INCENTIVES & CONFERENCES
For thousands of years Amman has been a meeting place for commercial traders and rulers throughout the region. This fact still holds true but things have changed. Today, the city offers the best and most modern comprehensive conference and meetings facilities within the region.
Almost all of the major hotels in Amman offer extensive facilities with state-of-the-art equipment, as well as experienced and dedicated staff that are skilled at arranging any type of event from huge conferences and banquets to exhibitions and incentives.
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The Zara Expo Centre in Amman. | The Zara Expo Amman
Housed within the 17- storey Hyatt Tower, located in Amman’s business and diplomatic district. The Zara Expo exhibition facilities comprise three purpose-built linked halls providing almost 3000 square metres of air-conditioned space. Located below is a 303 seat conference auditorium with additional meeting rooms that can be used as VIP rooms, press rooms, etc. Each exhibition hall has its own dedicated facilities and underfloor service channels. The facilities are linked to the Grand Hyatt Amman, which has an additional 1,800 square metres of exhibition and conference space, including a ballroom that can seat up to 1000 people.
CONTACT INFOZara Expo Amman P.O.Box 831159 Amman, Jordan 11183 Tel: +962-6-4651234 Fax: +962-6-4648451 E-mail: enquiry@zaraexpo.comWebsite: www.zaraexpo.comRoyal Convention Centre
Located in Le Meridien Amman, the Royal Convention Centre, ballroom and conference facilities provide technologically advanced and modern equipment that are nestled in pure luxury. The facilities are customized to fit all types of private functions, special occasions, conferences and meetings.
Housing the largest conference facility in Amman which can host up to 1200-seated individuals, the Royal Convention Centre includes 4 remote-controlled projection screens, offering teleconference tools and multi media projection system. It also features highly advanced light and sound systems as well as simultaneous translation techniques, all with wireless connections.
CONTACT INFORoyal Convention CentreTel: +962 6 569 6511 Fax: +962 6 567 4261 Website: http://amman.lemeridien.comRoyal Cultural Centre
The Royal Cultural Centre is considered one of the first cultural centres established in Jordan and houses many facilities for the performing arts as well as other facilities for visual arts, presentations and seminars. The main facility, the Royal Theatre, is a fully equipped modern auditorium seating 300 persons. The theatre is equipped for all forms of plays, dance and musical performances. In addition to performing arts, the theatre is equipped with 16 and 35 mm cinema and translation systems.
The conference auditorium is the largest hall in the centre and is fully equipped with a language translation system and a/v systems. For smaller functions, the studio theatre is a flexible theatre seating up to 180 persons and is fully equipped with a/v systems. Other facilities include a Visual Arts Exhibition Hall, a large dance teaching and rehearsal room, and small conference and meeting rooms.
CONTACT INFOTel: + 962 6 5661027 Fax: +962 6 5661026
Arena Part of Amman University, Arena is a great solution for major culture & arts events as well as significant sports activities The complex has a capacity of more than five thousand people and has an overall area that is twenty thousand square meters.
With an area of four thousand square meters, Arena’s multi-purpose hall features all modern audio/visual equipment required for drama performances, musical shows, dances, and other culture & arts events. The hall can also be full transformed to cater to sporting events such as major tournaments in basketball, volleyball, tennis, boxing, wrestling gymnastics, billiards, handball, and ping pong.
CONTACT INFOTel: + 962 5 3500211/ 2550 Fax: + 962 6 3556544 Website: http://www.amman.edu
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The Jordan Archeological Museum boasts an excellent collection of antiquities ranging from prehistoric times to the 15th century, including an exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls and four Iron Age anthropo-morphic coffins.
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In Graeco-Roman times, Amman was known as Philadelphia, it was named after the Roman emperor Philadelphus. Prior to that it was known as Rabbath-Ammon.
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Amman consists of an old and more traditional part called "City Centre" or "Downtown" (in Arabic 'Balad'), and a modern more vibrant western style "West Amman".
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Amman is one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in the world.
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