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Founded in 2004, GainingEdge operates from seven cities worldwide and has successfully delivered over 100 engagements across the globe. They have an excellent track record in association management consulting, establishment of new convention & visitor bureaus, capability development of existing bureaus, destination strategy, convention centre feasibility studies and in-market convention and incentive sales representation.

As a leader in the international business events market they offer access to benchmark performance data and best practices from around the world.

GainingEdge brings the expertise of a diverse group of professionals comprising association management expertise, business events market expertise, convention bureau operational expertise, business development expertise as well as convention centre expertise. Their professionals are frequent speakers at industry conferences, serve on advisory bodies and participate in industry initiatives on an international basis.

Their mission is to provide specialist consulting services globally that deliver competitive advantage and sustainable business to their clients.

Montréal, the leading host city in the Americas for international events (UIA 2018), is a hub of higher learning and innovation. The Montréal area is home to no less than 11 university institutions, 200 research centres and 65 international organizations! It ranked among the most reputable and high-tech cities in the world according to The Reputation Institute and Business Insider, respectively. Also known for its nightlife and gastronomic cuisine, Montréal is a safe, cosmopolitan city where French, English and 140 other languages are spoken.

Recipient of the highest quality standards certification in the industry, the Palais des congrès de Montréal houses 48,000 m2 (510,000 sq. ft.) of event rental space, including 113 rooms and spaces equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technology. Located at the heart of a city accessible by plane, train or car, This carbon neutral and BOMA BEST certified venue features a unique architecture, and serves as a customs clearance point by the Canadian border services. Some 16,000 hotel rooms are nearby within a 10-minute walk, 4,000 of which are linked to the Palais via Montréal’s underground city. As a true team player, the Palais works closely with industry partners.

What really sets the Palais experience apart are its creative professionals with a customer satisfaction rate reaching 92%. Our team is passionate about providing outstanding service and working side-by-side with organizers from the bidding phase to the event’s closing by responding to their needs with actions that deliver results.

• 3 auditoriums
• 4 exhibition halls
• 28 meeting rooms
• Zenith Arena.

Within this alluring atmosphere, Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) offers a promising eminence with its desirable location and compelling excesses. The whole concept consists of a high profile characteristic, an impressive 70,000 sq.m garden landscape and a breathtaking Balinese architecture of a total 50,000 sq.m building area which all integrated to create a complete infrastructure for any kind of events. Each detail is developed with our commitment to wholeheartedly demonstrate our work in the most professional way.

An exceptional venues for participants in theatre capacity. It offers a total of 44 multi-multifunctional, flexible rooms including the bigger and sub divisible halls of 4.400 sq.m Nusa Dua Hall, 1.946 sq.m Pecatu Hall, 1.720 Sq.m Singaraja Hall or 920 sq.m Tanjung Benoa Hall.

In delivering world-class events, they offer our 32 fully equipped meeting rooms and 11 offices for break-out sessions, luncheons, dinners, workshops and press conferences.

All these rooms come in a range of sizes and sub-divisble options, giving a great degree of flexibility

Meet in Ireland is a brand owned and managed by Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority. As the first point of contact for many global business tourism operators, they are responsible for helping meeting planners organise successful international MICE events in Ireland, a world-class destination for meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE). Ireland offers so many exciting opportunities and Meet in Ireland is dedicated to making them available to an international network.

Congress Organizers

Poland Convention Bureau Polish Tourist Organisation runs the Recommendation Program for  Profesional Congress Organizers. Our Recommendation Program is addresses to  companies which render congress servise in Poland and have experience, equipment and qualified staff to organize congresses for 250 as well as 500 participants.

List of Congress Organizers

• Support Staff
• Staging
• Design and creation of projects
• Construction of stands
• Furniture
• Lighting, sound and video-projection
• Signage and posters
• Rigging
• Terracing/stands
• Capacity adjustment system in Auditorium
• Catering
• Communications
• Simultaneous translation
• Hire of translation cabins
• Public address system
• Analogue lines, RDSI and ADSL
• WiFi
• Other services
• Medical Service for attendance at events
• Technical advisory services and project implementation for special events
• Occupational risk prevention service for event assembly/staging
• Florist and decoration
• Security
• Cleaning
  

Taipei City Government objectives are:

• Build a sustainable environment for travel and tourism industry
• Construct a global brand of top MICE destination
• Promote smart city tourism
• Embrace creativity, diversity, inclusivity and partnership

Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) is dedicated to delivering Turkey as a brand and a popular destination in both domestic and international tourism markets; discover, develop and promote tangible and intangible natural, cultural, biological and man-made heritage assets; boost the tourism capacity of Turkey, increase the rate of tourism investments in the national economy and raise the quality of service with short, medium and long-term communication and marketing activities.

Uganda Convention Bureau is the unit within Uganda Tourism Board set up to focus on growing the MICE sector in Uganda. 

Its fundamental role is to offer impartial advice, guidance and support to international meeting and event planners through every stage of planning. UCB plays an important strategic role in supporting Government goals for MICE tourism, increasing the country’s market share and thus helping drive the economic development agenda forward. 

A member of both ICCA and SITE, Uganda Convention Bureau adheres to international best practices for Convention Bureaus providing advisory services, pre- and post-bid support, destination expertise, event planning support and on-site services to clients.

Over a billion pounds has been invested in the city’s tourism product over recent years, from world-class venues and experiences, to brand new hotels, bars and restaurants . The Belfast business tourism product is trusted and the team at Visit Belfast always go the extra mile for clients, that is why Belfast was crowned Best Events destination by C&IT two years in a row.

Lonely Planet hailed the city the ‘Best region to visit in the World’. The city loves winning awards, but the best accolade of all is the happiness and success of clients who place their trust in us to deliver outstanding experiences.

Visit Belfast has an experienced team of business tourism professionals who offer free and impartial advice and support on all aspects of organising your conference, meeting or event in Belfast. 

To support tourism recovery, Tourism Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council and Visit Belfast have launched a major new £1m scheme to help associations to host their conference and meetings in Belfast.