Pre-registration:
visitors: 27 June 2012 from 12.00 am to 6.00 pm
exhibitors: 27 June 2012 from 12.00 am to 8.00 pm

exhibition times
Every day:9 am – 6 pm
last day:9 am – 5 pm
registration:9 am – 6 pm
registration last day:9 am – 2 pm
On days when the fair is open, exhibitors may enter from 8.30 am and stay on their stand until 6.30 pm

Pitti Card is an entrance card that is valid for the duration of the fair.
It costs € 25.00 if purchased at the fair.
For on-line purchases, entrance cards are printed the next day and mailed to the company concerned. The card usually arrives within two weeks. If the card does not arrive in time, the company concerned should contact our customer service department at least one week before the fair begins.
To obtain an entrance badge, visitors should present the official invitation upon registration. If the visitor does not have an invitation s/he will have to fill in a registration form and hand it in together with a professional document certifying his/her business activity.
The entrance card is strictly personal and belongs to the named-user. It cannot be transferred to another person and should be worn in a visible position throughout the event so that it can be checked. In the event that a participant loses or forgets the card, a new card should be purchased at the entrance at a cost of € 25. The card is valid for the duration of the fair. Daily cards are not available. 

The Pitti Card is the entrance card which is valid all the fair long.
The price is of € 25,00 if bought at the fair and of € 18,00 if pre-paid.
On-line purchase: The Pitti Card is issued the day after its purchase and is sent to the business address by post within two weeks time from the issuance. In case you do not receive it on time, you should contact our customer care service at least a week before the beginning of the fair.
Easy Pitti Card: if you do not want to purchase the Pitti Card on-line, or you have not purchased it on time, you can reserve your Pitti Card through your reserved area. You should insert the attendees' names and print the barcode for each attendee. The barcode is to be submitted at the Easy Pitti Card relevant desks. The payment is made at the fair's venue directly at the cost of € 25,00 per person.
Purchase at the fair: The registered visitors have to submit their official inviation at the desk to buy the Pitti Card at the price of € 25,00 per person. In lack of the official invitation (new visitors), the attendees should fill up a registration form and hand it out to our staff alongside an official document certifying their business activity.

Pitti Immagine exhibitors can park, cars only, in the underground car park in the Porta al Prato – Stazione Leopolda area, on presentation of the special coupon sent out with your Pitti Card. There is no surveillance and Pitti Immagine accepts no responsibility for theft of contents or damage to vehicles parked here.

A continual shuttle service links the car park to the Fortezza da Basso.

Visitor car park
Plenty of spaces are reserved for visitors in San Donato Viale Guidoni on the corner with Via Sandro Pertini.

Stand fitters car park
Plenty of spaces are reserved for stand fitters in Viale XI Agosto (Peretola area).

Shuttle buses
There is a shuttle service to and from the Fortezza da Basso and the main hotels, exhibitor and visitor car parks and Florence airport.

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Cloakroom and left luggage
There are free cloakroom and left luggage services at the trade fair district for exhibitors and visitors.

Left luggage at Santa Maria Novella Station
At Santa Maria Novella, the central station in Florence, there is a free left luggage service reserved for Pitti Immagine event participants on platform 16, plus a welcome service on the platforms.

Incoming at Pisa airport and train tickets
Pitti Immagine organises an incoming service at Pisa airport, complete with free Pisa-Florence train tickets.

Nursery
For Pitti Immagine Uomo and Pitti Immagine Bimbo a nursery is set up near the main entrance of the Fortezza da Basso.
 

The price of your pass includes a copy of the fair catalogue.
Every exhibitor has the right to a fair catalogue, distributed on stands on the first day of the fair.
Catalogues may only be obtained at the fair, they are never sent out.
Journalists can get their copy of the catalogue in the Press Room.
PR agents with a client at the fair will find their catalogue on the stand.
A pdf copy of the catalogue is available for online users.
 

The Autostrada del Sole (A1 motorway) links Florence with Bologna and Milan to the north and Rome and Naples to the south. The Firenze Mare (A11 motorway) links it with Lucca and the Tyrrhenian coast off the Genoa-Livorno A12 motorway.
Following the start of work to renovate, extend and enhance the exhibition venue, Pitti Immagine has developed all its services with a view to making access to the Fortezza da Basso easier and more practical:
- large car park for exhibitors and the press in Piazzale Vittorio Veneto (Cascine area);
- large car park for visitors in Viale Guidoni on the corner with Via Sandro Pertini;
- large car park for exhibitors in Piazzale Vittorio Veneto;
- large car park for stand fitters in Via XI Agosto (Peretola area);
- continual shuttle service to and from the three car park areas and the Fortezza da Basso;
- additional shuttle services to and from the Fortezza da Basso and city hotels.
 

Florence is linked to major Italian and European cities by Eurostar trains. The main station is Santa Maria Novella, located right in the centre and just 200 metres from the Fortezza da Basso.

“Amerigo Vespucci” airport in Florence
It is about 4 km outside the city centre and offers air links with major European cities and with airports in Rome and Milan, making for easy links with all international destinations.

“Galileo Galilei” airport in Pisa
60 km from Florence. There is a one-hour rail connection between Pisa airport and Florence. Free ticket for the Pisa Airport/Santa Maria Novella Florence train on presentation of proof of participation in Pitti. Outbound tickets can be picked up at the Pitti Immagine – Carlson Wagonlit Desk in Pisa Airport, whereas return tickets must be requested at the Pitti Immagine – Carlson Wagon desk at the Fortezza da Basso (Central Pavilion - groung floor). The only free means of transport for buyers is the train.
No other means of transport are eligible.
 

Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Pitti Immagine have organised special rates in some Florence hotels.
For information and bookings, please contact:
Sara Marchi | Groups and Events Department
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
phone +39 (0)55 09491861 | fax +39 (0)55 43 67 322
Via Panciatichi 35/8 | 50127 Florence | Italy
www.carlsonwagonlit.com
smarchi@carlsonwagonlit.it