Fiera Milano

The city's Exhibition Center and Trade Fair complex is one of the most important in the world. Abroad Fiera Milano is a prestigious window for the MADE IN ITALY in the world and it has got 43 offices in 67 foreign countries. Fiera Milano has got two fair areas: fieramilanocity and fieramilano in Rho, which is a new fairground in the north-western suburb (opened in April 2005).This is Europe's largest open construction project and makes Fiera Milano the largest trade fair complex in the world. Fiera Milano organizes exhibitions and congress and gives all the services of promotion that industries need. Visitors dispose of a serie of services: 52 bar 7 restaurants and 9 self service; foreign visitors may be welcomed at Malpensa and Linate airport; a bus runs from a top to another of the fairground; there are more than 4500 places to park the car and visitors can use the San Siro car park too which is joined to the fairground by a bus; finally Fiera Milano offers the Centro Servizio in Piazzale Italia, where visitors can find a bank, a travel agency, a pharmacy, a rent car, a kiosk and much more. Moreover near the Centro Servizio there is the Welcome Desk that furnishes all the information you need about the fair and offers the oppurtunity to book a room in a hotel, or a plane ticket. Booking Center: tel +39 0249977610 – fax +39 0249976766

The new Fiera

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It is the biggest industrial city of Italy, situated in the area of the ex refinery of Rho Pero. Because of its width more than one exhibition can be done at the same time. The New Fiera has got many different industrial sectors such as: manufacturing of textiles and garments, car manufactory, chemistry, mechanical tools and heavy machinery. Another important industry is tourism and of course fashion. Moreover Milan is the centre of the large book and music publishing industry, and it is the principal stock exchange of Italy. If you want to visit the New Fiera you dispose of many car parks, shops and hotels, and all the area is surrounded by a park of 9 hectares. The New Fiera is easily reached by:

car: morways A7 Genova or A1 Bologna way out Fiera Milano.

train: Stazione Centrale, Stazione Garibaldi+red line subway to Rho Fiera Milano

plane: Airport Malpensa or Linate + bus73 to Piazza San Babila + red line subway to Rho Fiera Milano.

Famous Businesses of Milan

As Milan is the city of fashion there are many designers: Giorgio Armani, who takes up a whole block and is stocked with Emporio Armani Armani Jeans Armani Casa Sony products books perfumes cosmetics and flowers. Dolce & Gabbana, whose emporiums are a must for true fashionistas. Prada, which started as a leatherwear shop and it is run by Miuccia Prada who owns the mark Miu Miu too. Versace, with its extravagant and luxuriant designs, rules the empire of fashion. Valentino, whose sexy suits and evening gowns have dressed high society and hollywood ever since. Of course there are many others famous designers and many other shops where you can go without spendig all your money. See shopping for further information.
But Milan is not just fashion! Other popular and successful businesses are: Bugatti whose name representes in the world cars history the top of creation joined to genius; Pirelli, the rubber company founded in 1872 thanks to which many iron steel and manufacturing plants were born; Telecom Italia, which is the biggest telephone company in Italy. Concerning the press "Il Corriere della sera" is the most important daily in Milan and "la Gazzetta dello sport" is the ufficial paper about sport, while "il Sole 24 ore" replaced the "Financial Times" in Italy. However Milan is also the city of television thanks to Mediaset company which runs the commercial tv stations.