Cyprus Conferences & Incentives
Top meeting place Lying in the sparkling blue waters of the Eastern Mediterranean and at the crossroads between Europe, Africa and Asia, Cyprus has always had an important strategic position throughout history. Nowadays, as the Easternmost member of the European Union, the island is a perfect meeting place for decision-makers from all over the world. An ideal all year round climate, beautiful scenery, a traditionally hospitable people and a civilisation that goes back 10,000 years. The island has everything to offer to make your next meeting, convention, incentive or other corporate event a tremendous success. Having hosted meetings of heads of government in the past and with over 600 top companies and organisations holding conferences here every year, Cyprus has all the facilities that even the most valued VIPs would need. With a reputation for quality and professionalism, as well as top class facilities and service, you'll find there's no more distinctive venue than Cyprus.
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Accommodation Comfort and service for all your needs
When it’s time for business you’ll find everything you need. Whether you are planning a full-scale conference of over a thousand participants, or an innovative incentives programme, Cyprus can provide it. There’s an abundance of quality hotels in all towns and holiday resorts with high standards of service to choose from, allowing you the convenience of staying in the same location as your corporate event. The excellent amenities offer fully equipped conference rooms with varying capacities, the latest audio, visual and video conferencing equipment, flexible meeting rooms, break-out rooms and technical equipment, as well as simultaneous translation facilities. Secretarial services are also widely available. Hire the executive boardroom for a small group meeting, host a product launch in the foyer, or hold a reception around the pool or on the terrace, and let the professionals accommodate you. After a day of tough decision-making, put your feet up in your wellappointed air-conditioned room or suite. Cyprus hotels provide every amenity the modern business traveller has come to expect and more, from swimming pools, tennis courts, sauna rooms, and beachfronts, to salt-water pools, exotic gardens, thalassotherapy and health spas. Buffet style dining is popular and presents your participants with a bountiful array of market fresh local and international cuisine. Benefit from special off-season discounts that are usually on offer between mid-November and mid-March, excluding the Christmas period.
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Infrastructure keeping in touch Cyprus has a well developed physical and social infrastructure. Efficient dual carriage motorways link all towns and resorts, keeping travel time low and allowing you the freedom to indulge in your pursuits. Many international airlines operate regular flights to Larnaka airport. Transfer times to the capital Lefkosia (Nicosia) and Lemesos (Limassol) are less than one hour. Pafos is served by its own international airport. Within thirty minutes of leaving the arrivals lounge you may find yourself enjoying a drink at your venue hotel. The island’s geographic proximity to other popular destinations means you can add an extra dimension to your event by combining it with a short, value-for-money cruise to a neighbouring country such as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Greece and the Greek islands. A sophisticated communications system including tele-conferencing, video-conferencing, and widely accessible internet and e-mail facilities will link you anywhere in the world and help you maintain contact with your corporate base at home. On the social side, Cyprus can offer the coporate events organiser a stable economy and a safe and secure European country that respects law and order.
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Incentives a bonus worth working for Providing incentives through travel can be very effective and rewarding. Turn experiences into motivation and motivation into returns. A successful incentives program not only increases profits by motivating employees to work harder and customers to buy more, but it also builds loyalty, dedication and camaraderie. Offer your staff the chance to hone their golfing or tennis skills at one of the island’s purpose-built resorts set in peaceful surroundings with spectacular views. Make them feel like millionaires for a day experiencing the comfort of a private yacht, or let them be pampered at one of the island’s luxury spa resorts. Cyprus has an abundance of added-value amenities such as archaeological sites, museums, galleries, sporting and leisure activities, nightlife and entertainment. The culture and heritage of Cyprus is unique, with a 10,000 year history as a meeting place for continents and peoples. This cosmopolitan element gives Cyprus its distinctive flavour, a feature in the choice of destination by corporate clients. Jeep safaris into the countryside, wine tours round picturesque mountain villages, a themed cruise around the attractive coastline, are just some of the possibilities which Cyprus has to offer.
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Destination Management Companies leave it to us... Whether you need a live band to play for your soirée, someone to organise games, gimmicks or other entertainment for your pre and post event tours or for escorting members, let the experts do it for you. Numerous professional destination management companies with experienced, efficient and multilingual staff will draw up a complete tailor-made programme to suit your needs and be on hand at all times to supervise every stage of the event. Their portfolio of original, innovative and creative ideas can include anything from an afternoon experiencing village life - sipping coffee and playing backgammon, or baking home-made olive or ‘halloumi cheese’ pies - to a day following in the footsteps of Aphrodite, the legendary goddess of love and beauty, protectress of Cyprus. From the place where she rose from the waves, to dedicated sites where she was worshipped. Having one of the oldest civilisations in the world, there is so much in Cyprus to see, from ancient prehistoric sites, Greco-Roman theatres, exquisite mosaics, to skilfully painted Byzantine churches on the UNESCO world heritage list. Cyprus’ rich cultural heritage, in combination with the beauty and tranquility of its mountainous hinterland vastly enhance the drama and memorability of group events.
