This document provides information about hosting events in Gdansk, Poland. It introduces the Gdansk Convention Bureau team and some local partners. It then discusses the accessibility of Gdansk via its international airport and direct flight connections. Several potential event venues in Gdansk, Sopot, and Gdynia are described, along with details about local hotels. A variety of potential event activities and excursions focusing on history, culture, and the natural environment are outlined. Lastly,

1. LET’S MEET GDAŃSK
GDAŃSK CONVENTION BUREAU TEAM CGB PARTNERS
Anna Górska, CEO Dwór Oliwski Hotel - Dorota Kuklińska
Marta Wiśniewska, GCB Coordinator Hotel Haffner – Lucjan Lewandowski
Adriana Kluczyńska, GCB Specialist JOYEVENT.PL travel & event agency
– Jakub Ryfa
LET’S TASTE GDAŃSK
Networking Banquet

2. Gdansk – where exactly are you…?

3. Gdansk Metropolitam Area
Tri-City
Baltic Sea

4. Why Gdańsk?
GREAT ACCESSIBILITY
INSPIRING INCENTIVES
BRAND NEW VENUES
PROFESSINAL & FRIENDLY STUFF
GOOD VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY

5. Accessibility
• Gdańsk Lech Walesa International
Airport – 15 km from the City Centre
• 52 direct flights
• total flights a week 317
• Brand New Terminal
• City Terminal – Gdańsk City centre

6. Direct flights
AMSTERDAM (AMS) COLOGNE/BONN (CGN)
ALESUND (AES) COPENHGAN (CPH)
ARHUS (AAR) KATOWICE (KTW)
BARCELONA (BCN) KRAKÓW (KRK)
BERGEN (BGO) LEEDS BRADFORD (LBA)
BERLIN (TXL) LIVERPOOL (LPL)
BIRMINGHAM (BHX) LONDON LUTON (LTN)
BREMEN (BRE) LONDON STANSTED (STN)
BRISTOL (BRS) MANCHESTER (MAN)
CORK (ORK) MALME-STURUP (MMX)
CORK (ORK) MILANO - BERGAMO (BGY)
DONCASTER-SHEFFIELD (DSA) MUNICH (MUC)
DORTMUND (DTM) OSLO (OSL)
DUBLIN (DUB) OSLO RYGGE (RYG)
EDYNBURG (EDI) OSLO (OSL)
EINDHOVEN (EIN) OSLO TORP (TRF)
EINDHOVEN (EIN) PARIS-BEAUVAIS (BVA)
FRANKFURT (FRA) POPRAD TATRY (TAT)
FRANKFURT (FRA) ROME (FCO)
GIRONA (GRO) STAVANGER (SVG)
GLASGOW-PRESTWICK (PIK) STOKHOLM-SKAVSTA (NYO)
GOTEBORG (GSE) TRONDHEIM (TRD)
HAMBURG-LUBEKA (LBC) TURKU (TKU)
HAUGESUND (HAU) WARSAW (WAW)
HERAKLION (HER) WROCLAW (WRO)
INNSBRUCK (INN) ZADAR (ZAD)

7. Roads to Gdańsk
by land and sea
Road and railway connections
The biggest and best known communication routes to Gdańsk are:
• from Berlin via Szczecin, Koszalin and Słupsk
• from the eastern border of Poland via Białystok and Olsztyn
• from the Czech and Slovak border via Cracow and Warsaw
• from the Czech and German border via Wrocław, Poznań and
Bydgoszcz
• from the Czech border via Katowice, Częstochowa, Łódź and
Toruń
SEA Transport
• Gdańsk - Nynäshamn (Polferries)
• Gdynia - Karlskrona (Stena Line)
• Gdynia - Helsinki (Finnlines)
• Gdynia - Rostock (Finnlines)

