WORLD – The World PCO Alliance is reporting 15 per cent growth for 2013. Alliance members now include 20 professional organisers worldwide who put together 500 congresses with over 450,000 delegates in 2013.
Per Ankaer (pictured), from ICS – International Conference Services in Denmark, Alliance President, says: “The constant development of sharing knowledge internationally among our members as well as using best practice has meant that more associations and organisations have put their trust in WPCOA members in 2013”.
This, he says, has made the local PCOs stronger in their home markets and helped them take the lead in the development of new concepts within the meeting industry.
“Our Japanese PCO member, Congress Corporation, has opened its own Knowledge Capital – Congrès Convention Center (CCC) – in a strategic facility in the newly redeveloped area north of Osaka Station. It is the first new convention centre in Japan to be built, managed and operated by a PCO, and can accommodate 3,000 delegates.”
A recent WPCOA study shows that lead times continue to get shorter with a trend toward larger events, Ankaer added.
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