This year’s 16th PPA Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition will be conducted in Majuro, Marshall Islands and will be hosted by the Marshall Energy Company (MEC).
Each year the Conference venue rotates between the North and South hemispheres, which provide the delegates with the opportunity to re-look at their travel and prepare themselves for the next conference. Last year, the 15th PPA Conference held at the Warwick Fiji Hotel in Fiji was attended by over 170 delegates with 37 trade displays
Conference Venue
The official venues for this year’s conference will be the Long Island Resort (LIH) and the Marshall Island Resorts. Both venues have been reviewed by the PPA Secretariat staff and are considered the most appropriate as providing the excellent accommodation and venue for our Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition.
Marshall Islands Resort (MIR)
The Marshall Islands Resort Hotel, formerly the Outrigger Marshall Islands Resort, offers the best in convenience and comfort during your stay on Majuro. Centrally located on a beautiful tropical lagoon, the resort features complete hotel accommodations and guest services.
The MIR sits lagoon side in Delap, an easy walk to the Capital Building, Payless Supermarket, and the K&K Theater. The hotel has over 100 rooms, including a number of suites, a restaurant and bar, a large conference room, swimming pool, and gym. Each room overlooks the lagoon.
Malele Room
Registration of Delegates will be held in the Malele Room on Sunday August 5 from 2.00-5.00pm
The Malele Room located at the MIR will be venue for Executive Committee meeting 02/07and the Private CEO’s meeting on Monday August 6, 2007.
It will also be the venue for the Welcome Reception on Monday evening, August 6 and the Closing Conference dinner scheduled for Friday night, August 10.
Enra Restaurant (at the Marshall Islands Resort, Delap)
Up-market dining in an air-conditioned room with a lagoon view. Extensive western menu, daily specials, and a pizza menu. Vegetarians catered for excellent Wednesday and Friday lunch.
Internet Connection
Options that are currently available are:
Accessing Internet from your rooms, using the dial up system. Charges will be the normal hotel telephone charge determined by the hotel management.
MIR Internet Service – accessing internet from the Reception Lobby.
MIR is also planning to have wireless internet services installed by the time the conference is scheduled to begin. The Secretariat will keep all the members posted on this development.
Important: For those traveling with their laptops, please remember 120 volts/60 cycles and the flat, two-pronged plug (US standard plug) are used in Marshalls. Do come prepared.
The Long Island Hotel is one of the newest hotels on Majuro. It has over 50 air-conditioned rooms, a business centre, airport shuttle, restaurant, bar, tennis court, beachfront rooms, and a gift shop.
LIH Hall
LIH will host the Trade Exhibition this year in their function hall. It will also be the venue for the Official Opening Ceremony and sponsored lunch scheduled for Tuesday August 7, 2007. All Technical Presentations will also be conducted at the LIH function hall.
This is one of Majuro’s few fine-dining restaurants, and it offers excellent Chinese food along with a range of western dishes in a pleasant setting in the Rairok area of Long Island. It’s a great place to eat lunch because of the view across the lagoon. The restaurant features a first class all-you-can eat lunch buffet on Thursdays and Sundays. They’ve also introduced super value meals, with a variety of dishes for $6.95 and $7.95. Best feature: Thursday and Sunday buffets.
Internet Connection
Internet can be accessed from the reception lobby.
The Marshall Islands Resort Hotel, formerly the Outrigger Marshall Islands Resort, offers the best in convenience and comfort during your stay on Majuro. Centrally located on a beautiful tropical lagoon, the resort features complete hotel accommodations and guest services.
The MIR sits lagoon side in Delap, an easy walk to the Capital Building, Payless Supermarket, and the K&K Theater. The hotel has over 100 rooms, including a number of suites, a restaurant and bar, a large conference room, swimming pool, and gym. Each room overlooks the lagoon.
Up-market dining in an air-conditioned room with a lagoon view. Extensive western menu, daily specials, and a pizza menu. Vegetarians catered for excellent Wednesday and Friday lunch.
The Long Island Hotel is one of the newest hotels on Majuro. It has over 50 air-conditioned rooms, a business centre, airport shuttle, restaurant, bar, tennis court, beachfront rooms, and a gift shop.
ll also be the venue for the Official Opening Ceremony and sponsored lunch scheduled for Tuesday August 7, 2007. All Technical Presentations will also be conducted at the LIH function hall. 
This is one of Majuro’s few fine-dining restaurants, and it offers excellent Chinese food along with a range of western dishes in a pleasant setting in the Rairok area of Long Island. It’s a great place to eat lunch because of the view across the lagoon. The restaurant features a first class all-you-can eat lunch buffet on Thursdays and Sundays. They’ve also introduced super value meals, with a variety of dishes for $6.95 and $7.95. Best feature: Thursday and Sunday buffets.
