EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE CENTRE

One general aim of meetings and conferences is to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience, and it is clear that the environment in which they are held will affect the quality of such exchange.

The city provides an incomparable setting for team meetings. In February 1997, the Melilla Exhibition and Conference Centre was opened in a residential area in the commercial and administrative heart of the city.

The Melilla Exhibition and Conference Centre hosts many of the city's cultural activities, with a varied programme including exhibitions, concerts, theatrical performances, film seasons, public talks and seminars, as well as the annual schedule of conferences.

A luminous glass-panelled entrance hall with a Tourist and Cultural Information point leads into:

-4A large auditorium with a capacity of 350 people
-4Two convention rooms with a capacity of 120 people.
-4Complementary facilities (a shop, cafeteria, toilets, dressing rooms, meeting room, and store room).

IT and audio-visual equipment includes a system of VHS monitor panels for audio and video input, loud speaker services, simultaneous translation, video-conferencing, projection and stage setting.
                                   

The 350-seat auditorium is entered through two side doors leading into a central gangway dividing the front and back areas of seating. The production cabin at the back of the auditorium provides a paging system, audio and video recording equipment, SuperVHS, Betacam, slide and transparency projection, 12-projector multivision, and 35 mm film projection on an 8 x 5 metre screen with Dolby stereo sound. There are three simultaneous translation cabins, a 12-seat central debating table, closed circuit TV and computer connections. The stage is 6.5 metros deep, 13 metres long, and 9 metre high, with a projection screen on the back wall, There are automatic curtains for both the screen and the stage. Access is facilitated by a hydraulic lift and there are three directly accessible dressing rooms. For performances, there is a 60,000 W.lighting system, comprising 16 theatre lights, 12 spot lights at the back and front of the stage (six on either side), as well as a 16 or 32 digital mixing desk and 30 dimming channels. There are also three shafts with manual catheads. The sound quality is excellent, with six 36 W. speaker columns distributed around the auditorium, a 120 W. mixer-amplifier with 4 input sockets, 1 gooseneck condenser microphone, 2 cordless microphones, 1 CD player and 1 auto reverse cassette player. The stage can be enlarged by removing the front two rows of seats (50 in total).

Each of the two 120-seat convention rooms is equipped with a central table, a projection screen and production room with paging system, audio and video recording equipment, SuperVHS, Betacam, LCD, multivision, slide and transparency projection, and simultaneous translation cabins.

As well as the marvellous setting provided by the City of Melilla, businesses can take advantage of the different services facilitated by the Office of Tourism and Transportation, including renting of office space in the Centre, the provision of secretarial assistance for meetings, and the organisation of events at other sites. The Office of Tourism and Transportation subcontracts the services necessary for every occasion (for example, accommodation in nearby hotels, transportation, or cultural activities). Finally, let us not forget that the city of Melilla has a wide variety of restaurants, with a wonderfully varied cuisine to satisfy the gastronomic tastes of all your customers.

Activities held at the Conference Centre.

The Conference Centre organises events smoothly and professionally, as only a serious and dedicated organisation can , one that puts customer needs and satisfaction before any other consideration.