8. Hotels
GDAŃSK ** *** **** *****
Rooms 236 1179 778 364
Beds 465 2485 1360 715
Qty 7 16 7 4
SOPOT ** *** **** *****
Rooms 209 120 106 380
Beds 444 231 220 742
Qty 6 4 1 3
GDYNIA ** *** **** *****
Rooms 151 465 90 0
Beds 297 881 184 0
Qty 4 6 1 0
Hotels: Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia
Hotels 59
Rooms Total 4078
Beds Total 8024

9. Hotels
PRIVATE HOTELS
• DWÓR OLIWSKI
• HOTEL GDAŃSK
• KRÓLEWSKI HOTEL
• FOCUS and many more
INTERNATIONAL CHAINS
• SHERATON
• HILTON
• RADISSON BLU
• ACCOR
• QUBUS

10. Venues
Amber Expo Convention & Exhibition Centre
PGE Arena Gdańsk (stadium)
Ergo Arena Multifunctional Hall
Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall
Gdynia Entertainment & Sport Hall
Unique venues
Fot. Paweł Klein

11. AMBER EXPO
Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 FLOOR
3 halls A, B, C of ca.3900 m2 each.
up to 12 000 pax (3 x 4000pax)
Multi-purpose, air-conditioned halls
2 FLOOR
Conference space: ca. 2200 m2
4 air-conditioned conference rooms
room A1 up to 600 pax
(can be divided into 3 x 200)
room A2 up to 130 pax
room A3 up to 60 pax
room A4 up to 340 pax
PGE ARENA conference room 300pax

12. AMBER EXPO
Convention and Exhibition
Centre
 Illuminated building facade
 Access to conference rooms directly
from exhibition halls
 Modular division
 Airconditioning
 High-tech sound system
 Simultaneous interpreting systems
 WiFi free of charge
 Professional PA and lightening system
 VIP suites
 Lobby, retsaurant, cloakrooms
Biggest shows:
BALT MILITARY EXPO
AMBERIF
TRAKO

13. PGE Arena
Stadium PGE Arena Gdańsk
Stadiumc apacity : 44 000 pax
3500 m2 Business Lounge
Events up tp 1000 pax
Media office

14. Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall
Plenary room up to 1000 pax
4 breakouts for 200 / 180 / 120 / 40 pax
1700 m2 Foyer – 240 pax banquet setup

15. Gdynia Etntertainment & Sports Hall
Arena: 1537 m2
Height: 12,5 m - 18,5 m
Audience: 4334 seats + 450 arena
246 parking places

16. Unique Venues
Gdańsk Shipyard Centre Conference rooms
where eastern European 1000/350/300 pax
theatre setup.
FREEDOM started Banquet 600 pax

17. Gdańsk History Museum
ARTUS COURT UPHAGEN’S HOUSE THE MAIN TOWN HALL
300 pax theatre setup 30 pax theatre setup 150 pax theatre setup

18. Cultural, Business & Academic Centre
• City with over 1000 years old history and Hanseatic traditions
• annual events: Feta-International Festival of Open Air and Street Theatre,
Shakespeare Festival, Sand Sculptures Festival
• 30 public and Universities, 100 000 students a year

19. EURO 2012 Host City

20. PCO
Aktiv
JOYTRIP.PL tours
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Grupa
SKOK Travel
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Events activity
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Teja Tur

21. Incentives
Amber
Gothic castles
Sea
Solidarity

22. Amber & Relax
Amber rush - City Game
You are a group of investigators - hit the chase to find the precious stone, you have
to look very carefully and thoroughly analyze the traces of tips to not only answer
these questions, but above all to find Amber, before they disappear forever...
Baltic Amber Workshop in Studio ‘Styl Gallery’
Contents of workshops: lecture on history of Amber; its properties and deposit
locations, Amber polishing, faceting, sculpting using traditional and contemporary
methods, Amber Inclusions, establish amber authenticity, use of Amber in
traditional and alternative medicine, in tourism, design. There is an opportunity of
polishing amber piece to take home.
Time: 60 minutes, group: max 10 pax.
Amber rush - City Game
The program includes:
- Amber fashion show
- Young students' art exhibition
- Amber processing show
- Amber and champagne menu
- Amber lottery.

