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PARISWELCOMES THE 25TH ICOMS 2021

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Mme Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, has marked her personal commitment to support the SFSCMFCO candidacy to host the 25th ICOMS in 2021. She has signed a support letter and commits the City of Paris to:

• Offer complimentary use of the city’s 180 billboards.• Open the doors of the prestigious reception rooms of the City Hall

to welcome your ICOMS delegates in one of the most beautiful examples of Parisian architecture.

In addition, the City of Paris, in collaboration with Viparis, will offer a full package that will give ICOMS maximum visibility and welcome to delegates across the city: the Welcome Pack.

The Welcome Pack is an integrated information, guidance and transport service for ICOMS delegates and partners to reach the World Congress venue. It will be offered free of charge for the 25th ICOMS. The Welcome Pack is implemented at airports, in some railway stations and at the venue. It has 4 main components: Greet and inform – Transport – Guide – Welcome.

T HE CITYOF PARIS CREATESA WELCOMINGA T MOS PHERE FOR TH E 25 T H ICOMS CON GR ES S 2021

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At Arrival: Welcome, Visibility and Transport

Arrival transfersFree shuttle from CDG Airport and Orly Airport to the 25th ICOMS congress venue

At the Venue: Visibility and Welcome Services

We will offer to the ICOMS delegates:

Welcome banners in the street around the venue

Your Bell boy at the main entrance

Free shuttle for departure transfers: from 25th ICOMS congress to CDG Airport and Orly Airport

CDG Airport

Vertical welcome banners in the terminal building

Information desks in the main terminal building with bilingual hostesses

Gare de Lyon

Welcome and guidance information panels

Board announcementsgreets every 30 minutes

Information desks with bilingual hostesses

Orly Airport

Vertical welcome banners in the terminal building

Gare du Nord

Welcome and guidance information panels

Board announcements greets every 30 minutes

Information desks with bilingual hostesses

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A leading tourist destination The Paris Region is the world’s leading tourist destination.Visits to monuments and museums, strolls through the city’s streets and cruises on the Seine: Paris’s illustrious heritage is an everyday, everywhere experience. World capital of fashion, shopping and dining, Paris is always on the move.

Museums: Louvre, Orsay, Rodin, Quai Branly…

Shopping: Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, Bon Marché…

Famous Masterpieces: Nymphea, Mona Lisa, Vénus de Milo…

Famous restaurants: La Tour d’Argent, Fouquet’s, l’Arpège…

Extraordinary placesFor many visitors, Paris is a museum city. Although the number of museums is considerable, most of the buildings that line the streets are – contrary to appearances! – Parisians homes. The city’s superb architectural heritage, comprising some 1,800 listed buildings, is such that visitors are easily mistaken as to a building’s function, particularly as this legacy is constantly growing, getting a makeover and diversifying.

Paris is also one of the most enjoyable places to live and work. 75% of its surface comprises parks, wooded areas, vast forests, and rural areas. Local authorities are committed to putting the necessary measures in place to control urbanization, pollution and nuisances, and to protect the landscape. Visitors can also leave the city and head for the Palace of Versailles or enjoy the parades at Disneyland® Resort Paris.

The top 10 Paris museums and monuments (in terms of number of visitors)

1 Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris 2 Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre 3 Musée du Louvre 4 Tour Eiffel 5 Centre Pompidou 6 Musée d’Orsay 7 Cité des sciences et de l’industrie de la Villette 8 Muséum national d’histoire naturelle 9 Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse 10 Grand Palais

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Paris knows that a city needs more than outstanding historical and cultural heritage to make it an attractive place to live.

Fine dining, shopping and entertainment are an integral part of the city’s art de vivre. The French capital offers 16,000 shops, 208 theatres and 83 cinemas – the biggest choice in the world. Prominent figures from the worlds of art, culture, fashion, design and cuisine come together in the streets of Paris. Once or twice a week, shops and museums stay open until late in the evening, and when night falls and dinner has been savored, the bars, cabarets, discotheques, auditoriums and concert halls take the spotlight.

