About ICON
ICON builds bridges between countries, cultures and people: from the Gulf region and GCC states, to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and America.
The International Consortium for Management, Development and Consulting (ICON) is based in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
ICON draws on its Chief Executive Rashed Shaheen's many years of experience in international strategic planning, project management and consulting, bringing institutions and firms worldwide to the Gulf region, doing business and cooperating with the GCC public and private sector.
Recent news
Bab al Bahrain Souq Map released
Jul 21, 2011
European Day of Languages
Sep 24, 2010
Franz Huber speaks at the European Day of Languages
Read more...German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Bahrain
May 27, 2010
HRH Premier and Merkel Hold Official Talks
Recent events
Professional Motorsport Circuit Forum
Nov 16, 2010
Women's Football Cup ARABIA 2010
Oct 18, 2010
Middle East Spatial Technology Conference & Exhibition 2009
Dec 6, 2009
About Hot Maps Media
Hot Maps Media produces beautiful real maps for online use in an own unique state of the art interactive technology marketed under the registered trademark hot-maps. It has been constantly developed for electronic media since 1998. The cartographic quality is exceptional, hot-maps are fast loading and adaptable to any requirement, database or locator.
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Major media corporations, Germany‘s largest newspaper publisher, government agencies, some of Europe‘s largest real estate and housing companies, public transportation networks as well as reputable businesses worldwide use hot-maps in license on their websites, as even the United Nations do for some conferences and locations. Also over 2000 German municipalities and tourist boards with more than 100000 sponsored location listings since 1998 used hot-maps locators, with public and private sector directories connected to maps.
The hot-maps website is a free map service available worldwide. Hot Maps‘ tech team has been running the two world‘s largest real cartographic map websites with their own software and technology for over ten years, serving more than 100 Million web users from many nations.