23. Castles & Adventure
MALBORK - adventure with the medieval cuisine
Malbork Castle - in addition to visiting the medieval castle of the Teutonic
Knights, you can also extend your culinary knowledge. Our chef will be
delighted to share with you his exceptional knowledge on the medieval
cuisine.
Malbork by night
We invite you to a night visit to the castle and experience the full meeting of
its history. Visiting the castle grounds (patios, terraces, galleries) and a
beautiful interior with a guide dressed as Knights in groups of 20 persons.
Sightseeing time 1.5 h The possibility of organizing a group dinner in one of
two restaurants in the historic Castle and fun "Feast at the Grand Master,"
which is written each time the script takes into account the needs and
opportunities for visitors.

24. Sea & Emotions
Luxury Gdańsk
We would like to invite you to a rather unusual tour of this beautiful city. With
luxury, chartered yacht, we will go watch Gdansk from the water side of it. On
board of a luxury yacht will have the opportunity to see the most interesting and
important places.
Wreck Diving – Discover the treasures of Gdańsk Bay
Wreck Diving - Gdansk Bay is full of undiscovered treasures. Now you can
discover them all while diving in shipwrecks lying on the seabed
Wind in the sails !
Learning and short crash course of windsurfing for water sport amators with professional
instructors at gulf of Gdansk. In the evening bonfire with freshly caught fishes with
shanties & sailing songs. On the second day after classes, dinner at tavern and then
bicycle ride to Jastarnia and Hel.

25. Solidarity & Freedom
Gdansk Road to Freedom
We are going to promote “Solidarity” and its influence on the development of
democratic movements in Europe. You are also going to learn something about the
achievements of anti-communist opposition centersand pro-independence actions in
Poland after 1945. Feel the Freedom!
City Game
We invite to the past journey – not the distant one, which disclose as a words written
down on cards of textbooks. Meet the trails of the people who create the history.
Places that will "play" the main role: 1. Gdansk Shipyard2. Square of Solidarity.
3.Exhibition “Roads to Freedom”4. St. Brygid’s Church5. Old City (or The Galery of old
Toys)During the expedition there will be plenty animations! You will meet a shipyard
worker, ZOMO or lady from a shop.

26. Where will you find the information?

27. How GCB can help you?
• Complimentary promotional materials
• Recommendation for PCO / DMC / local suppliers
• Site – visits
• Flights discounts up to 20% for your clients
• Tourist Information Desk at the Venue (meetings above 300 pax)
• Welcome desk at the Airport (meetings above 300 pax)
• Volunteers for Gdańsk – complimentary help during the event
• Tourist Card at special price = discounts

28. Gdańsk hosted
• 2009 80th Annual Meeting of the International Association of
Applied Mathematics and Mechanics – GAMM
• 2010 6th Annual Wikimedia Conference – WIKIMANIA 2010
• 2011 The International Congress on Ultrasonics, ICU
• 2011 ICCA Research Sales & Markleting Proramme
• 2011 ICCA European Chapter Meeting
• 2012 World Council of Credit Unions WOCCU
• 2012 24th International Conference on Advanced Information
Systems Engineering

29. Ladies & Gentlemen
meet the
GCBeVENT app

30. iOS
Windows
Phone GCBeVENT Blackberry
Android

32. Personal Agenda, Notes

36. Profile Settings Delegates can communicate via app

38. City map, Venue

39. Sponsor zone

40. Survey

41. Info from the organizer Local information

42. Meet us at ICCA and MPI events
IMEX, EIBTM or CONVENE shows

43. Don’t hesitate to follow us!
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44. Thank You
Anna Górska gorska@gdanskconvention.pl
Marta Wiśniewska wisniewska@gdanskconvention.pl
GCB Team