The Madrid Tourist Board has also confirmed 14 events which, together with these conferences, will attract some 16,000 professionals to the capital
• The Pan-American Congress on Intensive Care Medicine (3,000 attendees) and the Congress of the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (2,000 participants) are two of the events to be hosted by the city
• The selection of Madrid as the host city for these conferences demonstrates the sector’s confidence in the city’s organisational capacities and the quality of the services provided by the Madrid Tourist Board
• Madrid predicts that it will consolidate its position in the ICCA ranking for 2011 and strengthen its position among the top ten international business destinations
• The quality-price ratio offered by Madrid’s hotels as well as the capital’s infrastructure and cultural and leisure activities make it a city where doing business is a pleasure
The Etihad Stadium – home of Manchester City – has overhauled two of its hospitality suites ahead of the next football season. For the 2012/13 season, corporates can use the newly-named Connell Club, which replaces the club’s fine dining boardroom offering. It will offer exclusive dining for up to 220 guests and the room also features ‘ambassador booths’ for smaller groups. A second suite, The Mancunian, has been given a new modern-look with space for up to 250 guests. The venue’s décor features lyrics from iconic Manchester bands and quotes from prominent Mancunians.
Hilton London Metropole conference hotel has invested £2.3m into the upgrade of its 354 bedrooms in the conference wing. The ‘double double’ rooms have been styled to a modern design and feature a work space with a lounge area and coffee table, plus two queen beds, a sofa bed and two 32-inch LCD TV’s. The hotel – which has a total of 1,054 rooms – has two large conference rooms each with the capacity to hold 1,500 people. The conference facilities are also located in the conference wing, allowing for both the event and accommodation to be taken care of within the same location.
Lake District conference centre wins planning permission
Plans for a £4m conference centre near Lake Windermere have been granted approval. The Lake District National Park Authority’s development control committee passed the English Lakes hotel group application on 9 May 2012. The vote was revealed as 12 to 1 in favour. The 600-delegate convention and exhibition centre, when built, will be the largest of its kind in the Lake District area and is set to be built next to the A591, opposite the Low Wood Hotel, which is also owned by English Lakes. The venue is expected to create 35 local jobs and will host such events as meetings, conventions, exhibitions, dinners, weddings and product launches
The congress city of Vienna has once again come out on top in the face of strong competition: the European Academy of Childhood Disability will hold the 26th EACD annual meeting in Vienna in 2014, and the European Paediatric Neurology Society will come to the Austrian capital for the 11th EPNS Congress 2015.
Around 500 delegates are expected to attend the three-day event organized by the European Academy of Childhood Disability, which will hold its 26th annual meeting in Vienna in 2014. With the help of the Vienna Convention Bureau (VCB), Dr. Friedrich Brandstetter, medical director of the Vienna Social Services Center for Child Development, won through against competition from Jerusalem. “The congress is an ideal fit for Vienna, ‘city of Freud’, especially because Sigmund Freud worked as a pediatric neurologist early in his career,” he said.
The European Paediatric Neurology Society will hold its 11th EPNS congress in Vienna in 2015. Some 1,500 delegates will come to Vienna for this four-day event. Vienna won this congress on its third attempt – Dr. Günther Bernert, head of the pediatric department at Gottfried von Preyer’schen Children’s Hospital, regards this as a golden opportunity for Austrian researchers in international competition and stated: “The congress will allow us to showcase Austria as a location for science and to convince delegates of the quality offered here – an advance from introspection to international scientific competition and mutual exchange.”
According to VCB Director Christian Mutschlechner, “The acquisition of these two congresses underscores the internationally recognized importance of Austrian pediatricians and pediatric neurologists. The two congresses will generate some 8,000 bednights for Vienna hotels, and contribute around EUR 4.4 million to GDP,” he explained.
The Westin Dragonara Resort has been awarded Europe’s Leading Meetings and Conference Resort by World Travel Awards held on Friday 2nd September 2011 in Turkey. Watch interview with the Westin’s General Manager Mr Michael Kamsky after collecting the award.
Another improvement in Malaga’s infrastructure, after the opening of the new terminal in 2010, the second runway will be in service by June 26th. This will drastically increase the air carrier capacity for Malaga and the Costa del Sol.
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