The global capital of gastronomy, Paris has more than 10,000 bars and restaurants, ranging from the traditional “brasserie” to the most exotic cuisine. Many restaurants also have meeting rooms, so business and gastronomic pleasure can be combined. On the menu: Michelin star restaurants with top-class chefs, the new “fooding” stars who mix flavours from around the world with traditional cuisine, and small local restaurants offering innovative menus. According to the UK’s Restaurant magazine, 9 of the world’s 100 best restaurants are in Paris.

Summer season, the most enjoyable time to visit ParisJuneFete de la musique (music day) - Gay Pride parade - Summer Sales - Paris Air Show* - Festival Futur en Seine (digital creation) - Paris Jazz Festival - Solidays music festival

JulyParis Cinema festival - Paris Treasure Hunt - Bastille Day, French national holiday - Paris Quartier d’Eté (performing arts festival) - Paris Plages - Finish of the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees

AugustClassique au vert (classical music festival) - Rock en Seine festival - Jazz a la Villette festival

SeptemberTechnoparade - European Heritage Days - Fête des Jardins (parks and gardens festival)

* Find out all about events in Paris on www.convention.parisinfo.com

THE ENTERTAINMENTCAPITAL

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Charles de Gaulle airport (in the North) with its 7 terminals accepts all airlines and low-cost companies; there is an annual passenger flow of over 65 million people (more than the French population in all). This airport has direct shuttles to the Palais des Congrès de Paris, the anticipated congress site.

Orly airport in the South of Paris is France’s premier airport: built in the 1950s’, it still is the favourite airport of the French people; domestic flights use this airport as well as low-cost companies and airlines from southern European countries.

Shuttles from the airports and express rail (one airport is located 15 kilometres south of Paris - Orly, the other one is 32 kilometres-North) are convenient and cheap (less than 10 €). Direct bus link the airport to Paris; departure every 30 minutes (27 € roundtrip). Trains depart both ways every 5 minutes enabling the flow of passengers, tourists and convention participants to reach the city in a maximum of 30 minutes. There are also 6 train stations in Paris.The city can be reached by High Speed Trains (“TGV” in French) from most major European cities. 16 Eurostar

roundtrip per day link the French Capital to London and 28 Thalys to Brussels and Amsterdam. Barcelona has just been linked in 2013 and Madrid, Berlin and Milan will also be linked by TGV before the year 2019.

The 25th ICOMS will benefit from an «official carrier» agreement with the national airline Air France/KLM and its Sky Team Global alliance as well as the French rail company SNCF.

This will ensure the 25th ICOMS delegates the best possible transport rates and easy on-line registration (both Air France and SNCF are engaged in disability support and CO² compensation programmes).

Paris two international airports Roissy CDG and Orly are the HUB to 159 International Airline Companies making access from all over the world very easy.

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PARIS, AN EASILY-ACCESSIBLE CITY THANKS TO ITS CENTRAL GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

Marseille1h15

Milan1h15

Munich1h30

Prague1h35

Berlin1h35

Oslo2h15 Stockholm

2h30

Helsinki2h55

Riga2h40

Moscow3h30

Shanghaï11h00

Tokyo11h35

Vienna1h50 Budapest

2h10

Sofia2h45

Athens3h15

Bucharest2h50

Rome1h55

Barcelona1h30 5h30

London1h10 2h20

By plane / En avion

By train / En train

1h00

2h20

Amsterdam1h15 3h18

Brussel1h00 1h22

Frankfurt1h20 3h50

Strasbourg1h00 2h20

Geneva1h05 3h22

Lisbon2h15

Dublin1h25

Madrid1h50

PARISLos Angeles

11h25

New York8h00

São Paulo11h05

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The following is an indication of what it would cost to fly to Paris from major cities. These are return economy fares advertised on websites (prices are per person and include all pre-paid taxes – special booking and travel conditions may apply):

Destination Fare return trip in economy class Destination Fare return trip

in economy class

Bangkok 750€ - 950€ Moscow 400€ - 600€

Beijing 700€ - 900€ New York 400€ - 500€

Brussels / train 50€ - 100€ Rio de Janeiro 900€ - 1000€

Buenos Aires 900€ - 1100€ Rome 150€ - 200€

Casablanca 350€ - 450€ Seoul 1100€ - 1400€

Dakar 550€ - 750€ Stockholm 150€ - 250€

Dubai 650€ - 750€ Sydney 1300€ - 1500€

Johannesburg 850€ - 1200€ Tel Aviv 300€ - 600€

London / train 100€ - 150€ Tokyo 800 € - 1000€

Los Angeles 700€ - 900€ Toronto 600€ - 800€

Paris is also a city where any place is close! Convention centre and hotels are very close to each other; therefore a shuttle system from hotels to the venue is not necessary. Everything is within Paris « intra-muros » and, if needed, public transportation is easily accessible.

