Table of contentsTHE DESTINATION: GRAN CANARIA, A HUB FOR BUSINESS

WHERE TO FIND US

FACILITIES

ACCOMMODATION

ADDITIONAL HALLS

GRAN CANARIA CONVENTION BUREAU

FURTHER ACTIVITIES

OUR TRACK RECORD

THE DESTINATION:

Gran Canaria

DISTANCE FROMAIRPORT TOMELONERAS20 minutes

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AIRPORT

MELONERASM

CANARY ISLANDS

DIRECT DOMESTIC FLIGHTSMadrid: 2h 30m.Barcelona: 3 h.

Bilbao: 3 h.Santiago: 2h 20m.Granada: 2h 30m.Málaga: 2h 30m.

Seville: 2h.Gerona: 3h.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTSEuropean capitals: 3h 30m.

WALKING DISTANCE TOEXPOMELONERAS

MELONERASGRAN CANARIA · SPAIN

EXPOMELONERAS

LOPESANVILLA DEL CONDE

2 minutes

LOPESANCOSTA MELONERAS

4 minutesIFA FARO7 minutes

LOPESAN BAOBAB2 minutes

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ExpoMelonerasThe ExpoMeloneras Congress Centre can be found in the southern reaches of the island, in Meloneras to be precise, surrounded by spectacular ravines and protected natural habitats. A mere seven hundred metres from the golden beaches of Maspalomas, the facility features a truly impressive and versatile design.The multi-purpose convention centre boasts a floor area of 14,000 square metres, of which 9,264 are given over to congresses, conventions, seminars, exhibitions, concerts, sporting events, fashion parades, meetings, and a whole host of other events.

SPECIFICATIONSThe ExpoMeloneras convention centre offers the following arrangements and capacities:

LOCATION, DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITY

CONFERENCE LENGTH WIDTH HEIGHT FLOOR AREA THEATRE CLASSROOM U-HALLS (M) (M) (M) (M2) SHAPED

HALL 1-9 20 20 10 400 400 126 60

HALL 1.1 , 2.1, 3.1, 1.3 , 2.3 , 3.3 20 7 10 140 140 48 42

HALL 1.2 , 2.2 , 3.2 14 7 10 98 80 30 36

HALL 10-14 10 6 2.82 60 48 24 24

HALL 15, 17 8 6 4.4 48 48 18 18

HALL 16 (PRESS) 5 6 4.4 30 30 12 12

LAS TIRAJANAS AUDITORIUM 31 20 variable 620 804 - -

MELONERAS HALL 21 6 2.82 126 - - -

CRYSTALARIUM A & B 1,000 - - -

CRYSTALARIUM C - - - 546.36 - - -

AccommodationTHE TOURIST-ORIENTED MELONERAS AREA OFFERS

A WIDE RANGE OF PREMIUM HOTEL ESTABLISHMENTS

LOPESANVilla del Conde

Distances: 2 minutes from ExpoMeloneras, 40 km to the airport, 300 m to Meloneras beachRooms: 521 doubles and 40 suites, equipped with SAT-TV, air conditioning, rooms for the disabled, mini-bar, safe and WiFi.Restaurants: La Plaza, salad grill restaurant Alpendre, snack cafeteria El Patio, club restaurant Ovo and Italian restaurant El Patio.Bars: Lobby Bar Akoran, Zythum bar, El Patio snack bar, Alpendre pool bar, Bar Azotea, Salón Tizziri.Services: 24-hour front desk, thalassotherapy, green fee bookings for Lopesan Meloneras Golf and Maspalomas Golf, with special discounts and free shuttle service.Leisure: swimming pools, jacuzzis, sports.

EXPOMELONERASE

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WALKING DISTANCE TOEXPOMELONERAS

2 minutes

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LOPESAN

Costa Meloneras Distances: 5 minutes from ExpoMeloneras,

40 km to the airport, 100 m to Maspalomas

beach

Rooms: 961 doubles, 60 superior

doubles, 56 junior suites, 4 superior suites

and 2 royal suites, all fitted with SAT-TV, air

conditioning, mini-bar and safe.

Restaurants: Alameda, Atlántico, Vista Mar,

Vía Veneto, Ambassador, Café Bar Tertulia.

Bars: Bar Central, La Brasserie, Bolero.

