Press releases

The “Car of the Year” award ceremony was held in exceptional conditions at Palexpo on Monday, March 2.

Broadcast of press conferences and presentation of the world and European premieres online

By ordinance entering into force on 28^th February 2020 at 10:00 am, the Swiss Federal Council has prohibited all events bringing together more than 1’000 people.

The 90^th edition of the GIMS, which was supposed to welcome the media from next Monday and the general public from 5 to 15 March 2020, will now finally not take place.

The 48^th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, which was supposed to be held in Palexpo from March 25^th to March 29^th, is postponed to September. Due to the epidemic of Coronavirus striking in Asia, a very important actor of the Exhibition with a strong presence of inventions from China and Hong Kong.

The Director of the Geneva International Motor Show GIMS, Olivier Rihs, has decided to leave his post at the end of April 2020 for personal reasons.

Palexpo SA has obtained a second ISO 20121:2012 certification, a standard that recognises the responsible management systems we apply to our event organisation activities.

The World Intellectual Property Organization along with the Swiss Consulate General of San Francisco Hosted the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival Exposition - The Silicon Valley International Invention Festival Exposition was held Monday, June 24th to Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

The international BRICKLIVE is launching its Swiss-French premiere on 18 October 2019 in Hall 2 at Palexpo in Geneva. This great toy bricks event will take place over ten days and match the school holidays.

The Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) is setting a new trend. Yesterday, the Board of Trustees of the Geneva International Motor Show Foundation adopted a number of measures designed to make GIMS even more attractive and interactive for visitors, exhibitors and media representatives.