In March 2008 it hosted the Arab Right's Fund inaugural conference,[6] and in July 2008 it hosted two vocational training courses funded and implemented by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in collaboration with Norwegian People's Aid (NPA).[7] In October 2008, Oxfam and the Arab NGOs Network for Development (ANND) held a seminar at the hotel to commemorate World Food Day.[8] In December 2010 the hotel hosted the "Strengthening Health Policymaking in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)" conference, a two-day workshop discussing healthcare coordination in the region, attended by Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh and others.[9] In April 2011 the Crowne Plaza Hotel hosted a workshop to prepare mukhtars to handle conflict resolution.[10] On 18 September 2012 the international group Not to Forget Sabra and Shatila Committee met at the hotel to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the massacre.[11] The Crowne Plaza Hotel has also hosted The Islamic World and Europe: From Dialogue Towards Understanding conference.[12]