For Immediate Release
Tallinn
September 30, 2010
Tallinn to Host 2013 Care Home Directors' Congress
Tallinn has won a bid to host the 13th European Association for Directors of Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (E.D.E.) Congress in 2013.
More than 900 delegates from 18 countries are expected to attend the event, which will take place in September in the Solaris Centre.
The E.D.E. General Board's choice of Tallinn as their next congress destination was thanks largely to the efforts of the Solaris Centre and Mr. Vambola Sipelgas, Estonia's representative at the association. Tallinn won the competition securing 13 of the board's votes, far outpacing rivals Poland and Vancouver, which garnered seven and three votes respectively.
Riine Tiigi, Managing Director of the Estonian Convention Bureau, praised the development as the latest in a string of victories for Tallinn's conference market.
“I am very pleased that Tallinn has recently won several significant bids and has made such huge strides toward becoming ranked among the world's best-known conference cities,” she said. “I am especially proud of the Solaris Centre and their work in winning the bid.”
This release was prepared by the Estonian Convention Bureau, a non-profit organisation established jointly by public and private sector bodies in order to attract international conventions to Estonia. The ECB's 23 members include the cities of Tallinn and Tartu, the national carrier Estonian Air, and a number of DMCs, PCOs and hotels. For further details, contact:
Riine Tiigi, Managing Director
Tel: +372 645 0029
riine.tiigi@ecb.ee
www.ecb.ee
