The European Cities Marketing organisation announced a new president, executive committee and board members at its General Assembly and conference in Dubrovnik recently.
The marketing consortium launched the first steps in its ECM Strategy for 2017-2020 and also created an additional vice-president position dedicated to city marketing.
Dieter Hardt-Stremayr (pictured) from Graz, Austria, was elected the association’s new president for a two-year period and Petra Stusek from Ljubljana, Slovenia, is the new vice-president dedicated to leisure and tourism and Eduard Pieter Oud from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, will be the new vice-president dedicated to city marketing.
The newly elected board members are as follows: Ignasi de Delàs (Barcelona, Spain), Bettina Reventlow-Mourier (Copenhagen, Denmark), Barbara Jamison (London, UK), Nicolas Lefebvre (Paris, France) and Marta Stawińska (Poznań, Poland).
Bettina Bunge (Dresden, Germany) pursues her role as vice-president dedicated to the meetings industry and Philippe Vignon (Geneva, Switzerland) carries on with his role as treasurer. Pier Paolo Mariotti (Bolzano, Italy), Erwin Van de Wiele (Ghent, Belgium) and Goran Pavlović (Opatija, Croatia) continue their mandates as ECM board members.
“It’s a real honour for me to have been elected ECM president once again,” said Hardt-Stremayr. “This responsibility is also a challenge, considering the difficult times and the transformations that DMOs are facing. But I am convinced that our strategic approach focusing on city marketing and the balance between residents, business travellers and visitors will help our destinations in their holistic position to stand still. I am really thrilled to take part in this adventure.”
ECM is the only non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the competitiveness and performance of leading cities of Europe by providing a platform for convention, leisure and city marketing professionals to exchange knowledge, best practice and widen their network to build new business. ECM has members in 100 major cities in 36 countries.
