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Gmnd Hyatt Bali upsizesGrand Hyatt Bali has completed its US$35 million renovationof rooms and suites, the Grand Club, the lobby and three f&boutlets and the addition of facilities including Kriya Spa and asecond Grand Ballroom.

The second Grand Ballroom, offering wi-fi connectivity'now is the largest hotel convention facility in Bali.

The 1,200m2 venue, which has a 10m high ceiling and asix metre deep stage with dressing rooms, can be subdividedinto three separate sound-proofed function spaces, each withits own entrance and individual controls for lighting andaudiovisual equipment.

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1.7 billionThe economic contribu-tion in ringgit (or US$SOOmil l ion) by Kuala LumpurConvention Centre to thecity since it opened inJune 2005, it said

51,OOOThe number of pre-scheduled appoi ntmentsover three days last De-cember at EIBTM, it said

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Shanghai expochooses MGIGlobal association, communi-cation and event managementcompany, MCI, is the officiallYassigned and recommendedservice partner of the 2010World Expo in Shanghai.

MCI, which set uP anoffice in Shanghai in 2006, isalso represented in Hong Kongand will also be present inBeijing by March.

The expo will be heldbetween May and October, and70 million visitors from aroundthe world are expected to visitthe exhibition pavilions of the206 participating nations. Cor-porations and associations areexpected to hold national andinternational MICE events inShanghai during the exPo.

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