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Editors Message...
According to
2006 ICCA (International
Congress and Convention Association) stats, Berlin is one of the Top Five convention
cities in the world for the third year in a row. The Top Five cities are Vienna, Paris,
Singapore, Barcelona and Berlin.London is really gearing up for the
Olympics. Visit Britain hired famed ad agency, Team Saatchi
to review its brand image. London Heathrow Airport is building new
terminals and renovating the old ones. By the time of the Olympics
in 2012, most of the passengers traveling through LHR will be going
through terminals that are not even open today because all the
terminals will have been newly built, rebuilt or redeveloped.
Correction from the March/April
edition:We incorrectly reported
that the Messe Frankfurt’s congress and conference center was given
a new name, Congress Frankfurt. The congress and conference center
does not have a new name. The term Congress Frankfurt refers to the
congress business at the Messe.
The correct web address is
http://www.messefrankfurt.com
Until next
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Helena
Miele, CITE
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Warsaws Polonia Palace Hotel Joins The Luxury
Group
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The
Polonia Palace Hotel was
invited to become a member of the exclusive Luxury Group Hotels
& Resort Worldwide, which features the finest luxury hotels,
resorts and spas in the world. Properties in The Luxury Group are
carefully selected and assessed to assure they meet the consortium’s
standards. The newly refurbished Polonia Palace Hotel more than
meets The Luxury Group’s standards. Located in the heart of Warsaw,
Poland, the property has 206-guest rooms including executive suites
and one period-style apartment. Meeting and banqueting facilities
include six state of the art event rooms and a 24-hour business
center. Dining venues include the Polonia Palace Hotel restaurant,
which serves traditional Polish cuisine presented with a
Mediterranean twist, the less formal Café Strauss, and the
hotel bar, Bojangles. For wellness, the fitness center has a gym
attended by trained staff members who are ready to assist with
fitness advice and recommendations, two saunas, and a
solarium.
Web site:
http://www.poloniapalacehotel.com
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SevenCenters of
Germany
Ever since the
seven largest meeting and event centers in Germany with direct
access to large exhibiton centers joined forces five years ago as
SevenCenters of Germany their main goal was to promote Germany
worldwide as the leading meetings destination for large scale
events.
One of their most
important activities is the participation as a group at the leading
MICE industry shows. Thus the marketing cooperation took part
at IMEX 2007 from 17 to 19 April in Frankfurt at the Germany
stand of the German Convention Bureau GCB. To promote Germany
further the group held a joined press luncheon together
with the GCB in New York on 8 May 2007. A remarkable number of 12 of
the leading American trade jjjournalists attended the
lunch with German specialties and delicacies.
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For
further information please contact:
SevenCenters of
Germany
c/o
DüsseldorfCongress.
Veranstaltungsgesellschaft
mbH
Stockumer
Kirchstrasse 61 40474 Düsseldorf,
Germany
Contact: Claudia
Lohel
Phone:
+49 (0)2238 / 30 11
59
Fax: +49
(0)211 / 45 60 - 87 028
Email: lohelc@DuesseldorfCongress.de Internet: www.sevencenters.de |
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Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference
Center
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Last
month, Marriott Hotels
celebrated the opening of the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel
& Conference Center. Marriott acquired the property
in March 2006 and re-opened in May 2007 following a complete
refurbishment. The 757-room hotel is located at 17, Boulevard
Saint Jacques on the Left Bank. It is close to the Metro
Station Saint-Jacques, which serves the Arc de Trimomphe, the
Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower and Montparnasse. Conference and
banqueting space is comprised of 48,883 sf (4,541 sm) that
includes a 13,240 sf (1,230 sm) ballroom with pre-function
foyer atrium space, a 160-seat auditorium, and 40 event rooms.
The property, formerly known as the PLM Saint
Jacques, set the standards in luxury for both business
and leisure travelers when it opened in 1969. It was the first
fully computerized hotel in the world and also had the fastest
elevators in the world. It also included a movie theatre named
after and sponsored by Jerry Lewis and the first Japanese
restaurant in Paris.