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KEY †Church, Monastery Archaeological site Town Village Main Road Motorway Limit of area under Turkish occupation
17,5 8,1 7,2 16,6 73 9,1
ARCH
19,4 10,0 8,0 16,9 68 8,9
PRIL
22,6 12,7 9,2 17,4 67 5,0
AY
26,6 16,5 11,2 19,0 69 2,6
NE
30,7 20,1 12,8 21,8 70 0,3
LY
33,0 22,2 12,6 24,1 71 0,0
UGUST
Raindays
17,3 8,4 6,1 16,5 77 11,4
BRUARY
Humidity (%)
NUARY
Sea temperature in oC
ONTHS
Maximum daily coastal temperature in oC Minimum night coastal temperature in oC
Mean daily Sunshine (Hours)
EMPERATURES
33,2 22,6 11,9 25,4 73 0,3
PTEMBER
31,3 20,4 10,6 25,8 67 0,3
CTOBER
28,6 17,7 8,9 23,2 68 3,4
OVEMBER 23,5 13,4 7,2 20,2 73 7,3 ECEMBER
19,0 10,0 5,8 18,6 81 10,0
DISTANCE CHART (Km) LEFKOSIA LEMESOS PAFOS
80 LEMESOS 152
72 PAFOS
LARNAKA
47
70 142 LARNAKA
TROODOS
80
51 123 121 TROODOS
AGIA NAPA 81 107 184 POLIS
188 108
41 163 AGIA NAPA
37 177 160 220 POLIS
PARALIMNI 85 111 178
44 158
5 219
Unusual venus one of the kind A number of venues throughout the island lend themselves to small conferences, gala dinners or themed nights, offering unusual surroundings that are bound to impress your conference participants or incentives group.
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Book a medieval manor or hold a reception in the courtyard of a castle, like Richard the Lionheart did. Hold your meeting at an ancient carob mill or wine museum. Experience theatre in Roman style, under starry skies with the moon on a twinkling sea as a backdrop. Or go local in a village square and try your hand at traditional Cypriot folk dancing and get a taste of Cypriot cuisine and hospitality. You can even send the group off for a fun day out at a donkey farm, riding the island’s beast of burden.
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Cyprus state fair authority exhibit with confidence The Cyprus State Fairs Authority, with its many years of experience, has the know-how that is needed to guarantee the organisation and coordination of successful local and international exhibitions, conferences and other events. Its Multipurpose Hall Complex situated within the International Fair grounds in Lefkosia (Nicosia) can meet the growing demand for high standard exhibition centres, combining functionality and flexibility. 9
It offers both a conference facility as well as an exhibition area accommodating up to 1,200 participants, a foyer, pavilions, audiovisual equipment, restaurants and cafeterias, as well a technical and administrative support.
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Cyprus Tourism Organisation Worldwide Offices CYPRUS CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Leoforos Lemesou 19 P.O.Box 24535, CY 1390, Lefkosia Tel: +357 22691100, Fax: +357 22331644 E-mail: cytour@visitcyprus.com Web-site: www.visitcyprus.com
BELGIUM OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE DIENST VOOR TOERISME VAN CYPRUS Avenue de Cortenbergh 61, Kortenberglaan B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel Tel. 02/735.06.21, Fax: 02/735.66.07 E-mail: cyprus@skynet.be
UNITED KINGDOM CYPRUS TOURIST OFFICE 17, Hanover Street London W1S 1YP Tel. 0207 569 8800, Fax: 0207 499 4935 E-mail: informationcto@btconnect.com
THE NETHERLANDS CYPRUS VERKEERSBUREAU Keizersgracht 635, 1017 DS Amsterdam Tel. (020) 624 4358, Fax: (020) 638 3369 E-mail: cyprus.sun@planet.nl
IRELAND CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION 71 Lower Leeson Str., Dublin 2 Tel. 00 353-1-662 9269, Fax: 00 353-1-662 9270 E-mail: cyprusinfo@eircom.net
SWEDEN CYPERNS TURISTRÅD Sveavägen 66, 111 34 Stockholm Tel. (08) 10 50 25, Fax: (08) 10 64 14 E-mail: info@ctosweden.org
