Cyprus University of Technology

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3 HOST INTITUTION Cyprus University of Technology The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) is a young public university established in With an applied research orientation, the Cyprus University of Technology aims in providing important aid to Cyprus and its society to help it cope with problems that it faces in all the fields of science, technology and knowledge. The Department of Hotel and Tourism Management (the first in a public university on the island) has set as its main goal to engage in high quality scientific instruction and the furthering of research and applications relevant to the areas of hotel and tourism management.

4 HOST COUNTRY About Cyprus Cyprus is situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and has an area of 9,251 square kilometers, of which 1,733 are forested. The present population of Cyprus is 755,000 of whom 85% are Greek Cypriots, 12% Turkish Cypriots and 3% are foreigners residing in Cyprus. According to mythology Cyprus is the birthplace of the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite. The island is both an ancient land, with an eleven thousand year-old history and civilization as well as a young independent Republic since The capital of the island is Lefkosia (Nicosia) with a population of 198,000 in the sector controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus. It is situated roughly in the center of the island.

5 HOST COUNTRY About Cyprus English is the second language and is widely spoken. A greater Knowledge of French and German is increasingly noticeable. Coastline: 648 km Climate: Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters Population: 754,064 (July 1999 est.) Capital: Nicosia The currency of the Republic is the Euro Cyprus is a full member of the European Union, a member of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the British Commonwealth. Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey

6 HOST COUNTRY Airline Connections In Cyprus there are two International airports: Larnaca and Pafos. Most travellers reach Cyprus through the Larnaca International Airport. Flight time from London to Larnaca is 4.5 hours; from Frankfurt, 3.5 hours; from Athens, 1 hour and 45 minutes. Flight Times to Cyprus Athens Amsterdam Cairo Frankfurt London Moscow New York Paris Tel Aviv Thessaloniki Dubai Vienna 1hr40min 3hrs30 min 1hr15min 3hrs30min 4hrs30min 3hrs30min 11 hours 3hrs30min 40min 2hrs 3hrs 3hrs

7 HOST COUNTRY Getting to Cyprus Thomson Flights Etihad Airways Norwegian Air Berlin Monarch British Airways (BA) MALEV JAT Airways LOT Aerosvit Airlines Pegasus Airlines Transaero Airlines Jet2.com TAROM Emirates SkyEurope Airlines Condor Brussels Airlines Swiss Austrian Airlines Lufthansa Aeroflot Czech Airlines Air Slovakia Eurocypria flyglobespan Belavia Baboo SAS Finnair Egyptair

8 HOST CITY Limassol Lemesos is the second biggest town of Cyprus situated in the south coast and its biggest Municipality. It has experienced great development in 1980 s, becoming the biggest port in the Mediterranean transit trade. Lemesos has since then become one of the most important tourism, trade and service-providing centre in the area. Lemesos is renowned for its long cultural tradition. A wide spectrum of activities and a great number of museums and archaeological sites are proposed to the interested visitor. A unique combination of ancient, Frankish, Byzantine and other modern influences is observed.

9 HOST CITY Limassol

10 HOST CITY Limassol Limassol

11 VENUE HOTEL Conference Venue

12 VENUE HOTEL Conference Venue

13 VENUE HOTEL Conference venue

14 VENUE HOTEL Conference venue

15 Dates to watch Early June 2009 Formal conference announcement Mid September 2009 Call for abstracts and full papers

16 CONTACT DETAILS For further details on the conference please contact us at: Department of Hotel and Tourism Management Dr. Antonis Theocharous Tel: Leontine Onderwater leontine.onderwater@atlas-euro.org Tel: