Brussels Meetings Week: Tourism Awards 2010

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The Brussels Meetings Week is dedicated to the organization of congresses, events, meetings, fairs and conventions in Brussels. The awards reward projects which contribute to the international tourist image of Brussels.

Tourism awards

The prizes were awarded in 4 categories:

• Green: the green walk or 63 km of walks which reveal parks and woods in Brussels
• Culture: Cinematek for its new movie museum
• Young people: the platform Voir et Dire Bruxelles saw itself rewarded for its initiative Colours of Brussels, guided tours in Brussels during summer, starting from the BIP
• Gastronomy: Moeder Lambic [plan] for the opening of its branch on the Place Fontainas, allowing visitors to taste more than 300 sorts of beers

5 Meeting Awards ware also awarded for:

• the Open Days of the European Commission, which collected 6.000 persons
• Dinner in the sky, a concept which suggests having dinner at more than 50 metres in the sky
• Brussels Airlines, that joined Star Alliance and so widened its offer to 1.077 destinations
• Art Brussels, which gathered 175 galleries from all over the world during its opening in Brussels
• the renewed Chalet Robinson in the Bois de la Cambre, which offers a brasserie and a reception centre

The BI-TC also gave special prizes to the Magritte Museum, the congress centre Square and the House Wittamer.

Brussels Meetings Week

This week takes place within the EMIF (the European Meetings Industry Fair) on Tour & Taxis (17 and 18 March). The week includes a Career Day on 18 March and the Job Day on 19 March.

• Further information: Brussels Meetings Week