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The new MICE CD launched at the end of October 2004!

The newest catalogue of the Hungarian Convention Bureau, the “Hungary, the MICEst country” CD-ROM has been launched recently. The electronic brochure presents some 300 suppliers on the Hungarian MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences & events) market. Hopefully it will be a useful tool for all professionals as its database is completed with a searching system; by choosing different criteria – fi. capacity, type of venue, region etc. – one can have a list of the most adequate partners. The multilingual CD-ROM (in Hungarian, English and German) contains information on conference hotels, other meeting venues, PCOs & DMCs, and incentive program proposals. Beside the above-mentioned practical content a range of other sections can be found on the CD: a brief presentation of the country with useful contact details of Hungarian associations and the national carrier, extras like wallpapers, games, screensavers and Did you know?-page with some incredible facts, among many others. To receive the CD-ROM free of charge, please contact the Hungarian Convention Bureau, phone: +36-1/488-8643, fax: +36-1/488-8641, hcb@hungarytourism.hu

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Conferences for up to 700 in Eger

Eger’s established hotel complex, the Hotel Eger Park, is situated in the town centre, next to the renovated Gárdonyi Géza Theatre. The Park Hotel (built in baroque style at the beginning of the 20th century) has been privately owned from 2002 as well as the Eger Hotel (built at the beginning of the 1980s) and the new wing which connects the two buildings. The hotel complex, which used to be considered a modern one, was run in unworthy circumstances at the beginning of the 21st century. The new owner, changing the circumstances, has dreamt up a hotel that meets the reguirements of the present.

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The ICCA Central European Chapter Spring Meeting in Hungary

0-12. June 2004: Hungary hosted the Spring Meeting of ICCA Central-European Chapter, with the participation of some 35 leading MICE professionals.
Among the programmes of the delegates, mention must be made of the Gala Dinner held on the ship Spoon (what a breath-taking view from the deck!), the trip to the Great Plain with a lovely horse-show and last but not least the interesting presentations.

ABOUT ICCA
ICCA (International Congress & Convention Association) was founded in 1963 by a group of travel agents. Their first and foremost aim was to evaluate practical ways to get the travel industry involved in the rapidly expanding market of international meetings and to exchange actual information related to their operations in this market. This initiative soon proved to have been taken at the right moment: the meeting industry expanded even more rapidly than foreseen. As a result of which candidates from all over the world applied for ICCA membership. Not only congress travel agents but representatives from all the various sectors of the meetings industry, airlines, PCO-s, Congress Bureaus, DMC-s, Congress and Exhibition Centres.

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IMEX 2004

The second edition of IMEX, the world’s leading meetings and incentive travel exhibition saw over 6200 buyers meet with 2500 exhibitors representing 130 countries. Having surpassed growth expectations, IMEX will move into Hall 8, Messe Frankfurt’s largest single floor hall, from 2005. Next year’s show will take place from: Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 April

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Convention & Visitors Bureaux online

Conference & Incentive Management Magazine (CIM) has made a survey about online services provided by Convention & Visitors Bureaux across Europe. The basis of the test examinating web-sites of 12 European countries’ Convention Bureaux were such important issues as the content of information or the ease of use. The result of the survey was published in the March issue of the magazine, where the following turned out: coming before conference world-powers like Austria, Germany and France, the Hungarian Convention Bureau has the best web-page (www.hcb.hu), as it is the only web-site which received excellent qualification in the four categories: “Fast”, “User-friendly”, “Content / Up-to-date” and “Interactive”.

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New brochures

New brochures

The Hungarian Convention Bureau (HCB) responsible for the promotion of Hungary as a C&I destination will launch the CD-ROM "Hungary, the MICEst country" in the coming weeks.
Provided free of charge, it will replace the former venue catalogue, will give general information on the country as a meeting destination and present all useful information regarding MICE partners in Hungary: description and contact details, conference capacities of conference hotels and congress centers, unusual meeting venues, furthermore proposals for incentive programmes and a list of Hungarian organisers (PCOs, DMCs).
Another initiative, the new “The Concise Book of Hungarian Incentive Recipes” is a completely new conception to present the most varied incentive programmes across Hungary. The brochure will give you an idea what for a Trabant rally or a Balloon ride can be of use and will let you know what happens if you mix such ingredients as 200,000 litres of thermal water, 400 conference delegates and 6-8 water ballet dancers. To find out the result and see many more exciting ‘delicacies’, contact us to receive the brochure free of charge.

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