With new services and special offers, IDS – the 33rd International Dental Show – 2009 in Cologne can be reached more easily and more comfortably than ever before. Using the Internet, people participating in the most attractive industry platform worldwide for dental medicine and dental technology can plan, organise and book their visit simply and efficiently. Thanks to cooperation with our partners, such as Deutsche Bahn, attractive price benefits are available. Exhibitors and visitors to IDS Cologne 2009 pay only 89 euros for a 2nd class return ticket to Cologne and back with Deutsche Bahn if the distance travelled is less than 350 kilometres and guests book specific trains (1st class: 109 euros). Within this radius are, for example, Heidelberg, Osnabrück, Kassel and Saarbrücken. Tickets for distances over 350 kilometres to Cologne and back cost 119 euros in 2nd class and 169 euros in 1st class when a specific train is booked (on Fridays and Saturdays it is not possible to choose any train). Tickets are valid from 12 to 30 March 2009. They are only valid when presented with a print-out of online registration as an expert visitor, an admission ticket or IDS exhibitor ID. Tickets are available on + 49 [0] 1805 / 31 11 53. Bookable now: travel packages and services in Cologne
Exhibitors and visitors can book rooms in one of over 70 Koelnmesse GmbH partner hotels using the www.ids-cologne.de homepage. But they also have access to travel packages (flight, hotel and hire car) as well as services in Cologne. These include transfers, city tours or admission tickets to cultural events, which are available at reduced prices.
Discover Cologne – individual events around the cathedral city
Cologne has more to offer: Make use of your trip to IDS and discover the metropolis on the Rhine with friends, customers and colleagues, for example with “koelnkultur” – the Cologne rally with anecdotes and stories about the city. Take a look behind the scenes of the media city, or relax on a cheerful tour through Cologne’s world-famous breweries. And discover the secret of Cologne’s native drink – Kölsch. Best connections to the fourth-largest trade fair centre in the world
Anyone arriving by train can step out right into the midst of the action from the station Köln Messe/Deutz. Köln Messe/Deutz station is located within the grounds of the trade fair centre. The new southern entrance to Koelnmesse is only a few steps away. The trade fair centre is very well connected to public transport routes. Visitors, exhibitors and journalists can also use their admission ticket, their ID or their accreditation to get free travel on Rhein-Sieg public transport (VRS). For those arriving by car, ten motorways lead to Cologne's motorway ring road. This is equipped with a dynamic traffic guidance system which guides drivers in comfort to one of Koelnmesse’s almost 15,000 parking spaces. Cologne/Bonn Airport only 15 minutes away by suburban rail
Cologne’s trade fair centre is very quick and easy to reach from all European metropolises by plane. Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris, Prague, London, Munich, Milan and Zurich are only around 60 minutes away from Cologne/Bonn Airport by air. Suburban rail connections between Cologne/Bonn Airport and the trade fair centre leave every 20 minutes with a journey time of 15 minutes. And even where travel costs are concerned, there is hardly anything left to wish for, since Cologne/Bonn Airport has developed into a hub for so-called low-cost carriers in the last few years. Numerous airlines connect Cologne with around 130 destinations for very good prices – and the figure is on the up. For German exhibitors and visitors, several flights are available everyday with Germanwings and Hapag-Lloyd-Express from and to Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Dresden. The following airlines are among those connecting Cologne with countries around the world. It’s worth taking time to check their homepages regularly: Air Berlin: Phone: +49 [0] 1801 / 737 800. Internet: www.airberlin.com
dba: Phone: +49 [0] 1805 / 932 322. Internet: www.flydba.com
easyJet: Phone: +49 [0] 1803 / 654 321. Internet: www.easyjet.com
Germanwings: Phone: +49 [0] 1805 / 955 855. Internet: www.germanwings.com
Hapag-Lloyd-Express: Phone: +49 [0] 180 / 509 3 509. Internet: www.hlx.com
InterSky: Internet: www.intersky.biz.
Lufthansa: Phone: +49 [0] 1803-803 803. Internet: www.lufthansa.com
IDS is held in Cologne every two years and is organized by the GFDI Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Dental-Industrie mbH, the commercial enterprise of the Association of German Dental Manufacturers (VDDI) and staged by Koelnmesse GmbH, Cologne.” Note for editors:
See under “Photos” in the “For the press” section for images on past IDS shows (http://www.ids-cologne.de). Please send us a specimen copy if you print.
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