GERMANY FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN FRANKFURT Zeil 127, 60313 Frankfurt Tel. (069) 25 19 19, Fax: (069) 25 02 88 E-mail: info@cto–fra.de
FINLAND KYPROKSEN MATKAILUTOIMISTO Aleksanterinkatu 48B, 00100 Helsinki Tel. (0) 9-476 09 100, Fax: (0) 9-476 09 120 E-mail: info@ctofinland.org
BERLIN Wallstr. 27, 10179 Berlin Tel. 0 30–23 45–75 90, Fax: 0 30–23 45–75 92 E-mail: cto_berlin@t—online.de SWITZERLAND FREMDENVERKEHRSZENTRALE ZYPERN Gottfried Keller – Strasse 7, CH-8001 Zürich Tel. +4144 262 3303, Fax: +4144 251 2417 Geneva: Tel: +4122 741 33 03 E-mail: ctozurich@bluewin.ch AUSTRIA ZYPERN TOURISMUS Parkring 20, A–1010 Wien Tel. (01) 513 18 70, Fax: (01) 513 18 72 E-mail: office@zyperntourismus.at FRANCE OFFICE DU TOURISME DE CHYPRE 15, Rue de la Paix, 75002 Paris Tel. 01. 42.61.42.49, Fax: 01. 42.61.65.13 E-mail: cto.chypre.paris@wanadoo.fr
GREECE CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION ATHENS Voukourestiou 38, Kolonaki, Athens 10673 Tel. (210) 36 10 178, (210) 36 10 057 Fax: (210) 36 44 798 E-mail: cto-athens@ath.forthnet.gr THESSALONIKI Nikis Ave. 37, Thessaloniki 54013 Tel. 00 2310-242880, Fax: 00 2310-286881 E-mail: kotthes@the.forthnet.gr ITALY ENTE NAZIONALE PER IL TURISMO DI CIPRO Via Santa Sofia 6, 20122 Milano Tel. 02 58 31 98 35, 02 58 30 33 28 Fax: 02 58 30 33 75 E-mail: info@turismocipro.it UNITED STATES CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANIZATION 13 East 40th Str. New York, NY 10016 Tel. (00 1212) 683–5280, Fax: (00 1212) 683–5282 E-mail: gocyprus@aol.com
ISRAEL CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Top Tower-14th floor, Dizengoff Centre 50 Dizengoff Str., - Tel-Aviv 64332 Tel. 00-972-3-52 57 442, Fax: 00-972-3-52 57 443 E-mail: cto@netvision.net.il RUSSIAN FEDERATION CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION MOSCOW Povarskaya 9, Building 2 121069, Moscow Tel. 007 495 223 9684, Fax: 007 495 744 2955 E-mail:moscowcto@yandex.ru ST. PETERSBURG 27 Furshtatskaya street, 191123, St. Petersburg Tel. 007-812 332-58-08, Fax: 007-812-332-58-09 E-mail: spbcto@yandex.ru HUNGARY CIPRUSI IDEGENFORGALMI HIVATAL H-1051 Budapest Dorottya Str. 3. III floor Tel. 00-36-1-266 6044, Fax: 00-36-1-266 6043 E-mail: ciprusinfo@t-online.hu POLAND CYPRYJSKA ORGANIZACJA TURYSTYCZNA Ul. Piekna 20, 00-549 Warsaw Tel.+ 48 22-827 90 36, Fax: + 48 22 - 827 90 34 E-mail: cto@cypr.pl
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CZECH REPUBLIC KYPERSKÁ ORGANIZACE CESTOVNÍHO RUCHU Pod Hradbami 662/9, 160 00 Praha 6 Tel. 00–420-222–253 097 Fax: 00–420-222–251 639 E-mail: cto.prague@volny.cz MIDDLE EAST AND ARABIAN GULF CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION Al Ghurair Center, Offices Tower, 436B P.O.Box 94670, Deira Dubai - UAE Tel: + 971 4 2277637 Fax: +971 4 2277638 E-mail: tourism@cyprusme.com
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Production: CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION, September 2008 Design: SUCCESS ADVERTISING Co. Ltd Text: MARINA CHRISTOFIDES Printing: ANKAT PUBLICATIONS LTD Photographs: CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION CTO ARCHIVE (8) CYPRUS FAIRS AUTHORITY (9) ACTION GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS APHRODITE HILL GOLF CLUB (3) HILTON CYPRUS (Cover Left) HOLIDAY INN HOTELS - RESORTS (Cover Right) COLUMBIA HOTELS & RESORTS (1) LOUIS HOTELS (2) CHRISTINA DRAKOS, DRAKOS TRAVEL (4,12) L.C.I LAUREATE CONFERENCE & INCENTIVE TRAVEL (5,6) AMATHUS BEACH HOTEL (7) CAPO BAY HOTEL (10) AENEAS HOTEL (11) ISBN: 9963-44-038-X
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