From 9 till 14 September 2010 RAI will be home for companies showcasing the latest technology and foremost business ideas in broadcasting and new media – business will be done, technologies will be launched and industry issues will be debated.

What will make IBC 2010 a unique experience?

Future Media Concepts (FMC) will bring its world-class training methodology to the industry’s pre-eminent broadcasting event – 2-day course will be lead by FMC’s industry certified instructors offering advanced technical training for editors, producers and directors on today’s most popular applications and will be held from 11 – 12 September at the RAI, Amsterdam.

With 2010 a big year for sport and sports broadcasting, the IBC2010 conference is dedicating a full day to the topic. – Saturday 11 Sept. Manolo Romero (managing director of Olympic Broadcasting Services and the 2010 recipient of the IBC International Honor for Excellence) will appear in a session with Roger Mosey, the BBC executive responsible for coverage of the London 2012 Olympics.

Monday 13 September will be a 3D day in the conference – for every visitor to IBC there is a chance to experience the very best of digital 3D, with a series of screenings of movies and television content, free for all, in the IBC Big Screen.

Be part of it and make sure you book before 17 August 2010 for exhibiting free registration.

If you intend to visit or exhibit at K 2010 you may start looking for the ideal location for your stay. The event calendar of Messe Dusseldorf is very busy and the K 2010 is one of the largest in the plastic and rubber industry. Last K edition (2007) attracted 3,130 exhibitors and 242,000 trade visitors. So, right after confirming your participation at the fair you should take the next step – make a hotel reservation.

Dusseldorf offers accommodation for every taste and budget.  Staying in a hotel downtown, gives you a perfect mixture of business and entertainment. Everything is literately in 5 minutes walking distance from your hotel: the famous Königallee with the luxury shopping venues and the old town with various restaurants and pubs. Hotels around the station are ideally placed for transport connections. There are plenty of comfortable establishments in this area.  Along with the traditional hotels, a whole range of small family-owned establishments welcomes the visitors.

There are still some good options at reasonable rates available for the days of K Messe – Sport Hotel Borrusia  attracts guests with affordable prices even during busy fairs . Business travelers looking for accommodation at a higher standard can take advantage of the promotional rates at Courtyard by Marriott Seestern. For those who always try to combine the business trip with a short holiday in countryside, the hotel-outside-of-the–city option still stays a perfect choice.

St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko introduced an innovative initiative to attract new tourists in town: 72 hours without a visa for tourists who arrive at the international Pulkovo Airport.

It is expected that with applying the pilot project Petersburg will attract 30 million Europeans per day, each of whom will spend 150 Euros per day, resulting in total revenues amounted to 13.5 million Euros. The National Association of the tourism industry and the Russian ministry of tourism are positive that this project could expand throughout the country.

Sergei Korneev, Deputy Chairman of the National Association of the tourism industry, called the proposal “revolutionary”, explaining that it was “brilliant decision to promote tourism.

Tourists can already stay in St Petersburg for 72 hours without a visa if they come on a cruise and spend the night on their boat. However more than a half of the people visiting St Petersburg arrive by plane. In the first five months of the year at Pulkovo Airport arrived 1.3 million foreign travelers and it’s estimated that by 2014 this figure will reach 17 million.