First edition of CONVENE (Vilnius, Lithuania) fairs dedicated to Baltic Region countries (Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Russia and Latvia). Educational programme and two days of fairs in Litexpo (fairs&conference venue). Gdansk Convention Bureau represented Gdansk&Region.

1. „Prezentacja działalności Gdaosk Convention Bureau oraz korzyści
@GdanskRegionCVB
i możliwości współpracy dla podmiotów z całego regionu”
@
Anna Górska, Gdaosk Convention Bureau
CONVENE 2013

2. Gdansk – where exactly are you…?

3. Why Gdaosk?
GREAT ACCESSIBILITY
INSPIRING INCENTIVES
BRAND NEW VENUES
PROFESSINAL & FRIENDLY STUFF
GOOD VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY

4. Gdaosk & Region in rankings
Gdansk is in the top 10 of the biggest risers!
ICCA report reveals
the excellent performance of Gdansk.
* According to World Tourism Org.

5. Accessibility
Gdaosk Lech Walesa
International Airport
15 km from the City Centre
• 54 direct flights
• 326 total flights a week
• Brand New Terminal
• City Terminal – Gdaosk City Centre

6. AMSTERDAM (AMS) KATOWICE (KTW)
ALESUND (AES) KRAKÓW (KRK)
ARHUS (AAR) LEEDS BRADFORD (LBA)
BARCELONA (BCN) LIVERPOOL (LPL)
BERGEN (BGO) LONDYN LUTON (LTN)
BERLIN (TXL) LONDYN STANSTED (STN)
BIRMINGHAM (BHX) MANCHESTER (MAN)
BREMEN (BRE) MALME-STURUP (MMX)
BRISTOL (BRS) MEDIOLAN - BERGAMO (BGY)
CORK (ORK) MONACHIUM (MUC)
DONCASTER-SHEFFIELD (DSA) OSLO (OSL)
DORTMUND (DTM) OSLO RYGGE (RYG)
DUBLIN (DUB) OSLO TORP (TRF)
DUBROWNIK (DBV) PARYŻ-BEAUVAIS (BVA)
EDYNBURG (EDI) POPRAD TATRY (TAT)
EINDHOVEN (EIN) RIJEKA (RJK)
FRANKFURT (FRA) RZYM (FCO)
GIRONA (GRO) SALZBURG (SZG)
GLASGOW-PRESTWICK (PIK) STAVANGER (SVG)
54 routes GOTEBORG (GSE) SZTOKHOLM-SKAVSTA (NYO)
to 50 airports HAMBURG-LUBEKA (LBC) TRONDHEIM (TRD)
in 16 countries HAUGESUND (HAU) TURKU (TKU)
HERAKLION (HER) WARSZAWA (WAW)
KOLONIA/BONN (CGN) WROCŁAW (WRO)
KOPENHAGA (CPH) ZADAR (ZAD)

7. Roads to Gdaosk
by land and sea
Road and railway connections
The biggest and best known communication routes to Gdaosk are:
• from Berlin via Szczecin, Koszalin and Słupsk
• from the eastern border of Poland via Białystok and Olsztyn
• from the Czech and Slovak border via Cracow and Warsaw
• from the Czech and German border via Wrocław, Poznao and
Bydgoszcz
• from the Czech border via Katowice, Częstochowa, Łódź and
Toruo
SEA Transport
• Gdaosk - Nynäshamn (Polferries)
• Gdynia - Karlskrona (Stena Line)
• Gdynia - Helsinki (Finnlines)
• Gdynia - Rostock (Finnlines)

8. Hotels
GDAŃSK ** *** **** *****
Rooms 302 1204 778 364
Beds 582 2534 1360 715
Qty 7 16 7 5
SOPOT ** *** **** *****
Rooms 209 120 251 380
Beds 444 231 505 742
Qty 6 4 2 3
GDYNIA ** *** **** *****
Rooms 151 465 90 0
Beds 297 881 184 0
Qty 4 6 1 0
Hotels: Gdaosk, Sopot, Gdynia
Hotels 60
Rooms Total 4314
Beds Total 8475

9. Hotels
PRIVATE HOTELS
• DWÓR OLIWSKI
• HOTEL GDAŃSK
• KRÓLEWSKI HOTEL
• FOCUS and many more
INTERNATIONAL CHAINS
• SHERATON
• HILTON
• RADISSON BLU
• ACCOR
• QUBUS

10. Venues
Amber Expo Convention & Exhibition Centre
PGE Arena Gdaosk (stadium)
Ergo Arena Multifunctional Hall
Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall
Gdynia Entertainment & Sport Hall
Unique venues
Fot. Paweł Klein

11. AMBER EXPO
Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 FLOOR
3 halls A, B, C of ca.4000 m2 each.
up to 12 000 pax (3 x 4000pax)
Multi-purpose, air-conditioned halls
2 FLOOR
Conference space: ca. 2200 m2
4 air-conditioned conference rooms
room A1 up to 600 pax
(can be divided into 3 breakouts)
room A2 up to 130 pax
room A3 up to 60 pax
room A4 up to 340 pax

