5,000 to attend convention in Malta
Malta will host its largest ever convention between August and September, when 5,000 delegates will come here for a seven-day event organised by Oriflame Cosmetics of Sweden, Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism Mario de Marco said today.
The conference will be held between August 29 and September 4.
"This is good news, this conference means 35,000 bed nights for Malta," Dr de Marco said.
"It not only gives us a sense of pride that our country was chosen to organise such a gathering, but it is also a boost to our tourism industry, in particular to the conference and incentive segment," he added.
The delegates will be staying in 13 hotels in what conference organisers said was a good balance for Malta between tourists who came here for the sun and the sea and those who came here on conference travel.
This particular week was chosen because it comes at the tail end of the peak tourism season and just before the normal 'conference travel season' starts.
The organisation of the conference is being handled by On Site Malta, a destination management company. Most of the convention's events will be held on the Granaries in Floriana.
Dr de Marco said that 2009 had been a difficult year for the tourism industry with the conference and incentive segment feeling the crunch more than other sectors because of the international economic and financial crisis.
The government, he recalled, had launched a scheme to support this sector, and as a result, 26 conferences were attracted to Malta - 10 were held last year, 13 were being held this year, two would be held in 2011 and one in 2012. They will account for 10,300 delegates or about 31,000 guest nights.
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Vincent Scerri
Apr 13th 2010, 20:16
That's the spirit Dr. Demarco. Good news at last. Keep it up.
Jesmond Micallef
Apr 13th 2010, 18:02
Cool, much needed boost thats forsure !!! Its very nice to read of such success. Well, 5,000 delegates are quite alot, hopefully this will serve as a springboard to other such conferences. The participants will enjoy the Maltese islands.
Nice, very well done indeed.
Edward Vella
Apr 13th 2010, 16:26
Prosit Sur Zammit, naf li ma ghandhiex daqshekk soddod imma li ghana imlejnihom , u jekk qed jinbengha fuq iz-Zebbug ma ghandux x'jaqsam ma dan il-group jew xi iehor u dawarx paroli, Jien il-punt tighei hu li Gruppi bhal dawn kbar u zghar flus ihallu gewwa Malta u Ghawdex, u jgawddi kulhadt, sajjieda,rahhalha, tar-restauranti insomma ma tispicca qatt ghax din katina. Sur Zammit jidher li ma tantx tifhem u wiehed li tikritha fuq kollox,u nerga nghidlek li nies bhalhekk,hsara lil pajjiznha taghmlu, kun ghaf li Malta dejjem gawdiet mit-turizmu u min ghajrhom ma ahna xejn. Nixtieqek xi darba tkun fejn inkunu ahna u ara x'forzi naghmlu biex nies bhal dawn ingibuhom Malta, u mhux immorru pajjiz iehor,competition hija kbira hafna u minflok taprezzaw il-hidma li naghmlu min fuq tmaqdru. Prosit Mr. Selis,and workers of, On Site Malta keep it up.
Lawrence Fenech
Apr 13th 2010, 15:27
Il prosit imur lil minn gaghbohom.
Kenneth Williams
Apr 13th 2010, 15:03
Nispera li terga ssir konferenza stampa ohra go bieb il belt jghidu li il progett ta Piano mhux ser jibda qabel ma titlaq din il konferenza bearing in mind li kollox ser jsir fuq il fosos u l belt.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100408/local/demolition-to-start-in-peak-of-summer
Edward Vella
Apr 13th 2010, 14:59
Nirispondi lil J.Zammit, min dan il-group Ghawdex ha jiehu ukoll,ghandek zball kbir, u din il-kumpanija ilha tibghat nies lejn Ghawdex ghal dan l-ahhar 10 snin ghal informazzjoni tieghek, u taghmel hafna gid lis-settur turistiku Ghawdxi. J.Zammit qabel tibda tikteb xi haga irrifleti, ftit ta ghax nies bhalek jaghmlu hsara kbira lil Ghawdex u meta trid niltaqaw ghidli jien Ghawdxi , u jien parti min din il-kumpanija li igib dawn in-nies Ghawdex u nies bhana niftahru u niehdu pjacir li ahna parti minhom, u ma noqodux imaqdru lil hutnha il-Maltin,wara kollox ahna ahwa u nizel wiehed. Sur. Zammit nahseb li jixraq li titlob appologija jew inkellha ibla dak li ghed.
Eddie Vella
Keith Goodlip
Apr 13th 2010, 16:22
prosit.....ejja ha nahdmu flimkien u mhux kontra xulxin
J. Beacom
Apr 13th 2010, 14:52
@ J Zammit
Bir-rispett kollu - Lanqas ghandkhom 5000 sodda gewwa Ghawdex, Siehbi !
U mnalla ghax Ghawdex diga qed tigi rrovinata bill bini u projetti koroh. Ara x'qed jibnu fuq l-gholja ta' Zebbug.
Jekk tkomplu sejrin hekk, veramament tibqghu b'xejn....u ghall dejjem !
AnnMarie Pawley
Apr 13th 2010, 14:39
Will the roads be re-patched again for these foreigners? Who knows, it might attract them back again.
J Zammit
Apr 13th 2010, 14:07
U xorta Ghawdex jibqa b'xejn.................
Jeremy
Apr 13th 2010, 14:20
be happy for what we achieve rather than complain ... typical maltese