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Bethlehem Convention Palace

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The Bethlehem Convention Palace (CPC - Convention Palace

Company) " " is a convention center facility in
Bethlehem. The Convention Palace was established four kilometers from
the Church of the Nativity in the biblical and historical city of Bethlehem.
The building includes a main meeting hall, exhibition gallery, theatre,
meeting rooms, gardens, interfaith prayer room and cafeteria.[1]

The main design of the Convention Palace is the architectural integration

between the Palace and the neighboring monuments, namely Qal'at Murad
The Convention Palace Bethlehem
(the "castle of [Sultan] Murad"), Handicraft Center and the Historic
2011
Solomons Pools. Most importantly, the construction preserves the historic
and archaeological nature of the area. An assortment of original Palestinian
stones was used in the construction of the Convention Palace, with stones of various sizes and colors that were
brought from different parts of the Palestinian Territories.

At the Southern part of Bethlehem City, the Convention Palace stands on 32,000sqm of land just opposite to the
historic Solomons Pools site with a total land area 30,0000sqm. The construction of the Convention Palace came
in response to the initiative of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in 1999 by Mr. The deceased Hasib
Sabbagh & The deceased Said Khoury to host the World Economic Forum of 2000 in the city of Bethlehem and
for future local and international conferences in Palestine. The Convention Palace is a joint investment between
Consolidated Contractors Company CCC and Palestine Investment Fund PIF.

The Palestine Investment Conference was hosted at the Convention Palace

two times: 1. 2008 by Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad. 2. 2010 by
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.[2]

Contents
1 CPC Work
2 References Mr. Saed Khoury at the Convention
3 Official External Links Palace with the Palace Management
4 Social Media Official Links

CPC Work
CPC (The Convention Palace Company) CPC Link (http://www.conventionpalace.com/about-convention-palace-b
ethlehem.php) operates and manages and preserves the following areas and surrounding (Google Map (https://ww
w.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=z2v7Ljr05deM.kDHTD484B354)):

Archaeological Site of three historical pools named Solomons Pools, two of them aged to be from the
Roman period in Palestine and the third from the Ottoman period in Palestine.
Murad Castle: an Othman Castle built for the protection of the pools water with an area of 3500sqm.
Natural heritage forest

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The Convention Palace 12 Venues & Theater (https://web.archive.or

g/web/20151208064005/http://www.conventionpalace.com/facilities-
meetings-incentive-conferences-exhibition-convention-bethlehem-pa
lestine.php)
Handicraft Center built on 12000sqm for commercial traditional
bazaar.

References
Mr. Blair met with Minister of
1. "Venues" (https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064005/http://www.convent Tourism Rula Maayah, who stressed
ionpalace.com/facilities-meetings-incentive-conferences-exhibition-conventi the importance of encouraging
on-bethlehem-palestine.php). Bethlehem Convention Palace. Archived from growth in the tourism sector as a way
the original (http://www.conventionpalace.com/facilities-meetings-incentive-
to support economic development.
conferences-exhibition-convention-bethlehem-palestine.php) on 8 December
2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015. She also briefed him on the political
2. Palestine Investment Conference, Media Monitoring Unit, Sixth Report, situation.
Phase II, August 2008 (http://www.miftah.org/Doc/Reports/MKReports/Inve
stment010808.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111826/
http://www.miftah.org/Doc/Reports/MKReports/Investment010808.pdf)
March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine., In cooperation with: European
Union and Ford Foundation

Official External Links

Bethlehem Convention Palace Company -
www.conventionpalace.com (https://web.archive.org/web/201510281 Mr. Blair with Mr. George Bassous
33823/http://www.conventionpalace.com:80/) - The Official Website (General Manager of the Convention
Bethlehem Convention Palace Location (https://goo.gl/maps/ir1os) - Palace) prior to meeting with
Google Maps Minister of Tourism Rula Maayah

Social Media Official Links

Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ConventionPalaceCompanyCpc)
Google+ (https://plus.google.com/111634400432586412700/posts)
TripAdvisor (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g293978-d8281346-Reviews-Bethlehem_Conv
ention_Palace-Bethlehem.html)

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