venue sector meeting
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52nd ICCA Congress
International Congress and Convention Association.
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ICCA VENUES SECTOR
Sunday 3 November 2013
André KaldenhoffJames Rees
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• Congress - 900 participants from 60 countries – record for outside Europe
• ICCA 50: “A modern history of international association meetings” downloaded more than 3,000 times
• ICCA 50: Write your memories from past Congresses
and messages for the future of the meetings industry and ICCA on the postcards supplied, and pin them to the “ICCA 50 Wall” on Level 3 of the centre.
Board of Directors’ update
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• Congress consultants in 2013
• Database redesign – 12 month roll out
• New statistics report available from today- Replaces Destination Comparison Report
• Big data project – ready IMEX 2014 - 12,000 associations, 25% key contacts
Board of Directors’ update
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• Welcome to new Regional Director for Latin America
Santiago Gonzalez
Board of Directors’ update
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• 1031 ICCA Members
• 328 Venue Sector Members
- 68 Hotels- 260 Convention Centres
Sector Update
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New Members
Suzhou Culture and Expo Centre - China-P.R.
Thessaloniki International Fair S.A. - Greece
Riocentro GL Events Centro de Convencoes –Brazil
Centro Congressi Padova - Italy
Expo Guadalajara – Mexico
AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited - Hong Kong
World Trade Center Barcelona – Spain
Edinburgh First The University of Edinburgh – UK
Rabat Convention Center Mohammed VI – Morocco
The Heydar Aliyev Center - Azerbaijan
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• SE03 – Staff education, motivation and retention
• SE05 – Developing new revenues – naming rights
Sector Education Sessions
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• Steve Lewis
• James Lancaster
CAT Publications
Are hotels gaining market share of the international association market
at the expense of convention centres?
Results of an October 2013 CAT Publications Ltd reader survey for Association Meetings International magazine
Presented by Steve Lewis and James Lancaster
ICCA Venues Sector meetingShanghai, Sunday November 3rd
Where did you hold your last congress?
Have you ever considered using a different type of venue?
If you have switched from hotel to convention centre, when did this happen?
If you have switched from convention centre to hotel, when did this happen?
In either case, why did you make the switch?
What advantages do hotels have over convention centres?
What advantages do convention centres have over hotels?
Are your meetings…
Please specify your area of business
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Martin Sirk, CEO
What do we want from ICCA?
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ICCA Services
• ICCA Online Products – Venues User StatsJan – Sep 2013
• 326 member venues
1. Association Database Online• Regular users (10 or more times): 167 venues (51% of all venues)• - In line with general membership
Total Association Database updates provided: 37 venues submitted a total of: 307 updates• - 142 members submitted 1448 updates• Seems low amount, but could be that venues submit updates via other channels (e.g. Calendars). • 2. Destination Comparison Report• Destination Comparison Report users: 29 venues (9% of all venues)• - 102 members used this product. • 3. Press Database• Press Database users: 89 venues (27% of all venues)• - 315 members used this product
• 4. Events Insiders• 22 venue member contacts (36 events)• - 57 member contacts (131 events)
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• What is most valuable?
• What works best for you?
• What other services would benefit our sector?
ICCA Services