Business trip to Paris

Prepare your business trip to Paris

You plan a business trip to Paris. Make the most of your trip on the business and leisure sides.

On the business side, save you time and money. Organize in advance your transport from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Paris and in Paris, find a great hotel and the best restaurants.

Combine business and leisure in Paris

On the leisure side, spend some of your time discovering the greatest sights. The fastest way to do so is a Paris tour or Seine river cruise.

See also our nightlife and  concert pages. Shopping is definitely something you should consider.

We give you informed and unbiased advice from Parisians who know Paris in and out.

Business in Paris

Paris is a base for strategic functions in Europe. 75% of multinational companies with over 500 employees chose Paris to locate their European head office, many of them in La Defense.

The Paris region has the highest concentration of headquarters of the 500 biggest international companies in Europe.

Paris hosts the French Government, 150 embassies and the headquarters of international organisations such as Eutelsat, the European Space Agency, the OECD, Unesco and Unicef.

Paris is world's number two city for headquarters of international organisations behind Brussels, ahead of London and New York City.

Paris is the economic heart of France and one of Europe foremost economic players with

> a population of 11 million inhabitants,

> a GDP of 457 billions euros in 2004,

> the highest GDP per capita in Europe at 38,000 euros,

> the largest labour force in Europe at 5.5 million, largely specialising in high added value jobs,

> one of Europe's highest concentrations of higher education centres of excellence.

> 617,000 companies, with sectors of excellence such as electronics, food processing, the aerospace industry, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

> a dominant services sector with 81 % of the workforce in this diversified sector.