Akademy and GUADEC 2009 to be in Gran Canaria

From KDE Dot News:

The conferences for both KDE and GNOME, Akademy and GUADEC, are to be held in Gran Canaria (off Spain) in 2009, and hosted by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria (its tourist authority). Both events are expected to be held at the Alfredo Kraus auditorium and the adjacent Congress Palace in Las Palmas, from Friday 3rd to July 11th 2009. Gran Canaria was chosen because of its "position as Port to Africa and the excellent circumstances for holding such an event there"; it trumped bids from Tampere, Finland, and A/La Coruña, Galicia (Spain).