Trade fairs in Paris
Nautic – the 2009 Paris Boat Show
at Porte de Versailles from 5th – 13th December
You want boats? How about 1,400 boats?!!! And lots more…
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Why we won’t be going to the 2009 Chocolat Show in Paris from 14th – 18th October
We love chocolate. Love it. However this chocolate show we can do without. Each year it’s the same old same old, with hundreds of thousands of visitors queuing up to… eat, eat, eat. But there’s more to our boycott than that; read on to know why we won’t be at the Salon du Chocolat 2009!
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The 2009 Paris Horse Show
at Villepinte from 5th – 13th December
A change of scene for the horse show this year; now at Villepinte, near the Charles de Gaulle airport, you (and the 2,000 horses) have a lot more room! Here’s the details…

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The Paris Cycle show 2009 from 2nd – 5th October
at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Despite the motorbike show being cancelled this year because of the current economic meltdown, bicycles seem to be holding up a little better, as the 2009 Paris Cycle show (Salon du Cycle 2009) is definitely still on (albeit for four days instead of five) at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Here’s all the essential info!
The Salon du Collectionneur (Collector’s Fair)
at the Grand Palais in Paris
from 11th – 20th September 2009
If you like looking at art… and then buying it, this biennial art fair is for you. And with the splendid Grand Palais as the setting, how could you resist ?

TheGrand Palais. Photo : JasonW
La Foire de Paris 2009 (The Paris Fair), 30th April – 10th May 2009 at the Porte de Versailles
A huge exhibition with a slightly naff image, currently trying to reinvent itself as hip, cool, chic, elegant… But what do they have to offer? Here are all the details…
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The 2009 Salon de l’Agriculture in Paris
Cows, food tasting, sheep, wine, goats, wine, pigs, wine… and over 600,000 visitors !
photo by meuh57 used under cc licence
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The Salon du Cinéma 2009 – 16th – 18th January 2009 at the Grande Halle de la Villette
You are a star! A movie star! And that means that the Salon du Cinéma – with its workshops and meet ‘n’ greets – is for you! Here are all the details…
photo by Guillaume Lemoine used under cc licence
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The 2008 Horse Show in Paris
Do you marvel before a Curly or a Akhal Teke? No, they’re not dishes from a Thai restaurant, they are types of horses, and you can meet them at the Paris Horse Show (Salon du Cheval) together with over 1,000 other horses, ponies and donkeys (donkeys?). 46 different races and 400 professional participants are waiting for you. Enough to spur you to a gallop?…
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Nautic – The 2008 Paris Boat Show from 6th – 14th December at the Porte de Versailles
A new name (and logo) to give it a hipper look, 1,200 stands, 1,400 brands and some prices that’ll make you sea sick!


