Prague was presented at the 50th Congress of the International Congress and Convention Association ICCA
Prague was presented as a unique congress destination at the jubilee 50th Congress of ICCA in Leipzig, Germany, which is a prestigious meeting of the members of the international association ICCA (International Congress & Convention Association) regularly attended by 900 to 1000 professionals from more than 86 countries of the world.

HANOI’S METROPOLE HOTEL EXCAVATES WARTIME AIR RAID SHELTER IN GARDEN
Construction workers laying the foundation of a new garden bar at the landmark Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi this summer struck the roof of a long-buried air raid shelter, initiating a fevered disinterment and rediscovery of an all but forgotten piece of the hotel’s wartime history.
After excavating more than two metres of earth and reinforced concrete and then jack-hammering through a 278-millimetre ceiling, the hotel opened the hatch on a warren of flooded corridors, chambers and stairways. In August, the hotel’s general manager, Kai Speth, and his chief engineer dropped through a square metre-wide hole bored into the ceiling, illuminating a subterranean space of nearly 40 square metres.

After the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) began promoting the Taiwan MICE Advancement Program and MEET TAIWAN in 2009, the Taiwanese convention and exhibition industry’s ICCA (International Congress & Conference Association) ranking has steadily improved.

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) published its annual Country and City Report, the Association Meetings Market 2010. In 2010, Taiwan played host to a total of 138 international association meetings, ranking it 23rd globally and taking 5th place in both the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East.

Christoph Debus is leaving airberlin – Marco Ciomperlik appointed as Chief Maintenance Officer
Helmut Himmelreich is taking over as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Air Berlin PLC. Since March 2010 he has been airberlin’s Chief Maintenance Officer. That post will now be filled by his deputy, Marco Ciomperlik, who has already been a member of the Management Board at airberlin technik for some years.

The Radisson Blu Hotel Pudong Century Park is proud to receive the “Hotel of the Year Asia Pacific 2011” by Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific.