Polish
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23 December 2005

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This e-bulletin is published by Meetings Management in cooperation with Convention Bureaus operating in Poland. "Polish Congress Ambassador" is targeted to those who are interested in business meetings in Poland and neighbouring countries, to meeting planners and congress organisers, as well as conference venues and providers of related services. Meetings Management is a professional conference organiser and a "Poland - the meeting place" promoter. The company is a member of MPI, EFAPCO and Polish Conference and Congress Association.

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NEXT BTF-ADRENALINA FAIRS JUST IN A YEAR'S TIME

150 exhibitors and almost 5000 visitors - these are the most important data of the held in Warsaw 8th edition of the Business Tourism Fairs (BTF) - Conference and Training Venues and Services Fairs along with the 1st edition of the ADRENALINA International Fairs: Events & Travel. The majority (76%) of the exhibitors found the Fairs good or very good and almost 90% of the exhibitors found the idea of merging conference and adrenaline fairs as brilliant. The Fairs are becoming more and more known abroad - there were three foreign study tours and several dozen business clients from a dozen or so countries. For the detailed event summary and photo report visit http://www.btf.waw.pl/ and http://www.adrenalina.waw.pl/. Organisers warmly invite all interested to the 9th edition of the conference-adrenaline fairs on November 16-17, 2006.


POLISH EFAPCO VICE-PRESIDENT

On November 25-27, 2005 in Madrid there was held the first EFAPCO (European Federation of the Associations of Professional Congress Organizers) General Assembly and Annual Meeting. In the meeting, on behalf of the Polish Conference & Congress Association that is the founding member of the EFAPCO, took part: PCCA President - Irena Sokolowska, and Secretary General - Slawomir Wroblewski who was also a conference lecturer with the presentation on: "European Union from inside - the experience of the first year of membership - by Poland". In the board elections for the 2006-2008 that were held during the EFAPCO General Assembly won: Julio Abreu from Spain (President), Nicolas Le Brun from Belgium (First Vice-President), Irena Sokolowska from Poland (Second Vice-President). More information on EFAPCO, its activities and tasks at: http://www.efapco.org/.


EUROPEAN DAY OF THE PCO

We are proud to inform you that on the initiative of the Polish participants the EFAPCO General Assembly decided that the day of 25th November will be celebrated as the European Day of the Professional Congress Organiser. The three most important aims of this action is to promote Europe as the most attractive/prime destination for organising international conventions, to strengthen the meaning of the professionals specialising in congresses, as well as to keep the market share for PCOs.


POLAND TAKES PART IN THE EIBTM 2005 AND IMEX 2006

The growing interest of foreign guests in Poland as the attractive congress destination could be seen during the EIBTM - the Global Meetings & Incentive Exhibition that was held on 29.11-1.12.2005 in Barcelona. Polish Tourist Organisation organised a national 81-sqm stand that presented 13 Polish tourism industry companies and institutions. The most interesting were presentations of the city convention bureaus, divided into regions promoted also traditional Polish cuisine: mead, gingerbreads, and plums in chocolate. As the organisers of the Polish stand estimated, in general Polish companies held 520 business talks and that shows a great interest of the potential visitors in Polish tourist and convention offer.

Preparations to the joint Polish stand during the IMEX Fairs (Frankfurt on Main, 30.05-1.06.2006) are in progress. Warsaw has recently hosted Tom Hulton - IMEX Fairs' Management Representative.


INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS OF POLISH PCOs

A group of Polish members of the Meeting Professionals International has joined together. In November Hannah Pattison - the representative of the European MPI Office in Luxemburg visited Poland. A small, 10-person group of MPI Polish members counts on establishing contacts with other MPI colleagues. Recently, also members of the International Incentive Business Alliance organised their session in Poland. In June 2006, Cracow will guest an ICCA meeting. Talks on organising in Poland SITE and EFAPCO annual meetings are in progress.
All interested in professional co-operation with Poland and Eastern Europe region are welcome to contact.


FORECASTS FOR 2006

Take a minute and read Tony Carey's forecasts for the MICE industry in 2006. The author is award-winning writer, presenter and consultant to the international meetings industry.

  • London hotels rates will continue to rise
  • Opportunities for doing business with China (outgoing and incoming) will prove illusory
  • Airlines will show more commitment to the MICE market
  • The term 'MICE' will gain more credibility and usage
  • Eastern European destinations will take business from Western Europe
  • Conference lead times (for corporates) will shorten further
  • There will be further consolidation in the independent PCO sector
  • Hot destinations will include: Brazil, Oman, India
  • Pharmaceutical Cos will find ways to evade the latest strictures on trips for doctors
  • Health and safety concerns will force the closure of a major international convention centre.

Your comments will be very appreciated and may be used in next editions. Please visit http://www.tonycarey.info/.

 



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