| 12.10.2009 | airBaltic announced Airline of the Year Gold Award winner
Latvian airline airBaltic was announced Airline of the Year 2009/2010 Gold Award winner on October 8 by European Regions Airline Association (ERA).
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| 19.05.2009 | Nokia to connect people at the new Solaris Centre in Tallinn
The most modern 1,800-seat conference and concert hall of the Nordic region in the upcoming Solaris Centre in Tallinn, due to open in October 2009, will bear the name of Nokia. The developers have started an extensive cooperation project with Nokia Estonia and will name the new complex Nokia Concert Hall.
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| 30.04.2009 | Busy congress summer in Helsinki
Helsinki’s summer congress season kicks off with the 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) held on 16-19 May at the Helsinki Fair Centre . This will be one of the largest congresses ever held in Helsinki with almost 7000 delegates expected to attend the event.
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| 15.04.2009 | International aviation conference in Riga
An international aviation conference "Going to the North Hub Riga", organized by the Latvian national airline airBaltic, will take place in Riga with the participating airlines including all major players in the region.
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| 10.04.2009 | Mayors to meet in Vilnius
As it is appropriate to the European Capital of Culture, Vilnius City Municipality is hosting the Internation Mayors' Forum "Culture as a Driving Force in City Development", to be held in Vilnius on 19-21 Jun 2009.
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| 02.04.2009 | International congresses generate almost 100 million EUR income for Finland
According to congress statistics compiled by FCB, 167 international congresses have been confirmed in Finland for 2009. Over 44,000 delegates are expected to attend these meetings. The total number of participants for the year is expected to reach almost 60,000 as in the previous two years.
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| 09.03.2009 | European scholars of Japanese studies will meet in Tallinn in 2011
13th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies will be held in Tallinn on August 22-26, 2011, hosted by the Tallinn University.
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| 30.01.2009 | Vilnius welcomes a number of high level conferences
Vilnius, European Capital of Culture 2009, is the location for a great number of cultural events this year including also several conferences and meetings of the various fields of culture.
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| 01.01.2009 | Tallinn to get 2 new conference venues in 2009
2009 sees opening of a new modern conference centre Solaris in Tallinn city centre later in the autumn while Meriton Group will launch its new conference and spa hotel already in spring 2009.
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| 15.12.2008 | UN Climate Change Conference successful in Poland
On 12 December 2008, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in the Polish city of Poznań – COP 14 – came to an end. With 12,000 participants it was Europe’s biggest political summit ever organised in Poland and in this part of Europe.
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| 05.12.2008 | Finnish meetings industry to receive environmental guidelines
Finland Convention Bureau (FCB) has initiated a pilot project to draw up guidelines for environmentally responsible meeting services. The town of Hämeenlinna, an FCB member, will serve as the model city for the project. FCB has commissioned Finnish consulting company Travelcon Oy, which supplies sustainable development solutions to the travel industry, to implement the project.
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| 18.11.2008 | Estonian Convention Bureau to hold international launch at EIBTM Fair
The newly established Estonian Convention Bureau will host a reception at the EIBTM Fair in Barcelona to mark its international launch. The event will be held on December 3 at the Estonia stand J910. Invitations will be going out to the ECB's main partners, members of the trade press and hosted buyers interested in Estonia.
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| 28.08.2008 | International airport development conference in Riga
European Airport Development Conference 2008 (EAD08) will be held in Riga on 9-10 September. The conference is hosted by Riga International Airport and will take place at Reval Hotel Latvia which is the largest congress hotel in the Baltic countries.
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| 27.06.2008 | Congresses generate EUR 47.000.000 in travel income for Helsinki region
According to a congress survey carried out in 2007, the travel income for the Helsinki Region from congresses amounted to approximately 47 million euros, which includes spending by both congress organisers and delegates. The Helsinki Region was responsible for approximately half of the total travel income from congresses in Finland.
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| 12.06.2008 | Latvia invests to boost conference tourism
The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers has supported the allocation of LVL 294,000 (EUR 420,000) for the promotion of the country’s conference and corporate events products.
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| 09.06.2008 | St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2008
XII International Economic Forum was successfully hosted by St. Petersburg on June 6-8, gathering an impressive list of participants, including 12 heads of the states and approximately 1500 representatives of Russian and international business.
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| 30.05.2008 | New major conference centre in Estonia
The brand new conference centre at the Hotel Dorpat in the city of Tartu opened its doors on 29 May. The centre can host up to 700 delegates in its total space of 2700 sq meters while there can be even up to 900 guests for a stand-up reception.
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| 13.05.2008 | Closer cooperation for conventions in Helsinki
Helsinki was the sixth most popular congress destination in the world according to UIA statistics for 2006. This marks an all-time record for Helsinki, and the city plans to build
on its success even further by investing strongly in its congress infrastructure and encouraging co-operation within the industry.
