The Lisboa Convention Bureau (LCB), the section of Turismo de Lisboa responsible for attracting business events, was named Best European Convention Bureau at the Business Destination Service Awards 2009 held in June 2009.
Awarded by the British trade magazine Business Destination, the prize provides international recognition for the excellent work carried out by the LCB to attract professional congresses, corporate conferences, company incentives and product launches.
These and other events are key to making Lisboa one of the world's top business tourism destinations.
The winners of the Business Destination 2009 Service Awards were decided through online voting by companies and institutions linked to business tourism.
At the same award ceremony, the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa was awarded the prize for Best Conference Facilities - Western Europe, succeeding the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre in Amsterdam.
Additional news from Lisbon:
Inspira Hotels opens first hotel in Lisboa - The 'Hotel Inspira Santa Marta' will be the first Inspira hotel to open in Lisboa, in October of this year.
Located on Santa Marta Street, near Av. da Liberdade, the four-star 'Hotel Inspira Santa Marta' is expected to act as an anchor for the rehabilitation of this historic area of the Portuguese capital.
The entire hotel, boasting 89 rooms, was designed based on feng shui principles and includes harmonious and relaxing spaces that seek to provide customers with a unique experience. The 'Hotel Inspira Santa Marta' also offers parking, a spa, conference rooms and a restaurant.
Tivoli Lisboa invests in meeting industry - In response to the needs of the meeting industry (MI) segment, the 'Tivoli Lisboa' will open its new meeting centre in September.
The five-star hotel will have two new meeting rooms with an area of 300 m2 each. This will bring the number of meeting rooms for this segment to 13, the largest of which can hold 300 people.
In this way, the Tivoli group is seeking to expand its services targeting the segment. The Tivoli Oriente currently has 11 meeting rooms, with a total capacity of 220 people. It competes in the flexible space market, offering a good quality/price ratio. The chain also has a team dedicated to this business area. They conduct market research, build contacts and design tailor-made products for each customer.
Novotel Lisboa remodels meeting space - 'Novotel Lisboa' has renovated its meeting space to include ten meeting rooms, of which seven have natural light, offering a total capacity of 300 people.
This four-star hotel also runs a service it calls 'Meeting@Novotel', which provides personalised support and assistance through a single point of contact, 24-hour availability through their website at www.novotel.com/meetings and solutions specifically tailored to the aims of individual meetings.
Fully-equipped with modern multimedia equipment, the 'Novotel Lisboa' meeting rooms have the facilities and services to cater for presentations, training sessions, directors' meetings and team-building sessions.
MUDE revives historic city centre - The opening of Lisboa's latest new museum, MUDE - Museu do Design e da Moda (Museum of Design and Fashion), promises to change the face of the Pombaline Baixa by infusing one of the city's most symbolic areas with a degree of modernity and dynamism.
Located in the pedestrian zone of Rua Augusta, the museum represents a key asset in the effort to consolidate the city as a compulsory destination on the international cultural tourism circuit. Housed in unique premises, MUDE possesses one of the best displays of fashion and design made up of 2,500 items from the collection of Francisco Capelo.
Alongside its artistic contribution, MUDE forms part of the urban regeneration project for the area between Terreiro do Paço and the Pombaline Baixa. Set in a magnificent building that was once the head office of a bank, it provides a fine example of the rehabilitation of Lisboa's architectural heritage.
The building is being completely remodelled as part of a "work in progress" to house the museum's collection and ancillary services over four floors. This work is due to be completed in 2010.
The regeneration project for the area around 'Terreiro do Paço' and its neighbouring streets will be announced shortly. The preliminary study includes widening the riverfront promenade, pedestrian esplanades and new accesses to 'Cais das Colunas'.
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