5-500: Osaka Conference Center ( 大阪カンファレンスセンター , Ōsaka kanfarensu sentā ) , officially known as Osaka Conference Center & Hotel ( 大阪カンファレンスセンター＆ホテル , Ōsaka kanfarensu sentā ando hoteru ) , is a conference center with a hotel in Tennoji-ku , Osaka, Osaka , Japan . Although Convention Linkage, Inc., the operator appointed by the City of Osaka, has started re-branding since April 2014,
10-519: A convention center. In Francophone countries, the term is palais des congrès (such as the Palais des Congrès de Paris ) or centre des congrès (such as the Centre des congrès de Quebec). The original convention centers or halls were in castles and palaces . Originally a hall in a castle would be designed to allow a large group of lords, knights and government officials to attend important meetings with
15-529: Is a large building that is designed to hold a convention , where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows , are sometimes known as exhibition halls . Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls , lecture halls , meeting rooms , and conference rooms . Some large resort area hotels include
20-480: The center is still known as International House, Osaka ( 大阪国際交流センター , Ōsaka kokusai kōryū sentā ) or i-house ( アイハウス , Ai hausu ) for the building name it tenants. This article about a Japanese building- or structure-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Conference center A convention center ( American English ; or conference centre in British English )
25-589: The king. A more ancient tradition would have the king or lord decide disputes among his people. These administrative actions would be done in the great hall and would exhibit the wisdom of the king as judge to the general populace. One of the most famous convention center debacles happened in France on June 20, 1789. King Louis XVI locked a group known as the Third Estate out of the meeting hall in Versailles. This led to
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