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EMEC Provides Business Drivers for 2010 Coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the EU, the European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) organised by Meeting Professionals International (MPI) will be held in Malaga, Spain, during 28 February through 2 March. The coming edition of this top meetings and event industry conference, which has previously been held in Turin, London and Copenhagen, is expected to attract around 600 delegates from all over the world.
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Tickets Now for Sale at Jerez Circuit for 2010 Spanish MotoGP Since 1 December, tickets can be booked and purchased for the 2010 Spanish MotoGP, scheduled to be held at the Jerez Circuit from 30 April-2 May.
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Barcelona's Auditori AXA Renews ISO 9001:2000 Certification This month, the AXA Auditorium has managed to renew its UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standard certification, awarded by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.
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De Boer with America's Cup Three years on, Valencia will again be hosting the America's Cup. After many changes in the competition's rules, in the 33rd edition of the event the contenders will use maxi catamarans with the aim of making it the most spectacular regatta in the world.
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Around 300 Meetings to Be Held in Spain during Spanish EU Presidency The agenda of the Spanish EU presidency includes around 3,000 meetings, more than 350 of which will be held in Spain.
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Match-race Sailing Events and Grupo Navega Sign Collaboration Agreement Match-race Sailing Events y Grupo Navega, both companies specializing in the organization of nautical events, have recently signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of expanding on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Montanya Resort Invites Corporate Clients to Discover the Heavens All corporate clients booking their meetings at EL Montanya Resort & Spa Hotel during January, February or March 2010 will be given the opportunity to get know the Universe.
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Aracena to Host Cuevatur 2010 in November The town of Aracena in Huelva has been chosen to host the 3rd Spanish Tourist Cave Congress, which is due to be held from 4-6 November 2010.
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Spanish Paradores Increase Christmas Occupancy Rate by 3.5 Percent The 93 properties belonging to the Spanish Paradores chain achieved an average occupancy rate of 60% from 24 December 2009-7 January 2010, reaching 80% on Bank Holidays, a figure surpassing the chain's forecast.
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Vueling to Operate New Route between Bilbao and Amsterdam in March This coming March, the low-cost carrier Vueling will start to operate a new route between Bilbao and Amsterdam, with three flights a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. With prices from €35, flights will depart from Liou Airport (Bilbao) at 6.30pm, arriving in Amsterdam at 8.25pm, and the return flight will depart from Amsterdam at 9pm and arrive in Bilbao at 10.55pm.
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Edyma Purchases Cutting-edge AV Equipment Talisman Group was commissioned to co-ordinate the third edition of the Cartavi competition's award ceremony, held at the Catalonia Congress Centre on 23 November.
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CCIB Appoints New Business and Marketing Director Barcelona's International Convention Centre (CCIB) has just appointed Carolina Garcia Serra to the post of Business and Marketing Director.
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Clave Azafatas Participates in 125th Anniversary of Unicaja On the occasion of Unicaja's 125th anniversary, an important exhibition was opened on 5 June 2009, under the slogan "125 Years of Dreaming of Ways".
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Seville to Host 16th International Symposium on Inflammation and Rheumatic Diseases in March National and International experts will be attending the 16th International Symposium on Inflammation and Rheumatic Diseases, due to held in Seville from 12-13 March 2010.
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Fira Palace Hotel Announces Appointment of New Sales Manager The Barcelona Fira Palace Hotel has just announced the appointment of a new congress sales manager.
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Andalusi Club New Online Initiative "Experiences" The Jerez-based PCO and incentive agency Andalusi Club has just launched "Andalusi Club Experiences", a new online initiative.
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Sensorial Espai Group Designs a Wine Regatta Following the enormous success of the 32nd edition of the America's Cup in Valencia and on the occasion of the next edition, due to be held in the Spanish city in February, Senorial Espai Group has designed a nautical event combining the regatta itself with a subsequent wine tasting including vintages from different continents.
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Forty Seconds of Networking to Generate Business Nowadays, business initiative and, above all, imagination are becoming increasingly more important. One such initiative is the organization of the first Zoom Speed Networking event by a group of Seville entrepreneurs, which was held on 26 January at the Vertice Aljarafe Hotel.
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Lamar de Eventos First Malaga PCO to Receive SICTED Tourism Quality Award On 26 January, Lamar de Eventos was presented with the SICTED Tourism Quality Award by Mr Elias Bendodo, director of Malaga Council's tourism department, thus officially certifying the quality of the services provided by the Malaga-based PCO.
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Corporate EVENT Awards Deadlines 1st and 25th February 2010 The next deadlines for submitting projects for the 7th annual Corporate EVENT Awards, the most coveted in the event-marketing industry, are on 1st and 15th February 2010.
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Mexican Meetings and Event Industry Down By 38 Percent Due to Swine Flu and Recession At the end of 2009, the Mexican meetings and event industry had registered a drop in activity of 38%, due to the cancelation of exhibitions and conventions. This led to a loss of six thousand million pesos in revenues and 1,200 jobs, according to Jaime Salazar, president of the Mexican Association of Tradeshows, Exhibitions and Conventions (AMPROFEC).
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ICCA Announces First-ever Data Collaboration with UIA Four thousand five hundred regularly occurring meetings within the International Congress and Convention Association's extensive database of international association events have now been enhanced through access to supplementary the Union of International Associations' data. This is the first time these two long-established organizations have collaborated in this way.
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Barcelo to Manage New Hotel in Morocco Barcelo Hotels & Resorts just recently signed an agreement with the Moroccan firm Interedec to manage the five-star Barcelo Marina Smir, a beachfront property located between the towns of Fnideq and M'diq in the province of Tangiers.
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FutureWatch Analyzes shift in Meetings and Events Industry In the eighth edition of its annual research, Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and American Express have released FutureWatch 2010 to highlight trends and competitive factors shaping the future of the global meeting and events industry.
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IMIC 2010 to Centre on Creating and Managing Successful Products and Powerful Brands The 6th International Meetings and Incentives Conference (IMIC 2010), due to be held at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre from 10-11 February 2010, has been organized in parallel with the Athens Tourism Symposium 2010 (ATS2010): International Scientific Congress on Current Trends in Tourism Management and Tourism Policy.
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Many Meeting Planners Like to Do it At Home – Meeting Planners Use TripAdvisor to Check-out Hotels, too It seems that the age-old practice of creating familiarization trips to check-out hotels and facilities is another victim of the economy. This economy has caused many planners to research travel information via the Web to help ease their shrinking travel budgets. Apparently meeting planners rely on guest comments, too.
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High-tech Humanity I understand how intimidated many planners are by the preponderance of net surfers, live bloggers and avid tweeters attending events these days – attendees who don't pause texting for long enough to look up at a stage no matter what you put on it.
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Hotelier's 2010 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions Looking back, HeBS believes that 2009 was a year not only of challenges, but also successes for the industry. While no hotelier is sad to see the end of 2009, HeBS believes that every hotelier has learned extremely important and insightful lessons that have benefitted their Internet marketing and distribution efforts.
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Business Travel Critics Not Invited to 2010 Meetings and Events Last year, many organizations canceled their planned business travel, meetings and events. While it's understandable that tough decisions must be made when facing financial pressures – and 2009 certainly had its share of those, it's more concerning that many of these choices were made in response to unwarranted political attacks, biased media coverage and subsequent public disapproval.
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Defying Convention What recession? Convention centers across the globe aren't just holding on.
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