SIAL The tour will start in Paris by attending SIAL -- The Global Meeting Place for Food Industry Professionals. SIAL is the world's largest food and beverage trade exhibition taking place in 2006. There will be over 5,200 exhibitors and 136,000 visitors attending SIAL from 188 countries around the world. Attendees are company decision-makers seeking new suppliers, and scoping out the latest products from around the world. SIAL looks ahead to tomorrow's market trends. The "Trends & Innovations Area" spotlights a selection of new products. In 2004, SIAL had over 510 new food products from 40 countries on display. To find out more about SIAL visit their website: click here CARREFOUR This French-based food retailer is the largest retailer in Europe and second largest retailer in world next only to WAL*MART. Carrefour had sales of over 93 billion Euros in 2005 and operates 7,000 retail outlets worldwide and employs 436,000. You will visit one of Carrefour's hypermarkets in Paris and see the very best that French food retailing has to offer. To find out more about Carrefour visit their website: click here CRYOVAC/PACKFORUM While in Paris, we will visit Packforum, Cryovac's permanent customer care centre. Cryovac is the worldwide leader in perishable food packaging technologies. Packforum was created to bring food processors, packers and retailers together to discuss, evaluate and test latest marketing, merchandising and packaging techniques for enhanced performance and competitiveness. The Packforum centre displays Cryovac's latest packaging systems, marketing concepts and services all in one place, and under one roof. Find out more about Packforum by visiting their website: click here