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Metropolitan Expo is right


next to Athens International Airport.


› Athenaeum InterContinental Athens: 543 guest rooms/suites; 130,000 square feet of meeting space


On the Itinerary


› Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel: 314 guest rooms/suites; 18,000 square feet of meeting space


› Crowne Plaza Athens City Centre: 193 guest rooms/suites; 21,000 square feet of meeting space


› Divani Apollon Palace & Spa: 280 guest rooms/suites; 27,000 square feet of meeting space


› Divani Caravel Hotel: 471 guest rooms/suites; 43,000 square feet of meeting space


› Electra Palace Hotel Athens: 155 guest rooms/suites; 7,500 square feet of meeting space


Amid site visits and networking


receptions with professionals from Ath- ens’ meetings community, we enjoyed the full gamut of Greek hospitality and culture — from a family-style lunch at an authentic taverna in downtown Athens, to a moonlit dinner on the ter- race at Orizontes Lycabettus, atop Mt. Lycabettus, with the Acropolis seeming to hover just out of arm’s reach; from a personal tour of the stunning Acropolis Museum and the Parthenon, to an eve- ning cruise along the Athenian Riviera.


At press time, with the country


locked in debate over austerity mea- sures and the eurozone, Greek voters were preparing to head to the polls once more. Whatever the outcome, it seems unlikely to change the fact that Athens, which has already given the world mod- ern democracy and philosophy, has so much to offer.


. — Christopher Durso


For more information: athensconventionbureau.gr


› Hilton Athens: 506 guest rooms/ suites; 65,000 square feet of meeting space


› Hotel Grand Bretagne: 320 guest rooms/suites; 12,000 square feet of meeting space


› Metropolitan: 374 guest rooms/suites; 17,000 square feet of meeting space


› New Hotel: 79 guest rooms/suites; 5,300 square feet of meeting space


› NJV Athens Plaza: 182 guest rooms/suites; 2,900 square feet of meeting space


› Novotel Athens: 196 guest rooms/ suites; 11,200 square feet of meeting space


› Westin Athens Astir Palace Beach Resort: 162 guest rooms/suites; 24,000 square feet of meeting space


RESEARCH


Top Sites for International Meetings in 2011


Capital meetings Vienna tops the list


SOURCE: International Congress and Convention Association (convn.org/ icca-rankings)


CITY 1 Vienna 2 Paris 3 Barcelona 4 Berlin 5 Singapore 6 Madrid 7 London 8 Amsterdam 9 Istanbul 10 Beijing


PCMA.ORG


11 Budapest 12 Lisbon 13 Seoul 14 Copenhagen 14 Prague 16 Buenos Aires 17 Brussels 18 Stockholm 19 Rome 20 Taipei


COUNTRY 1 United States 2 Germany 3 Spain 4 United Kingdom 5 France 6 Italy 7 Brazil 8 China 9 Netherlands 10 Austria


11 Canada 12 Switzerland 13 Japan 14 Portugal 15 South Korea 16 Australia 17 Sweden 18 Argentina 19 Belgium 20 Mexico


JULY 2012 PCMA CONVENE 25


VIENNA PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW GURKA


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