12. 1 FLOOR 2 FLOOR
3 halls A, B, C of ca.4000 m2 each. Conference space: ca. 2200 m2
up to 12 000 pax (3 x 4000pax) 4 air-conditioned conference rooms
Multi-purpose, air-conditioned halls room A1 up to 600 pax
(can be divided into 3 breakouts)
room A2 up to 130 pax
room A3 up to 60 pax
room A4 up to 340 pax

13. PGE Arena
Stadium PGE Arena Gdaosk
Stadiumc apacity : 44 000 pax
3500 m2 Business Lounge
Events up tp 1000 pax
Media office

14. PGE ARENA Gdaosk offers the following conference rooms:
PGE ATOM Club with a view of the pitch, up to 1000 participants, 1.600 m2
Trophy Room for 250 persons, 290 m2.
League Room for 50 persons, 70m2.
VIP Boxes for business meetings, up to 30 participants
All the conference rooms have air conditioning, modern multimedia system and Wi-Fi.

15. Plenary room up to 8700 pax
+ Main Arena 4600
Banquet (gala dinners) for 1660 pax

16. Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall
Plenary room up to 955 pax
4 breakouts for 200 / 180 / 120 / 40 pax
1700 m2 Foyer – 240 pax banquet setup

17. Gdynia Sports & Show Arena
Arena: 1537 m2
Height: 12,5 m - 18,5 m
Audience: 4334 seats + 450 arena
246 parking places

18. Unique Venues
Gdaosk Shipyard Centre Conference rooms
where eastern European 1000/350/300 pax
theatre setup.
FREEDOM started Banquet 600 pax

19. Gdaosk History Museum
ARTUS COURT UPHAGEN’S HOUSE THE MAIN TOWN HALL
150 pax theatre setup 30 pax theatre setup 150 pax theatre setup

20. Destination Management Companies
Professional Congress Organizers
of Gdansk & Region
Aktiv
tours
reisen
TARIFA
SKOK
Corporate
Travel
Events
JOYTRIP. PCO ATP
PL activity
DMC
Grupa
Teja Tur
Travel
3 Sports
& Events

21. Amber & Relax
Amber
Workshop
Contents of workshops: lecture on history of Amber; its properties and deposit locations,
Amber polishing, faceting, sculpting using traditional and contemporary methods, Amber
Inclusions, establish amber authenticity, use of Amber in traditional and alternative
medicine, in tourism, design. There is an opportunity of polishing amber piece to take home.
Time: 60 minutes, group: max 10 pax.

22. Castles & Adventure
MALBORK
adventure with
medieval cuisine
Malbork Castle - in addition to visiting
the medieval castle of the Teutonic
Knights, you can also extend your
culinary knowledge. Our chef will be
delighted to share with you his
exceptional knowledge on the
medieval cuisine.
Sightseeing time 1.5 h The possibility of organizing a group dinner in one of two restaurants in the historic
Castle and fun "Feast at the Grand Master," which is written each time the script takes into account the
needs and opportunities for visitors.

23. Sea & Emotions
Luxury Yachting
We would like to invite you to a rather unusual tour of this beautiful city. With luxury, chartered
yacht, we will go watch Gdansk from the water side of it. On board of a luxury yacht will have the
opportunity to see the most interesting and important places.

24. Solidarity & Freedom
Gdansk Road to
Freedom - City Game
We invite to the past journey – not the distant one, which disclose as a words written down on cards of
textbooks. Meet the trails of the people who create the history. Places that will "play" the main role: 1.
Gdansk Shipyard 2. Square of Solidarity. 3.Exhibition “Roads to Freedom”4. Old City. The expedition there
will be plenty animations! You will meet a shipyard worker, ZOMO or lady from a shop.

25. How GCB can help you?
o Complimentary promotional materials
o Recommendation for PCO / DMC / local suppliers
o Site – visits
o Flights discounts up to 20% for your clients
o Tourist Information Desk at the Venue (meetings above 300 pax)
o Welcome desk at the Airport (meetings above 300 pax)
o Volunteers for Gdaosk – complimentary help during the event
o Tourist Card at special price = discounts

26. Gdaosk hosted
o 2009 80th Annual Meeting of the International Association of
Applied Mathematics and Mechanics – GAMM
o 2010 6th Annual Wikimedia Conference – WIKIMANIA 2010
o 2011 The International Congress on Ultrasonics, ICU
o 2011 ICCA Research Sales & Markleting Proramme
o 2011 ICCA European Chapter Meeting
o 2012 World Council of Credit Unions WOCCU
o 2012 24th International Conference on Advanced Information
Systems Engineering

27. Ladies & Gentlemen
meet the
GCBeVENT app

29. iOS
Windows
Phone GCBeVENT Blackberry
Android

30. Personal Agenda, Notes

34. Profile Settings Delegates can communicate via app

36. City map, Venue

37. Sponsor zone

38. Survey

39. Info from the organizer Local information

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conference:
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gcb@gdanskconvention.pl
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