Convene opens hosted buyer registration for 2016

EUROPE – Baltic meetings industry trade show, Convene, has opened registration for  applications for its hosted buyer programme for the 2016 edition. Convene 2016 will be the fourth edition of the regional show and takes place in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, once again. The programme offers selected buyers complimentary return travel, transfers, hotel accommodation, a welcome reception and gala networking event, full daytime and evening refreshments as well as the opportunity of applying for a place on one of a number of fam trips out into region’s destinations. Event director Jolanta Beniuliene says: “Convene continues to present the best regional providers of meetings products and services to the international hosted buyer community. The event is tailored to hosted buyer choice-the buyers choose who they want to see and what time of the day they want to have their pre-scheduled meetings. Our high quality educational programme adds an additional dimension to the extensive range of hosted buyer benefits on offer.” Organised by the Vilnius Convention Bureau, in association with Kennedy Integrated Solutions, the event features most of the countries of the Baltic Sea Region. Next year organisers are targeting 165+ hosted buyers from Europe and estimate 3,750 pre-scheduled business appointments will be conducted. They also predict 80 exhibitors from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Russia. Convene 2016 takes place 10-11 February 2016 at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre Litexpo in Vilnius. This year Convene attracted 160 hosted buyers and around 400 visitors. Image courtesy of Jonathan Ramael, BBT Online