Alan and I are off to Lisbon to update our knowledge of the city and surround areas
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03 January to 05 January 2013 – Lisbon Fam Trip
Monday, January 21st, 2013Lisbon Discovered – Have You Heard..
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
A secret Lisbon revealed with secluded white sandy beaches, 5* design hotel and 4* Conference hotel. This area of Lisbon, a protected region and rural peninsula, is well known to Lisboans and certain famous sports people/wealthy individuals who own property here. Somehow the MICE market has missed learning of this great location and its facilities.
We only became aware of this region of Lisbon as the DMC we work with in Portugal proposed the Conference Hotel to meet a very difficult brief – a large number of rooms and very low B&B rate with early February availability. Competing agencies were unable to find a conference hotel venue for this brief- seems few venues finders in the UK know it exists.
Feeling intrigued and that we deserved a post Christmas break with a little sunshine we decided to update ourselves on Lisbon and take a closer look at the area and the conference hotel.
The hotels are about 40 to 60 minutes from central Lisbon/Lisbon airport depending on how you decide to travel. A shorter road journey followed by a 1 minute ferry crossing or the longer road route.
We discovered amazing connections to the UK dating back to the 1920′s when a British family/company extended the drainage in the area in order to develop rice production. Rice is still a significant crop but the British have moved on.
Most of the peninsula is rural, however, there are some great intimate restaurants and a number of large dinner venues, a casino, small harbour with bars/cafes/restaurants and there is always a ferry crossing to the local town which has more night life/dining options. And for local activity you have an international golf course, great clear blue sea, immense white sandy beaches, sailing and …..
Look what’s coming up in 2014 …
Friday, June 15th, 2012Find out more of what we have planned over the coming year.
DMC UK Sales Trip
24 – 28 February 2014
Istanbul Fam Trip
March 2014
DMC UK Sales Trip
10 – 14 March 2014
Madrid Fam Trip
March/April 2014