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| 07.05.2008 | Interpol to meet in Vilnius
The 37th Interpol European regional Conference will be organized in Vilnius from 28 to30 May 2008.
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| 02.05.2008 | Riga gets 228 new hotel rooms with the opening of Reval Elizabete
The Reval Hotel Elizabete opened its doors to the public at the end of April with 228 first class hotel rooms at a city centre location within walking distance of Reval Hotel Latvija, the largest conference hotel in the Baltics.
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| 30.04.2008 | Estonian Convention Bureau becomes ICCA member
As of April 2008, Estonian Convention Bureau (ECB) is a member of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Membership in this truly global network is considered important to promote Estonia as an attractive new European conference destination.
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| 25.04.2008 | Profile of Poland
New hotels with modern conference facilities are springing up all over Poland while older ones are being refurbished to help meet demand for conferences, conventions and training.
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| 15.04.2008 | Helsinki Fair Centre to build huge multipurpose hall in 2010
An extension to the facilities at the Helsinki Fair Centre, by far the most important fair and congress centre in Finland, is in the planning stage. It is estimated that the new 13,600 m2 multipurpose hall will be completed in autumn 2010.
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| 10.04.2008 | Tallinn and Helsinki again connected by regular helicopter flights
After a two-year break, regular helicopter flights between Helsinki and Tallinn have resumed. Copterline\'s helicopter service makes it possible to cross the Gulf of Finland at its shortest in 18 minutes, which brings Tallinn and Helsinki even closer to one another.
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| 09.04.2008 | Busy congress summer for Helsinki
The summer congress season in Helsinki is expected to be at least as busy as last year. The biggest congress will be the WCPD 2008, 5th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications which is expected to attract approximately 2500 delegates to the Helsinki Fair Centre on 1-4 June 2008.
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| 03.04.2008 | New conference rooms in Vilnius
A new 7,500 sq. m block of Artis Centrum Hotel opened on 1st of April at the place of a formerly ruined quarter of Vilnius Old Town.
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| 20.03.2008 | Tallinn airport ready for Schengen flights
Tallinn Airport will meet the criteria for joining the Schengen area by the end of March and the expansion of the terminal to be completed later in the season will allow the airport to service 2.4 million passengers a year.
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| 10.02.2008 | NATO meets in Vilnius
On February 7-8, 2008, a meeting of NATO\'s Defence Ministers was held in Vilnius. It was the largest NATO event ever organised in Lithuania.
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| 18.01.2008 | Warsaw appreciated by professional congress organizers
Over 150 delegates gathered in the Polish capital from January 10 to 12, 2008, to take part in the 3rd Annual Congress of the EFAPCO. \"The superb facilities offered by Warsaw in general and by the InterContinental Hotel in particular also provided a great showcase of what Poland can now offer for international business events,\" said EFAPCO President Julio Abreu.
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| 16.01.2008 | Estonian Convention Bureau established
The Estonian Convention Bureau (ECB) was established on 15 January 2008 to promote Estonia as a convention destination. The non-profit organisation is a private-public partnership among the cities of Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu as well as the national carrier Estonian Air, leading PCOs, DMCs and conference hotels.
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| 04.12.2007 | Strong growth in Helsinki\'s hotel and congress capacity
Following the recognition of Helsinki in statistics for international association meetings, 700 new hotel rooms in and around Helsinki along with congress centre projects underway will further improve the city’s competitiveness in attracting congresses.
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| 21.11.2007 | Warsaw Destination Alliance celebrated 5th anniversary
The annual Warsaw Destination Alliance (WDA) Gala took place at the Hilton Warsaw Hotel. About 300 people, WDA members, friends and partners, met to celebrate the WDA\\\'s upcoming fifth anniversary and its achievements.
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| 08.09.2007 | Estonian Convention Bureau being established
On 6 September, Estonian Tourist Board together with the Estonian Hotel and Restaurant Association, the Estonian Association of Travel Agents and the largest conference cities Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu concluded an agreement to establish the Estonian Convention Bureau for the promotion of conference tourism.
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| 03.09.2007 | Tallinn hosts 21st EFCT Summer School with great success
More than 65 meetings industry professionals from 23 countries attended the 21st EFCT Summer School from 25 to 29 August in Tallinn, Estonia.
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| 25.08.2007 | Helsinki ranks among world’s top congress destinations
Helsinki has been ranked 6th in the world and first in the Nordic region in statistics for
international association meetings in 2006 compiled by the Union of International Associations (UIA). The research included information from 212 countries and 1512 cities.
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| 27.06.2007 | ICCA reports success for Riga
Riga has climbed from 87th to 38th position on the statistical overview of larger international association meetings published by ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association)
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