FAMTRIP TO RIGA FOR MICE & TRAVEL TRADE PROFESSIONALS FROM GERMANY
30 September – 4 October, 2009, RIGA, LATVIA
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME


Wednesday
30 September

Activity

Remarks
 

Arrival at Riga International Airport

 www.riga-airport.com
 

Transfer to hotel Jurmala SPA & Conference Centre

 www.hoteljurmala.com
  Check-in at Hotel Jurmala SPA & Conference Centre  
  Spa treatment for early arrivals  
  Dinner at the hotel restaurant  
 
Thursday
1 October

Activity

Remarks
 

Breakfast at Hotel Jurmala SPA & Conference Centre
Checking out from the hotel

 www.hoteljurmala.com
09:00 - 09:30

MICE opportunities:
Short inspection of Hotel Jurmala SPA & Conference Centre

  
09:45 - 11:15

Jurmala - city of SPA possibilities:
Short walk in Jurmala – the wooden houses, beach, pedestrian streets

 www.jurmala.lv
11:15 - 12:00

Bus transfer to Riga

  
12:00 - 12:30 Checking in Reval Hotel Latvija  
13:00 - 14:30

Lunch in Riga city

  
14:30 - 14:45 Walk to Grand Palace Hotel  
14:45 - 16:45

MICE opportunities:
Inspection of Grand Palace Hotel
Riga - city of inspiration tour:
tour of the Old town (the Schwarzhäupter House in 1510 gave birth to the world-wide Christmas tree tradition)

 www.schlossle-hotels.com
www.gilde.lv/maza
www.nami.riga.lv/mn
16:45 - 17:15 MICE opportunities:
Inspection of the Reval Hotel Rīdzene		 www.revalhotels.com/eng/ridzene
17:15 - 19:30 Workshop at Reval Hotel Ridzene together with Inspiration Riga – Riga Convention Bureau companies www.inspirationriga.com/main.php?gid=8&sid=12
19:30 - 22:00 Dinner together with IR-RCB companies  
22:00 Private time  
 

Friday
2 October

Activity

Remarks
 

Breakfast at hotel

  
09.00 - 09.15

Walk to Riga Central Market

  
09.15 - 10.00

Tour of Riga Central Market

www.rct.lv/en/aboutus
10:10-10:30

Bus transfer to Radisson SAS Hotel Daugava

  
10:30-11:00

MICE opportunities:
Inspection of Radisson SAS Hotel Daugava

 www.riga.radissonsas.com
11:00-11:20

Travel to Riga Congress Centre

  
11:20-11:50

MICE opportunities:
Inspection of Riga Congress Centre

 www.rigacongress.lv/
11:50-12:50

Riga - capital of Art Nouveau:
Tour of Art Nouveau areas - including Albert Street and Blue House at Elizabetes street

 www.artnouveau.lv/en/
www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/riga.html
12:50-14:30 Lunch at the Reval Hotel Elizabete including
MICE opportunities:
Inspection of the Reval Hotel Elizabete		 www.revalhotels.com/eng/elizabete
14:30-14:45 Walk to Albert Hotel  
14:45-17:00 MICE opportunities:
Inspection of Albert Hotel and Reval Hotel Latvija 		www.alberthotel.lv www.revalhotels.com/eng/latvija
17:00-18:00 MICE opportunities:
Inspection of Latvian National Museum of Arts 		www.lnmm.lv
18:00-18:45 Private time  
18:45-19:00 Walk to restaurant “Rozengrals”  
19:00-21:00 Dinner in authentic medieval restaurant “Rozengrals”  
21:00 Private time

Saturday 3 October

Activity

Remarks
Breakfast at the hotel
Latvia’s incentives possibilties
10:00 Departure to Sigulda

www.sigulda.lv
11:00-11:20 Inspection of Aerodium www.aerodium.lv
11:20-11:40 Bus transfer to Turaida http://www.pilis.lv/tulk/aktual_list.php
11:40-13:00 Walk in Turaida – Turaidas Castle http://www.pilis.lv/tulk/aktual_list.php
13:00-13:15 Bus transfer to lunch in restaurant Aparjods www.aparjods.lv
13:15-15:00 Lunch  
15:00-15:15 Bus transfer to Bob Track  
15:15-16:00 Inspection of Bob Track  
16:00 Bus transfer to Riga  
17:00-18:15 Private time  
18:15 Bus transfer to Lido (from the hotel) www.lido.lv
18:30 Closing dinner in restaurant “Lido”  

Sunday 4 October

Activity

Remarks
Morning Breakfast at hotel  
  Private time. Shopping possibilities www.stockman.lv
Afternoon Transport to the Riga International Airport for air departure A prepaid taxi will be ordered from the hotel to the airport.

 

Air departure

 

 

Organiser: Inspiration Riga – Riga Convention Bureau

Anete Ozoliņa, Congress Manager
Mob: +371 29 437673
Ph.: + 371 67 321105
Fax: + 371 67 321104
E-mail: inspiration@inspirationriga.com

Program is subject to change

Dates are subject to change

Program can be tailor-made based on individual requests

Participation fee: 125 EUR
(includes accommodation in the hotels, flight ticket both ways, all meals listed, all excursions and activities listed, taxes). Incentives available

For Participation, please fill out attached Registration Form

Questions?
Please, send e-mails to: inspiration@inspirationriga.com or contact by phone: (371) 67321105