Services: 24-hour front desk, spa, green fee

bookings for Lopesan Meloneras Golf and

Maspalomas Golf, with special discounts and

free shuttle service.

Leisure: swimming pools, jacuzzis, sports.

EXPOMELONERASE

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DISTANCE FROMAIRPORT TOMELONERAS20 minutes

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WALKING DISTANCE TOEXPOMELONERAS

5 minutes

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LOPESANBaobab

Distances: 2 minutes from ExpoMeloneras, 40 km from airport, 300 m from Maspalomas beach.Rooms: 617, of which 60 are suites, all equipped with SAT-TV, air conditioning, mini-bar and safe.Restaurants: Baobab, Marula, Pili Pili, Akara.Bars: Samuel Baker Bar, R. Burton Bar, Mungo Park Bar, Henry Stanley Bar, Piano Bar Dodori.Services: 24-hour front desk, gym, massage service, hairdresser’s, green fee bookings for Lopesan Meloneras Golf and Maspalomas Golf, with special discounts and free shuttle service.Leisure: swimming pools, sports

EXPOMELONERASE

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DISTANCE FROMAIRPORT TOMELONERAS20 minutes

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WALKING DISTANCE TOEXPOMELONERAS

2 minutes

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EXPOMELONERASE

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WALKING DISTANCE TOEXPOMELONERAS

7 minutes

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IFA

Faro

Distances: 7 minutes from ExpoMeloneras,

40 km from airport, 0 m from Maspalomas

beach.

Rooms: 174 doubles, 11 suites, 3 adapted

for people with reduced mobility, all

equipped with SAT-TV, air conditioning, mini-

bar and safe.

Restaurants: Tamarona, Guatiboa.

Bars: Piano Bar Gánigo, Café Panorama.

Services: 24-hour front desk, WiFi.

Leisure: swimming pool, jacuzzi, sports.

MASPALOMAS

EXPOMELONERASE

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DISTANCE FROMAIRPORT TOMELONERAS20 minutes

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WALKING DISTANCE TOEXPOMELONERAS

13 minutes

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SAN ROQUEMASPALOMAS HOSPITAL

The San Roque Maspalomas Hospital is

just a stone’s throw from ExpoMeloneras

and is interconnected with state-of-the-art

technology to broadcast procedures from

the operating theatre to the convention

centre.

The 25,000 m2 hospital has the very latest

in technology and excellent medical services.

Its specialist areas include internal medicine,

cardiology, pulmonology, gynaecology and

obstetrics, clinical laboratory analysis and

24-hour ER room.

THE PERFECT PLACE TOTEAM BUILDING

Gran Canaria

ExpoMeloneras

RUNNINGMOUNTAIN BIKE

Its enviable seafront location makes the exclusive Lopesan Villa del Conde hotel one of the best choices for thalassotherapy on the island. The health centre offers 1,200 m2 of indoor and outdoor space, featuring seawater swimming pools, heated hammocks, steam baths, adventure showers and ice fountain. The sumptuous Ocean View Suites, surrounded by water and offering their own sub-aquatic massage pool and relaxing terrace, have their own professional therapists and stewardesses to provide guests with a truly personalised and exclusive service. Services: Thalasso Experience (approx. 1,200 m2) vitality pool, flotation pool, Ocean Vital Suite, sub-aquatic massages, heated hammocks, tea room.

The hotel’s fantastic 3,500 m2 hydrothermal circuit embraces the heat of the tropics, the Arabic world and the North Pole. Considered one of Europe’s finest and most well-equipped spa centres, its crowning glory is the Himalayan Salt Cave, the first to be seen in Spain. The centre offers no less than 80 different treatments, oriental techniques, along with the Honeymoon Spa, 14 rooms and four pools, all designed with relaxation, vitality and harmony in mind. A beauty parlour, a fitness centre and an outdoor area with four pools offer an unforgettable journey of serenity and silence. Services: SPA Experience (approx. 1,200 m2), Himalayan Salt Cave, flotation pool, igloo, beauty parlour, fitness centre and specialised monitors.

Lopesan Meloneras Golf is an absolute oasis of palm treees and lakes, with the nature of the Canary Islands as its true protagonist. The golf course is situated on the Costa Meloneras, the new touristic resort in the South of Gran Canaria.

