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Event Planner Spain Announces Lucky Draw Winners Event Planner Spain has just announced the winners of the experience vouchers, courtesy of La Vida es Bella, in the two lucky draws conducted yesterday, 31 October 2008, among monthly newsletter subscribers and portal members.
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Southern Spanish Hoteliers and Restaurant Owners Have Appointment at Hostelequip Next March Hostelequip, the Equipment, Services, Food and Drink Fair for Hotels, Restaurants and Collectives, is due to be held at Malaga's Tradeshow and Congress Centre from 15-18 March 2008.
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Air France to Establish Service between Asturias and Paris On 10 November, Air France-KLM will begin to offer a new service between Asturias and Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Initially, there will be two flights a day departing at 7.40am and 3.30pm, with arrival times of 9.30am and 5.10pm, respectively.
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Rías Baixas, an Ideal Business Tourism Destination Their mild climate throughout the whole year, varied scenery, natural and cultural heritage, and enviable cuisine are just some of the reasons that make the Rias Baixas an unrivalled destination for corporate incentive programmes.
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BloemBloem Explores Spanish Market Dutch floral decoration and designer furniture suppliers BloemBloem have begin to explore the Spanish market. With the opening of new offices in Spain, this leading company in the sector has started its international expansion under the original name of BloemBloem.
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Barcelona University Introduces New Online Master Programme in Protocol Barcelona University's Institute of Life-long Learning has just presented its new online Master Programme in Protocol, which will run from November 2008-September 2009. The aim of this new programme is to provide students with the necessary technical knowledge to carry out their work professionally both in the public and private sector.
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Marbella's Tradeshow and Congress Centre to Host Travel Counsellors Annual Conference in November Marbella's Tradeshow and Congress Centre has been chosen as the venue for the annual conference of the British association Travel Counsellors, due to be held from 21-24 November 2008.
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New Communication Book for Lawyers A second updated edition of Jose Maria Martinez Selva's book Manual de Comunicación Persuasiva para Juristas has just been published by La Ley, a publishing house belonging to the Wolters Kluwer Group. The first edition appeared in 1999, and was reprinted in 2000.
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PROINCINE to Be Officially Launched in Malaga The Professional Association of the Film and Advertising Industries (PROINCINE) will be officially launched at the Malaga Chamber of Commerce, located in Cortina del Muelle, 23, at 1pm on 14 October.
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Turespaña Report Certifies Spanish Meetings and Event Industry's Good Health According to a study conducted by Turespaña on business tourism, the Spanish meetings and event industry is in good health despite the crisis. In 2007, approximately 25,800 meeting were held, 10,000 more than five years ago.
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Channel TUI Increase its Portfolio during 2008 Channel TUI has ended the summer, its high season, with seven new clients – Aldeasa, Malaga City Council, the leisure companies Aspro and Pirates, the supermarket chain Netto, the perfumery chain Fund Grube, and Majorica – that have chosen this specialised platform geared to reaching tourist targets, created by TUI España. One and half years after being launched, Channel TUI has consolidated its position as a specialised advertising medium.
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Malaga6#39;s Tradeshow and Congress Centre Symbol of Modernity and Efficient Energy Use In its continuous bid to become a symbol of modernity and efficient energy use, a photovoltaic power generation plant has just been commissioned at Malaga's Tradeshow and Congress Centre, a project in which the venue has been working for several months now with the aim of generating 150,000Kwh of clean energy a year.
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Barcelo La Bobadilla Hotel Chosen as Best Spanish Resort at World Travel Awards At the last edition of the World Travel Awards, held in Slovakia on 15 October, the Barcelo Bobadilla, a five-star hotel belonging to The Leading Small Hotels of the World, was voted Best Resort in Spain.
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Torrequebrada Hotel's Casino Chosen as Best European Casino at World Travel Awards At a ceremony held in Slovakia on 15 October, the casino at the Torrequebrada, a five-star hotel located in Benalmadena on the Costa del Sol, won a World Travel Award in the Best European Hotel Casino category.
