

Lyon has the 2nd French hotel capacity with 19 000 rooms in Lyon Metropolis; 200 meeting spaces including 4 major dedicated sites like the Lyon convention centre which hosts 350 events a year; business travel accounted for 66% hotel bookings.

Lyon is among the top world twenty cities in the GDS-Index (Global Destination Sustainability Index) and the Lyon Convention Bureau's team support associations to organize more sustainable events.

Thanks to its 150 professional members, the Lyon CVB study the feasibility of the congress, invite tenders and assists you during the upstream phase of the congress. Several tools have been deployed like hotel software , hotel Chart , positif impact Event organising guide for more efficiency.

To learn more about Lyon, we invite you to read the Boardroom article