Web site: http://www.marriotthotels.com |
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Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg
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The
Raffles Hotel Vier
Jahreszeiten Hamburg was renamed FAIRMONT HOTEL VIER
JAHRESZEITEN HAMBURG. The historic
property sits right on the shores of Inner Alster Lake in
Hamburg, Germany. The hotel, founded in 1897 by Friedrich
Haerlin, is known as one of the finest hotels in the world. It
is a 5-Star hotel and a member of The Leading Hotels of the
World. The original property featured only 11 guest rooms when
it opened. Today there are 157 individually decorated guest
rooms and suites. The hotel grew in size because Herr Haelin
purchased one house after the other until he owned the entire
block!
The property features 5 event rooms
accommodating up to 400 attendees. Dining venues include the
gourmet restaurant Haerlin, the art deco Jahreszeiten Grill,
the Euro-Asian Doc Cheng’s, Biedermeier Café Condi and Raffles
Deli. For recreation and wellness, the hotel spa offers
massage, solarium, gym, sauna, steam and wellness treatments.
Golf, riding, tennis, sailing, and other sports activities are
located nearby.
Web site: http://www.fairmont.com/hamburg Email: Judith.Fuchs-Eckhoff@fairmont.com
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Swiss-Belhotel in the Middle East
Hong Kong based hotel group,
Swiss-Belhotel
International is expanding into the Middle East. The
hotel company will open new hotels in Saudi Arabia and Jordan
and will rebrand an acquired property in Kuwait.
The Swiss-Belhotel Sharma Resort in
Saudi Arabia is currently under construction. When
completed in late 2009, the 4-Star deluxe property will
feature 153 guest rooms, suites and luxury villas, event
facilities, ten food and beverage venues and a spa, swimming
pools and fitness center.
The Swiss-Belhotel Amman in Jordan is
situated in Amman’s business district. This 4-Star
deluxe property will feature 221 guest rooms and suites that
are accessed via a glass elevator with panoramic views. The
hotel will also include event facilities, food and beverage
venues, movie theatres and a shopping.
The
Swiss-Belhotel Plaza Kuwait
will be in a recently renovated 4-Star deluxe property
with 164 guest rooms and suites. The hotel is located in the
commercial banking district of Kuwait adjacent to a shopping
mall.
Web site: http://www.swiss-belhotel.com
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In the Air
London Heathrow
Presently,
the UK tourist industry is worth £60 billion a year. A lot of
that figure depends upon the gateways that bring travelers
into the country. As the country’s principal gateway, London
Heathrow plays a big part in this equation.
Demand for air travel in the southeast of the
UK is expected to double in the next 20 years and 160 million
people could be traveling through London’s airports by 2010
with up to 90 million using Heathrow.
What is
London Heathrow Doing? A new terminal, T5, is being built and
the existing terminals are being renovated, redesigned and
refitted.
Here’s a timeline of what to expect at
LHR.
2007 -
Completion of the first phase of a major upgrade of Terminal
3, with a £1 billion upgrade of the entire terminal is planned
over the next ten years. Virgin Atlantic is planning Drive
Thru Check In for its Upper Class passengers and also a new
Check In area that will be wider, brighter and more spacious.
This area will include have new Online Check In and Kiosk
Check In by the end of 2008.
2008 - The new Terminal 5
(T5), the first major new terminal at LHR in over 20 years,
will open.
2009 -
Refurbishment of Terminal 4, which includes increasing the
amount of natural light in the building and improving check-in
areas and baggage facilities, will be complete.
2010 - T5’s second satellite
building opens.
2012
- Phase 1 of Heathrow East, a new terminal that is
replacing the present Terminals 1 & 2, opens in time for
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Virgin Nairobi
Virgin Atlantic increased its Nairobi
service to daily. The equipment used on the route is an
Airbus A340-300
aircraft. But this is just the beginning of Virgin’s Nairobi
story. Virgin is an active partner in the community helping to
improve the lives of the local people in the Kenyan community.
Virgin raised £155,000 to buy motorcycles for the Riders for Health project
where healthcare workers use the motorcycles to help bring
much needed medical support to small villages and communities
in Kenya and throughout Africa. The money was raised from
Virgin Atlantic’s onboard charity appeal and by Virgin staff’s
participation in a range of fundraising events over the past
year.
As a result of these good works, Sir
Richard Branson received a great honor from the Masai tribe.
At a traditional ceremony held in the Masai Mara in Kenya,
Branson was made a tribal elder. The Masai tribe awarded this
honor on Sir Richard in return for his bringing prosperity to
the land. It is very rare for anyone who is not a Masai to be
bestowed with the honor of becoming an Elder.
Web site: http://www.virginatlantic.com |
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