Lopesan Meloneras Golf affords panoramic views of the island´s mountains, a luxury that is coupled with an envious climate that enables golfers to practise this legendary sport all year long.

Lopesan Meloneras Golf, 18-hole par 71 golf course, is located right next to the sea. Golf players will enjoy a spectacular view from the green, where the green of the course blends with the blue of the ocean.

VII Regional Congress of the Canarian Society for Internal Medicine, Meet of the regional department for the Canary Islands of the Spanish Dermatology Academy. Ulma Almirall, Prodesfarma, Presentation of new Volkswagen, Siemens convention, Médicos Msd Thomas Cook, Laboratorio Allergan, Stavanger University, Laboratorios Lilly, Gynallround Mundial Medical Reisen, Toshiba Maritz, Telos Mobidata, MSD Reumatólogos, Symantec Group, Gallaher, Statoil, Pfizer, Meeting of the Canarian Neurology Society, Amena, AMC, XXXV National Congress of the Spanish Society for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery, Laboratorios Boehringer Separ, GSK, Lancaster, II International Congress on Hotel Fire Prevention, XXX Congress of the Canarian Ophthalmology Society, The Ultra-Peripheral Regions of the EU, Astra Zeneca, Laboratorios Alconcusí, Probisa, Nutricare. Texaco, IV Ibero-American Congress for Young Entrepreneurs, Caja de Madrid, Laboratorios Almirall Prodesfarma, Länsförsäkringar, Laboratorios Wyeth Farma, Canaria Media Open, XXIII Conference of the Canarian Society of Digestive Pathology, Umbro, Group SONY convention, STATOIL Group, GYNALLROUND Group Pharmacia Pan, Altamira Group, CARINA congress, International meeting of Warnerbros, Alcon Cusí laboratory, Abbott laboratory, GSK laboratory, BP Group, Toyota presentation, Pensa laboratory, Nutricare, Regulatory Council Spie’s First International Symposium on Microtechnologies, Lunch of the National Urogoly Congress, LVMH dinner, Comisión Obrera, Laboratorios Ordesa, Roche, Renault vehicle presentation, BP , Pfizer laboratory, Banco Santander Central Hispano, Credit Agricoles Indosuez. Board meeting of CIA Cervecera de Canarias, SPAR Group, WYETH laboratory, Spanish Savings Bank Convention on Risks, Regional Odontology Congress, Philips Iberica, National Meeting on Litiasis and Endoscopy, CIA Canariense de Tabaco, Back to Back ALGIDA, Regional Conference of the AEDAF on the Canary Islands, Interspar Executive Committee, Mutua General de Seguros, Cartier presentation, Intercom / Nikkon, Möller Group, Renault training, Renault dealership, IV Critical Patient Refresher Meeting, Philips, Ibero-Mexican Meeting on Tobacco Dependance, Dinner of the National Nursing Congress, Internorm Group, Spie’s Fluctuations and Noise Symposium, National Congress on Paediatric Cardiology, General Council of the Judiciary, National congress of the Almirall laboratory, Ordesa laboratory – nursing meeting, Ordesa laboratory, Cope, Gilead laboratory: “Meet the Experts”, Spanair Golf Tournament, Remote & Sensing Symposium, “Calvin Klein” perfume presentation ,Official Association of Technical Telecommunications Engineers, RACC Group, INT football tournament, Elisabeth Arden presentation, Travel Counsellors Abta, Shering Schweiz, Pfizer laboratory, Puma convention, Conference on tourism arbitration, Pre-congress Nuclear

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YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR THE LOPESAN HOTEL GROUP13 OUR TRACK RECORD

