CONVENTION CENTRE DUBLIN ACCOMMODATION

Looking for accommodation when attending an event at the Convention Centre Dublin? Than you could do far worse than head to www.grandcanalhotel.com to book your room.
Just 10 minutes stroll from the iconic city centre venue, the Grand Canal Hotel, is a superior 3* hotel offering very competitive rates, complimentary wi-fi, executive rooms, robes, comfortable beds and car parking.
The Convention Centre Dublin is a truly magnificent edition to the Dublin City skyline and appears to be a rip roaring success with a number of large multi national conferences taking place there in 2012.
Events in 2012 inclulde:
Apr 2012 Teradata
Apr 2012 Mindfulness Ireland
May 2012 World Congress on Water, Climate & Energy
May 2012 EuroPRevent 2012
May 2012 TM Forum - Management World 2012
Jun 2012 International Congress on Accident & Emergency Medicine
Jun 2012 16th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders
Jun 2012 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Jun 2012 The 35th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference 2012
Jun 2012 Hospice Midsummer Moonwalk
Jul 2012 Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland Conference
Jul 2012 Euroscience 2012
Sep 2012 Annual EAIE Conference
Sep 2012 International Bar Association
Sep 2012 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC)
Sep 2012 European Regions Airline Association - General Assembly
Oct 2012 EAP Institute Conference
Oct 2012 International Conference on Ocean Energy
Oct 2012 Anti-Poverty Conference - Conference Partners
Nov 2012 24th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on 'Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics'

Room prices start from €89 B&B. Phone 00353-1-6461000 or visit www.grandcanalhotel.com to book or for more details.

CONVENTION CENTRE DUBLIN OPENS

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today officially open the fantastic new Convention Centre Dublin in the Docklands.

The Grand Canal Hotel have been lucky enough to get two sneak hard hat previews of the 8,000 capacity venue and we are really excited about seeing the finished product.

We can verify that, even at its early building stage, it is a truly impressive spectacle and will be a superb addition to the city's infrastructure, offering even better views of the city than the nearby Dublin Wheel.

The centre officially open at noon today with travel agents and other potential clients attending a gala dinner and view the facilities the new venue has to offer this evening.

A further 120 top global conference buyers, who have €500m worth of business on their books are also in Dublin as part of a business drive to coincide with the opening of the Docklands-based centre.

Built at a cost of €380m, the futuristic building on the river Liffey, designed by Irish-born architect Kevin Roche, can accommodate up to 8,000 delegates and includes a 2,000-seat auditorium, 4,500sqm of exhibition space and banqueting facilities for up to 5,000 guests.

Over its six floors, there are 22 meeting rooms, as well as an extensive carpeted room, with capacity for more than 3,000 conference delegates or up to 2,000 diners.
Spencer Dock Convention Centre Dublin Ltd (SDCCD), led by Richard Barrett and Johnny Ronan of Treasury Holdings and Harry Crosbie of the Point Village, will run the centre for the next 25 years until it reverts to State ownership.

The opening of the Centre is the latest boost to the tourism industry in the city, following on from the opening of the O2, Grand Canal Theatre and the Aviva Stadium in recent years. Our regular guest will tell you that we are well placed if you are attending any of these venues as they are only a short stroll from the door of the Grand Canal Hotel.

The first major conference, organised by the Construction Industry Federation, entitled The Economics of Ireland's Recovery, gets under way this Friday, while it is believed that there are up to 300 conferences booked, some for as far out as 2021.

Congratulations to all involved in the building and opening of the Convention Centre Dublin.