Removing Barriers: can London be a success in the international congress market?
Brought to you by ABPCO & AMI Conference
Removing Barriers: Can London be a success in the international congress market by taking down the barriers?
A half-day conference staged by The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) and Association Meetings International (AMI) magazine, sponsored by International Confex.
09.15-13:00 • Wednesday, March 7, 2012 • ExCeL, London
Welcome Chair Martin Lewis, CAT Publications
International association market overview
Speaker: Michael Foreman , MD, Kenes UK and ABPCO Chair
The Importance of Business Tourism and especially the Association Market is to London
Speaker: Dan Ritterband, Director of Marketing, Mayor of London’s Office
“Is London’s convention bureau fit for purpose to compete on the international stage?”
Speaker: Gordon Innes, CEO London & Partners
What has Glasgow has achieved in the Association Market!
Speaker: Scott Taylor – Glasgow City Marketing Bureau
Is the Industry worth it? What is the investment required to achieve “Impact”
Speaker: Didier Scaillet, MPI – Economic Impact Study
An analysis of the “Britain for Events” campaign how important is London? The role that the Capital should play.
Speaker: Robert Wright, Davies Tanner/Britain for Events
Case Study - London’s performance on a series of medium and large scale congresses (including EULAR 2011, London’s largest Association Event to date)
Speaker: Richard Torriani MCI – Professional Conference Organiser
Why London is right for associations? - A critical analysis of London's current attitude towards big Association business as well as hotel's policy and pointers on how to address the barriers
Speaker: Luc Hendrix, Kenes Group, Past Exec Director of International Diabetes Federation and Founding President of the AC Forum
PANEL: The revenue management conundrum" - Do central London hoteliers just see the near future or understand the bigger picture and the value of association business?
Speakers: Michael Levie, Citizen M; Ernie Kane, Marriott Hotels and Jackie Brown, Director of Meetings and Events Sales, Guoman & Thistle Hotels
Who should attend:
- Association Executives and key decision makers (national and international)
- Hotel managers, sales professionals and revenue managers
- Hotel executive level
- Convention bureaux personnel
- Professional conference organisers
- Association management companies
