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	<title>Rwanda Convention Bureau</title>
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		<title>Below you will find media/news releases that have been published about Rwanda</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Discover Rwanda &#8211;the land of a thousand hills and a million smiles Read more August 2024 Rwanda, Now Africa's 2nd most popular destination for Association Conferences &#8211; ICCA 2023 Report Read more May 2024 Rwanda Convention Bureau Celebrates its 10th year anniversary of participation in IMEX Frankfurt Read more May 2024 Rwanda's events industry rakes in $95m in 2023 Read more April 2024 Industry Leaders Gather in Kigali for the UFI Middle East &amp; Africa Conference [Read more (...)&lt;/p&gt;


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 <content:encoded>&lt;div class='rss_texte'&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Discover Rwanda &#8211;the land of a thousand hills and a million smiles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://www.exhibitionworld.co.uk/discover-rwanda-the-land-of-a-thousand-hills-and-a-million-smiles&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; August 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rwanda, Now Africa's 2nd most popular destination for Association Conferences &#8211; ICCA 2023 Report&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://travelscopengr.com/rwanda-now-africas-2nd-most-popular-destination-for-association-conferences-icca-2023-report/&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; May 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rwanda Convention Bureau Celebrates its 10th year anniversary of participation in IMEX Frankfurt&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://travelscopengr.com/rwanda-convention-bureau-celebrates-its-10th-year-anniversary-of-participation-in-imex-frankfurt/&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; May 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rwanda's events industry rakes in $95m in 2023&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/16078/news/economy/rwandas-events-industry-rakes-in-95m-in-2023&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; April 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Industry Leaders Gather in Kigali for the UFI Middle East &amp; Africa Conference&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://meetingmediagroup.com/article/industry-leaders-gather-in-kigali-for-the-ufi-middle-east-africa-conference&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; April 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;How to harness Rwanda's MICE tourism&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/16175/news/tourism/how-to-harness-rwandas-mice-tourism&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; April 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;UFI announces dates and hosts for 2024 events&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://www.exhibitionworld.co.uk/ufi-announces-dates-and-hosts-for-2024-events&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; Jan 2024&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Kigali ranked second and Rwanda ranked 3rd on the 2022 ICCA Africa ranking of preferred cities and countries to host Association meetings&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://iccadata.iccaworld.org/statstoolReports/ICCA_Rankings-22_ICCA-Rankings_170523b.pdf?_cldee=B6flSNB8iUkAEsKLF3Yevtr2rHv3ArjJ5IXF2r6iw-Bbxdt-wPwT_c0pyHdqo1j6&amp;recipientid=contact-15da6680754fe81180cd00155dca6c18-8a85202868fb42af9e5b82ced792a789&amp;esid=4ed87221-effa-ed11-8849-0022489933a2&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; May, 25 2023&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Kigali named among top 50 cities with innovative responses to Covid-19&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
&lt;a href=&#034;https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/kigali-named-among-top-50-cities-innovative-responses-covid-19#.YMm2jUNBLS8.twitter&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; June 15 2021&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;RwandAir named Africa's safest airline for passengers&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#034;https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/rwandair-named-africas-safest-airline-passengers&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; May 26&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;RDB banks on sports tourism to recover from Covid-19 impact&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#034;https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/rdb-banks-sports-tourism-recover-covid-19-impact&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; May, 19 2021&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Basketball Africa League kicks off in Kigali.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&#034;https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/basketball-africa-league-kicks-off-in-kigali/2243877&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt; May 17 2021&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Basketball Africa League (BAL)&lt;/strong&gt; to take place in Kigali unveils the game schedule. &lt;a href=&#034;https://www.thebal.com/news/bal-2021-game-schedule&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; May 7 2021&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;LATEST ON CHOGM &lt;/strong&gt; : CHOGM 2021 to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. &lt;a href=&#034;https://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/chogm-2021-be-postponed-due-covid-19-pandemic&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; - May,7 2021&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href=&#034;https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/coronavirus-rcb-assesses-recovery-strategies-conferences&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Coronavirus: RCB assesses recovery strategies for conferences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href=&#034;https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/rwanda-resumes-conference-tourism&#034; class=&#034;spip_out&#034; rel=&#034;external&#034;&gt;Rwanda resumes conference tourism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
		
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		<title>RCB IS HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU WITH THE FOLLOWING:</title>
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		<dc:date>2020-11-06T14:40:30Z</dc:date>
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&lt;p&gt;Information on accommodation bookings Information on regions, destinations, activities, places to stay, people to meet, etc. A thorough itinerary that allows you to get the most of the Rwandan experience. Information on how to plan your travel bookings and costs Information on On-Transport on the ground. &lt;br class='autobr' /&gt;
For more information send us an email through roger.kubwimana@rcb.rw and samantha.gateretse@rcb.rw&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;For more information send us an email through &lt;a href=&#034;mailto:roger.kubwimana@rcb.rw&#034; class=&#034;spip_mail&#034;&gt;roger.kubwimana@rcb.rw&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&#034;mailto:samantha.gateretse@rcb.rw&#034; class=&#034;spip_mail&#034;&gt;samantha.gateretse@rcb.rw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
		
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		<title>RCB'S REQUIREMENTS</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Proof that you are a credible publication/ media house. (we request that you share a briefing document that allows us to review some of your past work, the circulation, readership and viewers) Demonstrate that readers/viewers are more interested in MICE tourism and specifically, in Africa. You represent an outlet that focuses on: MICE TOURISM. daily/weekly newspaper, tv, film, radio or online platform We ask that the article/show be published within 6 months of the visit so that it (...)&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;ol class=&#034;spip&#034;&gt;&lt;li&gt; MICE TOURISM.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; daily/weekly newspaper, tv, film, radio or online platform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; We ask that the article/show be published within 6 months of the visit so that it maintains its relevance.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; The readership/viewer profile matches the target group of Rwanda &#8211; modern, open-minded people with a high sense of social responsibility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
		
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		<title>MEDIA FAM TRIPS</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Spend a few days in Rwanda to learn more about the land of a thousand hills on one of our custom-built Media FAM trips, see below how we can collaborate.&lt;/p&gt;


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		<title>FILMING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS</title>
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		<dc:date>2020-11-06T13:49:00Z</dc:date>
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&lt;p&gt;For any international media filming permit requirements, please complete the form in the link below:
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https://irembo.gov.rw/&lt;/p&gt;


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		<title>GENERAL MEDIA INQUIRIES</title>
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		<dc:date>2020-11-06T13:47:30Z</dc:date>
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&lt;p&gt;For general media enquiries and interview requests please contact samantha.gateretse@rcb.rw&lt;/p&gt;


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		<title>Coming soon...</title>
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		<dc:date>2020-10-05T13:58:36Z</dc:date>
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