“Organizing Your Congress in Europe
with European Know-How”
Moderator:
* Heike Mahmoud, Berlin
Speaker:
* Cecile Dorian, Barcelona
* Jonas Wilstrup, Copenhagen
• Aix en Provence • Amsterdam • Antwerp • Applied Card Technologies Ltd. • Arrival Guides •
Athens • Barcelona • Basel • Belfast • Belgrade • Bergen • Berlin • Bern • Biarritz • Bilbao
• Bolzano • Bordeaux • Bratislava • Bruges • Brussels • Budapest • Bursa • Catalunya Tourism •
Cologne • Copenhagen • Cracow • Cyprus • Dijon • Dresden • Dublin • Dubrovnik • Espoo
• Florence • France Congrès • Geneva • Genova • Ghent • Gijon • Girona • Göteborg • Graz •
Hamburg • Heidelberg • Helsinki • Innsbruck • Istanbul • Kaunas • Lausanne • Leisure Pass Group
INTELLIGENCE, BEST PRACTICE
AND CONTACTS
YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS OUT ON!
www.europeancitiesmarketing.com
• Leuven • Linz • Lisboa • Ljubljana • Luxembourg • Luzern • Lviv • Lyon • Madeira • Madrid •
Malmö • Malta • Maribor • Marseille • Mechelen • Montreux • Moscow • Munich • Nantes
• Nice • Nuremberg • Online Travel Partner • Opatija • Oslo • Paris • Poznan • Prague •
Reykjavik • Rijeka • Rouen • Salzburg • San Sebastian • Skopje • Split • St Petersburg • Stockholm
• Stuttgart • Swiss Cities • Tallinn • Tel Aviv • The Hague • Timisoara • Torino • Toulouse • Turku •
Uppsala • Valencia • Value Retail • Vicenza • Vienna • Vilnius • VVV Netherlands
• Visit Technology •West Sweden • Zagreb • Zaragoza • Zurich
ECM for the Meetings Industry
Importance for the industry:
• JMIC membership
• Politicians Forum
Politicians Forum
Is organized by IMEX Group in collaboration with:
• European Cities Marketing (ECM)
• International Association of Congress Centres (AIPC)
• The umbrella of the
Joint Meetings Industry
Council (JMIC)
NEXT: May 19, 2015, Frankfurt
21.25 clock hours for your
CMP accreditation
MEET. SHARE. GROW.
Europe, specifics:
 Each destination is so different / big variety
 Convention Bureaus will be your key partners
 Structure
 Target groups
 Services
Europe, specifics:
 ICCA ranking of European cities 2013:
1. Paris
2. Madrid
3. Vienna
4. Barcelona
5. Berlin
7. London
8. Istanbul
9. Lisbon
 Local memberships in associations is strong –
support and turnouts for European
events good
Europe, specifics:
 using competence – Technical visits
 diverse possibilities for Meeting Structure
 Ambassador programs
Differrent Meeting
Design
Ambassador programs:
 A European speciality
 Network of local association professionals
 Connected with local professionals
 Network of local key-notes
Ambassador programs:
 Knowledge of local budgeting factors
 Knowledge about fund-raising and sponsorship
 Globally known experts in their field
Ambassador program
Europe, basic facts:
 Use of EURO – one single currency
 Language elements – English is not the first
language, but the level of English across
Europe is very high
 Europe is very easy to access, centrally located
Europe, basic facts:
 hotel industry is very diverse
* International hotel chains
* private luxury hotels
* landmark hotels
* budget hotels
* youth hostels
•
nhow Hotel
Europe, basic facts:
 big choice and variety of locations – from the
past, present and the future
* historical venues – connection to history
* museums – using the content
* lofts, underground stations
* parks, lake sites, beach areas
•
Die Münze Berlin
Your contacts in Europe:
www.europeancitiesmarketing.com
Cecile Gorian, Barcelona Covention Bureau
e-mail: cdorian@barcelonaturisme.com
Heike Mahmoud, visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office
e-mail: heike.mahmoud@visitberlin.de
Jonas Wilstrup, Wonderful Copenhagen
e-mail: jwi@woco.dk
• Aix en Provence • Amsterdam • Antwerp • Applied Card Technologies Ltd. • Arrival Guides •
Athens • Barcelona • Basel • Belfast • Belgrade • Bergen • Berlin • Bern • Biarritz • Bilbao
• Bolzano • Bordeaux • Bratislava • Bruges • Brussels • Budapest • Bursa • Catalunya Tourism •
Cologne • Copenhagen • Cracow • Cyprus • Dijon • Dresden • Dublin • Dubrovnik • Espoo
• Florence • France Congrès • Geneva • Genova • Ghent • Gijon • Girona • Göteborg • Graz •
Hamburg • Heidelberg • Helsinki • Innsbruck • Istanbul • Kaunas • Lausanne • Leisure Pass Group
THANK YOU!
www.europeancitiesmarketing.com
• Leuven • Linz • Lisboa • Ljubljana • Luxembourg • Luzern • Lviv • Lyon • Madeira • Madrid •
Malmö • Malta • Maribor • Marseille • Mechelen • Montreux • Moscow • Munich • Nantes
• Nice • Nuremberg • Online Travel Partner • Opatija • Oslo • Paris • Poznan • Prague •
Reykjavik • Rijeka • Rouen • Salzburg • San Sebastian • Skopje • Split • St Petersburg • Stockholm
• Stuttgart • Swiss Cities • Tallinn • Tel Aviv • The Hague • Timisoara • Torino • Toulouse • Turku •
Uppsala • Valencia • Value Retail • Vicenza • Vienna • Vilnius • VVV Netherlands
• Visit Technology •West Sweden • Zagreb • Zaragoza • Zurich