The easy and practical Paris underground system or local bus and Trams crosses the city from North to South and West to East. With a special rate “Paris Visite Pass” in hands, you may use it any time, as many times as you want.

Cost of Public Transportation:

1 ticket: 1,70€10 tickets: 13, 30€Paris Visite Pass (1 day) 10,55€Paris Visite Pass (5 days) 33,70€

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Freedom of Travel & Circulation France does not impose any official entry restrictions on persons entering the country.

All visitors (other than those travelling on a European passport) travelling to France from overseas, including those attending congresses, must have a valid passport and some countries need to obtain a tourist Visa.

For further information, you may consult the Department of Immigration from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: www.diplomatie.gouv.fr

Today Paris hosts a variety of communities from the whole world and all languages are represented. Paris is not only the siege of UNESCO, and many other NGO’s, but also a pluri-cultural city accommodating all religions and sensitivities. France has the largest number of immigrants in Europe.

MCI France, the PCO that will be assisting with the organisation of the congress proposes an on-line module attached to the congress website which will allow participants requiring a visa do edit themselves a document justifying of their participation to the congress to present to the French authorities (French Consulates).

Of very simple use, this module requires to fill-in a number of personal information:

• Name, Surname• Date and place of birth • Nationality and passport number

The module then automatically generates a letter in PDF format using a predetermined template where the personal information is included and sends it to the participant on its email address.

Climate Automn (21 September-21 December) When you see the avenues and parks take on their autumn reflections, and the soft light of the street lamps sets aglow the carpet of fallen leaves, it’s an inspiring sight. The days may be getting shorter, but the colours are blooming. This is not only the time to return to school, but also a renewal of culture. Autumn has its own festival and the major trade fairs draw the crowds. Towards the end of November, Paris already sparkles with Christmas decorations.

Average Temperature and Rainfall:

Min Max Rain in mmSeptember 12°C 21°C 55October 8°C 16°C 50December 5°C 10°C 51

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Security & Medical Assistance Concerning security on site, access to the areas reserved for the 25th ICOMS Congress will be under strict control. A registered security company will be hired to control access that will be possible only to those delegates and participants that will be duly and properly badged.

In addition, Palais des Congrès de Paris as a Venue is classified as an “ERP” of first category. “ERP” or “Etablissement Recevant du Public” is the French legislation concerning risks and the first category is the toughest one, giving obligation to buildings under such classification to limit fire risks, to have clear and pre-designed evacuation routes, access for safety personnel and accessibility for disabled persons. It evens gives them obligation to maintain a properly trained fire and safety brigade on site.

Finally, a first medical response team will be hired for the duration of the congress to give first assistance to anyone in medical need.

Accessibility in sign language.

Assistance for the transit of Documents & Materials for the Secretariat & the Exhibition MCI France, the PCO chosen to assist in the overall organization of the congress will be responsible for the selection of freight and documents forwarders.

In particular to achieve the following missions:

Supervision of security, traffic flow control and maintenance within the Congress Centre;

Coordination of services:

set-up, staging and move in customs clearance receiving and drayage exhibitor registration exhibitor Service Centre move-in procedures and dismantling

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Media CommunicationA dedicated Press Relation Agency will be selected to assist the 25th ICOMS in its communications with the press for all matters concerning the Congress, before, during and after it. Experience with Maxillo Facial Surgery will be a required element of choice.

Typical Local ExpensesDrinks

Coffee expresso 1,89€

Regular Cappuccino 3,00€

Water (1.5 liter bottle) 1,00€

Soda 3,00€

Restaurants

Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant 12,00€

Meal for 1, Mid-range Restaurant,3-course 25,00€

Club sandwich 2,68€

Transportation

One-way Ticket (Local Transport) 1,70€

Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) 2,40€

Taxi 1km (Normal Tariff) 1,00€