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Fairplay Golf Hotel & Spa Receives Two World Travel Awards The Fairplay Golf Hotel & Spa, located in Benalup Casas Viejas (Cadiz), has received two World Travel Awards in the Best European Golf Resort and Best Spanish Spa Resort categories.
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Exploramas Launches Mind Breaks® Under the premise of Low Cost-High Value®, Exploramas has just launched a new product called "Mind Breaks®".
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Spanish Association of Destination Management Companies Analyses Impact of Crisis on Inbound MICE Tourism If Spanish DMCs do not receive financial help from the country's different administrations, they will not be able to travel abroad to promote Spain as a MICE destination, and many operators will be forced to reduce costs and lay off staff.
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Edyma Acquires Two 15,000 Lumen Projectors for Events and Presentations The Seville-based audiovisual company Edyma has just acquired two Christie 15,000 lumen projectors for events and presentations.
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La UEM apuesta por el sector de congresos y reuniones con un nuevo master La Universidad Europea de Madrid ha diseñado un nuevo master en gestión de eventos y congresos, que se empezará a impartir durante el presente curso en Estema, el nuevo centro educativo adscrito que la UEM ha inaugurado en Valencia.
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Ten Thousand People form 50 Countries to Attend World Launch of Audi Q5 in Marbella during Next Two Months Three hundred people a day will be visiting Marbella for the world launch of the new Audi Q5, taking place from 12 October-6 December 2008; bringing the total to 10,000 visitors from 50 countries during the two-month event.
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EIBTM Organises Most Comprehensive Professional Education Programme Ever With over 3,300 suppliers from 160 countries, and 7,500 visitors, EIBTM 2008, the global MICE industry's leading exhibition due to held in Barcelona from 2-4 December, has organized its most comprehensive professional education programme ever, including presentations, seminars, workshops and networking events.
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gottraining Launches a New Standard Service Package for All Types of Companies Nowadays, companies advocate for staff training as a differentiating factor and a way of improving business skills, but are their employees of the same mind? The traditional classroom courses given outside working hours or the current online type are not enough to transform a work group into a team.
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Es.cultura Participates in Activities Organized for Seville World Tourism Celebrations "Fall in Love with Seville" is the slogan that was chosen by the regional tourist office on occasion of the World Tourism Day (WTD), which is celebrated every 27 September in Seville.
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WTM 2008 to Spotlight Technology and Online Travel The World Travel Market, one of the world's most important B2B travel events due to be held at ExCeL London from 10-13 November 2008, will be spotlighting technology and online travel.
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Different Spain Attends IT&CMA and CTW in Bangkok Eduardo Blanco, owner of Different Spain, attended the last edition of the IT&CMA and CTW in Bangkok, Thailand, held from 7-9 October, as a hosted buyer.
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Boutique Wineries, Elite Wine Travels the World Small plots of land and a careful grape selection are the first steps that should be taken to produce "boutique wines", a market in which Latin-American producers have surged ahead of the field in the past years.
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De Boer at Southampton Boat Show De Boer participated in the prestigious PSP Southampton Boat Show with a spectacular temporary structure that captivated all those present at the event. An impressive double-decker aluminium structure, with an original roof and wood embellishments, provided the organizers with a unique and innovative structure to mark the 40th anniversary of the show.
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Bad Speaker? Blame the Planner It is a well-worn cliché that more people are frightened of public speaking than of heights, spiders or global warming. Studies continue to reveal this, though you would think that there are far more scary things about which to be phobic these days.
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45 Ways to Use Technology to Green Meetings It is getting easier being green. The move to make meetings more environmentally-friendly is finally taking hold and meeting professionals are working together to reduce, recycle, and reuse to dramatically improve the environmental impact of events.
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Follow the Leaders I recently returned from my first around-the-world trip – a childhood dream – where I had the opportunity to experience hands-on my leadership competences in China, India, the Middle East and Singapore.
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The Next Big Development in Hotel Revenue Management Early this month, I had the privilege of speaking at the Travel Distribution Summit, sponsored by EyeforTravel Research in London. I was asked to present my thoughts on "Integrating Profit Optimization and Revenue Management"; the next big development in revenue management.
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