Telecommunications infrastructure is kindly provided by
Conference Venue
Conference Venue, Grand Resort Hotel, Limassol
The newly renovated GrandResort (formely known as Hawaii Grand Hotel & Resort) is among the finest five star hotels in Cyprus set in beautifully landscaped tropical gardens, on a superb beach side location in the exclusive Amathus area of Limassol. An exceptionally grand and elegant hotel about 11 km from Limassol town centre, the luxurious GrandResort offers an impressive range of facilities and an unrivalled standard of personal service and sheer comfort. The hotel offers superior accommodation with quality amenities and first class service.
The GrandResort is rightfully proud of its unparalleled conference and incentive facilities, which include one of the largest hotel-based congress halls on the island. The Grand Hall can be partitioned to accommodate meetings of up to 1,200 delegates, while it is designed to serve as an elegant function and banqueting room or as an impressive exhibition hall.
Distances from the Grand Resort Hotel City Centre 11km/6m 15 min by car
Larnaca Airport 56km/35m 40 min by car
Paphos Airport 70km/43m 60 min by car
Limassol Harbour 21km/13m 20 min by car
Nicosia Capital Town 67km/42m 45 min by car
Troodos Mountains 59km/37m 50 min by car
Curium Theatre 29km/18m 30 min by car
Kolossi Castle 24km/15m 25 min by car
Limassol City (Lemesos) Limassol (Lemesos, in Greek) is situated between the ancient towns of Amathus and Curium. Amathus, the actual location of the Symposium, was populated at least 3000 years ago. The settlement took its name from Amathusa, the mother of King Kinyras from Paphos. Over centuries, it became a rich kingdom with a port, constructed around 800 BC, serving the trade with the Greeks and the Levantines. A temple, high on a near-by cliff, became a special site of worship to Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love. In the Roman Era, Amathus became the capital of one out of Rome’s four administrative regions. Later, in the 4th century AD, it became the Episcopal See and continued to flourish until the Byzantine Period.
In 1191, the English King Richard the Lionheart, en-route to the Holy Land, destroyed Amathus and put an end to the Byzantine dominion of Cyprus. Lemesos is assumed to have been established by Amathus’ refugees. In 1192 AD, Cyprus was sold to the Templars, rich monks and soldiers whose aim was the protection of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Following a revolt, because of high taxation, Cyprus was sold to Guy de Lusignan, a Frank and Roman Catholic. Cyprus was thus handed over to the Frankish Dynasty of the Lusignan who ruled the medieval Cypriot kingdom.
For a period of about three centuries, 1192-1489, Lemesos enjoyed aperiod of increasing prosperity, became, through its harbour, a centre of transportation and commerce, and this contributed greatly to the financial and cultural development of the region. Cyprus was sold in1489 AD. to the town of Venice by the Cypriot Queen Catherine Cornaro. The Venetians were not interested in Cyprus. They were only interested in receiving the taxes and in exploiting the country’s sources. They destroyed the Castle of Lemesos in1539, and Cyprus entered a long period of decline and poverty, worsened when the Turks invaded Cyprus and occupied Lemesos (Limassol) in July 1570.
The British took over in Cyprus in 1878, and this marked the start a period of revival, leading up to modern Limassol, which grew in size to 43000 inhabitants in 1960, 80% of Greek and 20% of Turkish origin. Following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, most of the Turkish Cypriots left Limassol and settled in the Turkish North, while many Geek Cypriots from the North settled in Limassol. Limassol is now the second biggest city in Cyprus and its biggest Municipality
