Domotex Hannover 2008 at a glance
Domotex Hannover 2008: From Saturday 12 to Tuesday 15, January 2008, one more time Domotex Hannover is the appointment about floor coverings.
Duration: Saturday, 12 - Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Opening hours: 9.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m., daily
Admission: One-day ticket € 20.00
Four-day ticket € 35.00
Students’ ticket € 14.00
(Proof of trade visitor status required)
New! For the duration of the trade show the admission ticket can be used when travelling on the public transport system in the Greater Hannover area.
Catalogue: € 13.00 + packaging and postage
Travel: Travel2Fairs GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Messe, offers a full service covering travel, accommodation and tourist programs. Contact: Travel2Fairs GmbH, Tel. +49-(0) 511-33644-510, www.travel2fairs.com
Direct scheduled flights from Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Greece, United Kingdom, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic and Turkey, as well as transfers to international flights from Frankfurt/Main, Munich, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Zurich and Brussels; Bus shuttle service between the airport in Hannover and the Exhibition Grounds; Rail travel: a special train service stops at the exhibition venue “Messebahnhof Hannover Messe/Laatzen”; otherwise German Federal Railways (Deutsche Bundesbahn) operates a regular service to Hannover Central Station. Special rail ticket offers can be booked via Travel2Fairs GmbH. A frequent tram service (route no. 8) operates between the Central Railway Station and the Exhibition Grounds (Entrance Nord 1). Trams no. 6 and 16 run from the city centre (Kröpcke and Aegi stations) to the eastern section of the Exhibition Grounds (approx. 400 m from Entrance Ost 3). More information on Travel and Accommodation can be found online at: www.domotex.de/visitorservice.
Parking: Exhibitors and visitors can use the car parks Nord 1b, Nord 2, Nord 3, Nord 4 (multi-storey car park – eastern section), Nord 5, Süd 3a (multi-storey car park), Süd 3b and Süd 4a as well as parking facilities in Halls 11 and 12. Parking areas have been allocated for coaches at Nord 2a and heavy vehicles (lorries) at Süd 4b.
Exhibition program: Rugs and carpets (hand-made); woven rugs and carpets (machine-woven); textile floor coverings (rolls, tiles, made to measure); resilient floor coverings; parquet and other wooden flooring; laminate flooring; natural stone and ceramic tiles; contract carpeting; fibres, yarns and fabrics; product presentation; applications, laying, maintenance and cleaning techniques and equipment; adhesives and substrate preparation; surface treatment; skirting and profiles; machinery and tools; publishing houses; trade associations, design and services
Special presentations: “contractworld” and “European Competition for Interior Furnishing Trades” in Hall 4; “floorforum” in Hall 3; “Carpet Design Award” located between Halls 15 and 16; “Skilled Trades Forum” in Hall 8; “Initiative for Safer Working Practices” and the “European Team Floorlaying Competition” in Hall 9.
Exhibitors: 1,400 exhibitors from around 60 countries occupying a net display area of approx. 94,000 m² in twelve halls
Estimated attendance: Approx. 47,000 trade visitors from around 80 countries representing wholesalers and retailers of carpets, floor coverings and home textiles, the furnishing and furniture trades, architects, interior designers, designers, contract furnishers and interior architects, furnishing, home design and furniture stores, the parquet and flooring trades, painters and varnishers, department and universal stores, specialist stores, DIY stores.
Press Center: Next to the Convention Center (CC), open as from Friday, 11 January 2008, 9.00 a.m.
