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The City Council of Palma de Mallorca and the local Government of the Balearic Islands have joined forces to start the development of an ambitious project - the construction of the future Palma Convention Centre.

The winning project for the tender is that of the architect from Navarre , Francisco Mangado, whose ideas are perfectly in tone with the character of our Mediterranean city and its emblematic location on Palma 's seafront.

By means of public tender, the management of the facilities has been awarded to the company Centro de Congressos Internacional de Palma S.A.

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		[30 Jul 2010] APCE AND TURESPAÑA SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE SPAIN AS A CONGRESS DESTINATION

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		[1 Jul 2010] CONVENTION TOURISM IS MORE PROFITABLE THAN THAT OF CRUISES.

People who come to the city to participate in a congress, normally of a professional nature, will spend on average between three and five times more than those tourists who come ashore from cruise liners. This figure is taken from the most recent reports carried out by different specialised institutions in the convention sector. These sources put the daily expenditure figure of convention participants at between 200 and 300 euro in the cities where they are staying. [+]

		[28 May 2010] SITE VISIT BY THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

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