April 2012
	MICE Corporate Workshop On April 11, the first Czech Regional MICE Forum focused on local companies will take place in Prague. The workshop is organized by PCB in cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce, Czech Convention Bureau and Prague Airport. More info here. FAM Trip USA From 23 to 27 April, Prague Convention Bureau in cooperation with the foreign representation of CzechTourism in New York will organize a FAM Trip for buyers representing companies from the U.S.A. The program includes Prague sightseeing, site inspection of selected PCB member subjects and several other venues. The contact person is Jitka Kolarova. Sales Trip UK From 2 to 4 May, PCB will attend a Sales Trip focused on corporate and incentive events which will take place in London, UK. The complete list of past and future congresses held in Prague can be found here. Ambassador Award Evening The third Ambassador Award Evening in the history of the Prague Convention Bureau will take place on 3 May at the Prague Mayor Residence. The Prague Convention Bureau will award the best Czech congress ambassadors, representatives of international associations, for their contribution to the development of Prague congress industry in five categories. Prague 5th among European destinations - beats Vienna, Berlin and Amsterdam! Based on a sample of 57 European cities, European Cities Marketing (ECM) reports most popular European cities for tourists staying overnight. Prague is number 5 with an average year-on growth rate of 9,4%. More info here. Prague Choir Festival The second edition of the Prague Choir Festival will be held from 29th June to 1st July 2012 in cooperation with the Czech Choir Association and Music Travel Agency, and with the support of Czech Tourism, the City of Prague, and the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Embassies in Prague. The goal is to develop this festival to become a yearly event that Prague can offer. Michelin star received two Czech restaurant: Alcron and Degustation Michelin star awards goes for the first time in history to the Czech chefs in Prague restaurants. Culinary arts of Romana Paulus and Oldřich Sahajdák received the prestigious restaurants Alcron and La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise. ... the Arcadia Residence in Prague offers the best service in the world The small residence located in the historical location of Vysehrad with two separate apartments in the neighbourhood of the Old Town Square has been voted the hotel with the best service in the World and Europe in TripAdvisor’s 2012 Travellers’ Choice. ... the first funiculars started operation in Prague in 1891 Originally, Prague had 2 funiculars; one funicular railway led to Letná (its operation ended in 1922) and the second to Petřín hill. After the last reconstruction in 1985, it is still in operation. ... The Alchymist Grand Hotel & Spa boasts the luxury TripAdvisor awards The international travellers' website Tripadvisor published the list of Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Europe in which the Alchymist Grand Hotel & Spa was awarded as the only hotel from the Czech Republic.

	Senator Travel Senator Meetings & Incentives is based in Prague in the Czech Republic and is a DMC covering all of Central Europe (Hungary, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Germany). We consist of a professional multilingual staff with many years of experience. Each of our event specialists is paying attention to every single detail of our clients' needs up until the last last minute and even beyond. Our streinght is service, as our staff is available 24 hours a day for all our clients. We are specialists in Meetings and Incentives, Conferences, Congresses, Symposias, Product launches, Company trainings, Business and Leisure Travel, Special interest groups and Cultural Events, Sports Groups, Tailored programmes for individual clients. Our representatives are World Marketing Group in the U.S., Select Group Marketing in Canada, Safran in France, Access Russian in Russia. Senator supports together with its clients and partners Children´s home close to Prague and Children´s foundations. Senator is IATA agency, SITE, ACK, ASTA member and platinum member of PCB. For more see member profile here. Liberty Incentives & Congresses Interview with Bettina Baga-Freudenthaler, MD of Liberty Incentives & Congresses Prague, established 20 years ago: How do you analyze the evolution of MICE offers in Prague? Since 1991, we have seen tremendous improvement: Prague airport is now an international hub; local and international chains range from exclusive boutique hotels to large convention hotels; new and trendy locations complete the offer of beautiful historical venues; fine dining restaurants (2 Michelin star restaurants in 2012) lead the pack of traditional breweries and classical restaurants… If Prague has joined the European peloton for MICE, how can it differentiate against other destinations? These benefits haven’t eliminated what made the reputation of Prague: a pleasant and safe human size European capital with architectural and cultural wonders to discover for a short stay within two hours from any major European capital city… You and your team are not Czech. How do you explain that? Each country is different when it comes to MICE and it is important to understand and serve these differences. We speak English and Czech of course, and our team comes from Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Russia and Switzerland… Liberty Incentives & Congresses serves its clients with tailor made programs and professional congress services. For more see member profile here. Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni Prague The beautiful Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni Prague is a delightful, deluxe property, located just 50 m away from Prague’s fast underground system; guests can reach within 10 minutes every part of our historic, romantic Prague. At the Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni Prague guests enjoy a high level of service and comfortable accommodation. Prague’s 4 Star Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni named after the famous Mozart opera, which, by the way, enjoyed its maiden performance in Prague in 1787, the hotel lobby resembles a large theater. The perfect setting for your conference in Prague! The hotel offers 20 flexible function spaces named after the personalities from Mozart's Operas. The largest conference room Don Giovanni with 420 sqm can seat up to 450 people in theater style and can be divided into 3 separate parts. Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni will place your conference, meeting, seminar, company anniversary or family celebration in just the right light! Our function rooms are fitted with the latest conference equipment and the exclusive ambience sets the ideal scene for your ideas and products. Our experienced and highly trained conference team looks forward to assisting you in word and indeed, from the very first plans to the final farewell. Together we will ensure that your event is an unforgettable success! You'll be back. For more see member profile here.

	EPA 2012 From 3 to 6 March, Prague Congress Centre hosted the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry. The congress brought about 3500 experts on psychiatry of all specializations from many European countries. Under the motto “Beyond Diversity Towards Harmony”, a large number of lectures and workshops took place. According to one of the members of the organizing committee, well-known Czech psychiatrist Cyril Höschl, in some areas of psychiatry and in various European countries there are different views on the nature and treatment of some diseases. Therefore, the purpose of the congress was to clarify these opinions and agree on the common procedures in the diagnosis and treatment. Other topics discussed this year were the genetics of the syndrome of attention disorders in children or individualized treatment of alcoholism. EuCAP 2012 The 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation conference which took place in Prague Congress Centre from 26th March to 30th March followed the previous successful conferences held in Rome, Barcelona, Berlin, Edinburgh and Nice. The event brought about 1100 delegates from both European and non-European countries. A number of posters, lectures, sessions, workshops and a large exhibition focused to issues of antennas, distribution of radio signal and measurements and it also included topics from the field of industry. The visitors had the opportunity to see an exact model of the satellite Envisat 7, currently the largest European satellite whose purpose is to monitor the status of climate, the seas and the atmosphere. The model was lent by the European Space Agency (ESA) based in the Netherlands.

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