Campus of Excellence, Commercial Law, Young Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, XX Meeting of University Marketing Lecturers, ABTA GROUP. The Travel Convention, VIII Congress of the Canarian Society for Endocrinology and Nutrition, XVIII Symposium on Canarian American History, XII Regional Congress on Internal Medicine, National Meeting on Economic DelinquencyInternational Congress on Congenital Cardiopathy, Gran Canaria Moda Cálida, National Congress on Paraplegia, International Interasma congress, National Congress of AEDAVE travel agencies, National TravelPlan Convention, National Congress on Paediatrics, International L’Oreal Convention, 32 National Semergen Congress, Volkswagen presentation, 2011 Neumosur-Nursing Congress, 48 Hours with Telefónica FILMPOOL, AEDAF 2011, BBVA DT.EN GC. conference, GSK - World Events, Proexca, National Cardiology Congress, Endesa, Preventive Medicine, Amex Barceló, SPMSD, Business Committee of la Caixa, Congress on Internal Medicine - SEMI, Congress on Primary Care Medicine, Xerox, Novartis laboratory dinner/symposium, General Assembly of ASINCA, L’Oreal Portugal, Golf tournament for air traffic controllers,Nordic Royalty Retrait (Herbalife), Endesa conference, Swiss Triathlon Group, Guerlain, Regional Congress on Ophthalmology, Musical festival of the Canary Islands, PP Inter-Parliamentary event, Leyca Microsystems, Groupama Seguros, Remax, Rosinski Bon Prix, Cetelem bank, Intelitur, Meeting of Lilly laboratory, III Olimpia Canarias Symposium, SECO Congress on Obesity, Moda Cálida 2011, Cartier, L’Oreal de Lujo, Socarmef congress, Philharmonic Orchestra, Sordos NGO for the hearing impaired, Gala Drag, Best of Mice, Sisley, Lancôme, Conference on Hepatitis A organised by the General Department for Public Health of the Canary Islands

Medicine Meeting, L’Oreal Paris, Bosch convention, Asma event, Diageo Canarias, XVIII Conference of the Canarian Society for Cardiology, LVMH, American Express, Philip Morris, Romo Group, Kia Canarias, XXVI Congress of the Spanish Society for Nuclear Medicine, Conference on Immigration, Nationality and Foreign Affairs, Excellency Campus, V Regional Conference for Midwives, National Congress of Notaries, Ordesa laboratory,m IV Digital Español Symposium, Eventissimo, IV International Conference on Canary Island Consumer Affairs, Congress on arbitration as an out-of-court form of dispute resolution in the economic real, Laboratorios Imefarm, XXV Conference of the Canarian “Isaac Newton” Society for Teachers of Mathematics, Board of Directors of Scania Hispania, Board of Directors of Técnica Cajas de Ahorro, Regional meeting of Philip Morris, Radio Cadena CopeXXI Cepsa Social Games, Amena, XXXV Joint Meeting of the Canarian Society for Paediatrics, Sisley España presentation of beauty products, XV Conference of Ministries for Justice of Latin American Countries, Casa de Colón conference,II Forum Maspalomas Canarian Coast on the path to Excellence, Telepizza, International Congress on Private Investigation, Canarian Congress on Geriatrics, IV Biennial on Healthcare Planning and Health Policies Auditor Day, Spanish Institute of Chartered Accountants, LII Meeting of the Spanish Group for Research into Contact Dermatitis and Cutaneous Allergies (Geidcac), International Carboocean II Congress, V Digital Español Symposium, Fifa Royal Spanish Football Federation, BP Oil, Carlson Wagonlit, Regional Congress on Oncology (Ascom), Factor X, Official Association of Technical Industrial Engineers, VI Meeting of the Canarian Association of Haematology and Hemotherapy, Spie Europe’s Microtechnologies for the Next Millennium, Dior, III Conference for Diabetes Educators, Viajes Marsans convention, Convention of the Presidents of Spanish State Ports, Audiencia de Cuentas de Canarias, XVII Annual Meeting of the Canarian Society for Otolaryngology and Pathology, Cervicofacial, World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, Working Conference of the First Section of the Supreme Court, Conference on Research at Spanish Universities (ULPGC), Las Palmas University Foundation, Laboratorios Bristol, Ibr Expert Meeting Internat. Business & Relationship China-Africa, Intelligent User Interfaces, Seminar on Rheumatoid Arthritis, FIFA Referees, General Electric convention, VI Internat. Conference of the Family Business Forum (ESOC), XXV Meeting of the Canarian Society for Nephrology, Congress on Healthcare Law, Provincial Traffic Office, BBVA conference, Regional Congress on Psychiatry

MICE DEPARTMENT(Meeting, Incentive, Conference & Exhibition)

Plaza de las Convenciones s/n · E-35100 MelonerasSan Bartolomé de Tirajana · Gran CanariaT: +34 928 128 000congress@lopesan.com · www.expomeloneras.com