Meetings Industry Meetings Needs (the events industry charity) has funded the purchase of four acres of land to help provide self-sufficiency for orphans at the Adonai Family Uganda Project
Industry Charity Donates To Uganda
2012 Opening For Stockholm Airport Hotel
New Stockholm Hotel Due To Open
The Scandic Grand Central in Stockholm is due to open in October. The hotel will offer nine meeting rooms for 134 people and 397 bedrooms.
Moscow Hotel Announces Expansion
The Hotel Baltschug Kempinski in Moscow is aiming to increase its conference space by mid 2012. It will add three meeting rooms to its rooftop floor and renovate its lobby. Another hall will be enlarged to accommodate 300 people.
Chongqing Hotel On Course For 2012 Opening
Westin Chongquig Liberation Square in China is due to open in October 2012. The hotel will have 11 meeting rooms and 2,000m2 of event space and 300 bedrooms.
New Kiev Hotel Announced
Fairmont is planning to open the Grand Hotel Kyiv in Ukraine in 2012. There will be 1,210m2 of event space including a 480m2 ballroom and 257 bedrooms.
Dutch Hotel Chain Joins Alliance
Barcelona 2010 Meetings Increase
The number of business meetings and incentive programmes held in Barcelona during 2010 increased by more than 15%, according to latest figures from the city’s convention bureau. During last year, the Catalan capital hosted 2,138 business events for around 616,833 attendees. The activity represented an economic impact of €1.3m (£1.2m), based on 2.5m overnight stays.
Other statistics released by the Barcelona Convention Bureau reveal that 70.4% of these events arrived from overseas and the average number of delegates had grown from 40 in 2009 to 99 last year. “Medical and healthcare congresses remained at the forefront and business events from the pharmaceutical sector predominated, accounting for more than 27%,” said Barcelona Convention Bureau marketing manager Mercedes Garcia. “One out of every four international conventions held in Barcelona were organised by a company or business from the UK. The United States ranked second.”
Amsterdam Hotel Re-Opening
Marriott Munich Opening
