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Morocco Meet In Marrakech Marrakech is the meetings capital of Morocco. This vibrant and cosmopolitan city offers accessibility, beautiful scenery and good facilities. Celebrated gastronomy, spacious outdoor venues, a wide choice of accommodation, and convenient airport access are further factors adding to its appeal. The meetings proposition is reinforced by the city’s bedroom capacity, with a broad selection of 5 & 4* hotels offering 5,000+ bedrooms across the city. Mövenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi & Palais des Congrès Marrakech is the city’s main convention complex and a landmark for MICE in Morocco. Hotel quick facts: • 503 Luxury bedrooms • 6 restaurants • Spa – fi tness - pool • Direct access to Convention Centre • 10 mins to airport • 5 mins to historical attractions • Movenpick.com/ marrakech Built in 1989, the complex was completely refurbished in 2016, at a cost of US$100m, the 8 hectare complex boasts state- of-the-art meeting facilities and interconnecting 5* hotel. With a total capacity of 5,000 delegates, the venue is well versed in hosting high-profi le events including medical congresses, car launches, offi cial delegations and media events. The World LPG Forum, IFA, African Union Congress and PURE form part of its portfolio. The convention complex saw the launch of the Mini-Cooper, 2017 World Judo Championship and is offi cial venue for the annual International Marrakech Film Festival. Palais des Congrès Marrakech by Mövenpick • • • • • • • • 5,600sqm total surface space 2,700sqm of fully scalable, modular exhibition space 25 fl exible meeting spaces 2 auditoriums with built in projection - The Ministers: 1,489 seats - The Ambassadors: 432 seats Royal Ballroom: 2,000 theatre – 1,200 gala dinner – 2,000 cocktail reception Reception halls for banquets, cocktails, gala-dinners Extensive outdoor event space Interconnecting access to hotel Full specifi cations: palaisdescongres.movenpick.com 6 CONFERENCE & MEETINGS WORLD