Welcome to Hungary!

We are delighted to announce that the next JCI conference will take place in the heart of Europe! Budapest, Hungary will host the European conference in 2009. Make sure you spend some time with us, and we make sure you get a good feel of Hungary. During the conference we will get to know more of the Social awareness of the companies from György Soros, touch base on innovations and summarize what happened since 1989, what use we made of our 20 years of freedom.

Dance to impress! The theme of the conference is based on a dance competition, where everybody had a chance to show us what he/she knew about dancing whilst also presenting some unique features of their cultures. Here, at the EC2009 we are going to announce the winners and teach the dace to all of us to share great moments.

Bring your dancing shoes and have an excellent time with us!

We invite you to talk to anybody who has been to a previous European Conference (or other international JCI event for that matter) and ask them what it was like. The great experiences will convince you that you want to be part of the next conference, so start planning and booking now. One thing you won’t have to worry about is that you will be the only one going. There will be several from JCI London and other UK chapters.

Hotel
Hotel Ibis Emke is the JCI UK official hotel – the rate is 74 euros single and 85 euros double, please book asap, there are other huge conferences in Budapest the same week.

FLY BUDAPEST!
Of course there are trains, buses and even ships on the Danube, but by far the easiest way to get here is by Air. Budapest Ferihegy Airport is served by over 43 airlines. is served by over 43 airlines. We have two terminals, Terminal 1 dedicated almost exclusively to discount airlines. And you can get from the airport to the HQ hotel very easily by public transportation. We have checked a few airlines and their fares to Budapest. Of course these are fares as of this moment, but we checked three months out. We would suggest that you start looking at the beginning of next year when the new summer schedules will be available

Wizzair flies from Paris-Beauvais for 49 EUR, Stockholm Skavsta, Gothenborg, and Malmo for just 211 Swedish Kroner, Brussels Charleroi for 27 EUR, Eindhoven for 31 EUR and Tirgu Mures in Romania for only 24 Leu.
Ryan Air flies from Bremen for 37 EUR, Bristol, Dublin for 23 EUR, East Midlands for 31 GBP, Frankfurt-Hahn for 15 EUR, Glasgow Prestwick for 65 EUR and Liverpool for 44 GBP.
Easy Jet flies from Berlin, Dortmund, Geneva, Gatwick and Luton. Fares including baggage charges were 23 EUR from Berlin and Dortmund, 42 Swiss Francs from Geneva and 31 and 28 GBP from Gatwick and Luton.
Clickair offers flights from Barcelona for 70 EUR.
Sterling flies from Aalborg, Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Stockholm Arlanda. Stockholm is just 86 EUR.
Not all of these flights are offered every day, so take advantage of the low fares and our great tourism opportunities and low hotel rates and come a few days early!