50th ICCA Congress - Leipzig, Germany 2011

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Deutsche Bahn AG (German Railways) is one of the world’s leading passenger and logistics companies and operates in 130 countries. The company’s railway activities in Germany are the core business: every day, they move about five million passengers and 857,000 tons of freight on their modern rail track network which is 34,000 kilometres long. Strategically, DB aims at expanding its international operations, and at linking together all modes of transport. Another focus is on environmentally friendly services.

Fairgourmet, founded in 1995 and strongly rooted in Kempinski Gastronomy, belongs to the Leipzig Trade Fair Group and is one of the best caterers in Central Germany. Their portfolio includes catering for trade shows, conferences and events within the property of Leipzig Trade Fair and at other locations in Central Germany and beyond. Their corporate culture places emphasis on responsibility towards their employees, responsibility towards society, and towards the enviroment as the most eminent ressource. Fairgourmet was awarded the German “Q seal” for outstanding service quality.

Under the headline “Space – Experience – Service” Fairnet offers a wide range of services and products and is one of Germany's leading service providers in the exhibition and meetings industry. At more than 80 national and international trade shows per year, Fairnet creates spaces and exhibition stands which clearly communicate their clients’ messages. Furthermore, Fairnet designs and implements more than 55 events per year with attendance figures of up to 150,000 people. Their portfolio of services ranges from a brochure rack for an exhibition stand to banquet seating for a large social function, or the complete construction of purpose-built auditoria and other structures at a congress.

The mission of the German Convention Bureau (GCB) is the international marketing of Germany as a meeting destination. This includes promoting the destination, and at the same time give meeting planners concrete advice and information about German destinations, venues, infrastructures and other factors related to organising meetings in Germany. With over 250 members, the GCB brings together leading national providers under one roof, from hotels and event agencies to congress centres and cities.

Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH (LTM) is responsible for promoting Leipzig as a tourist, a meeting and a business destination. So, LTM is Leipzig’s official Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. They offer a comprehensive range of services for meeting planners, and they are your partners if you are searching for professional services in Leipzig. Their portfolio of services includes: hotel accommodation, conference venue finding and services, city tours, cultural activities, social programs, transfer services and others. LTM is a member of ICCA and of the German Convention Bureau.

With more than 800 years of history, Leipzig Trade Fair is one of the world's oldest trade fairs. The state-of-the-art exhibition and congress centre, opened in 1996, is regarded as the finest-looking trade show venue in Europe. By staging 35–45 trade shows and exhibitions annually along with nearly 120 international conventions, top-class events and corporate functions, attracting a total of 12,700 exhibitors and approx. 1.6 million visitors, Leipzig has entered the ranks of Germany's top ten exhibition centres. Various subsidiary companies round off Leipzig Trade Fair’s service offer: be it stand design and construction, be it catering, or be it the organisation of trade shows abroad.

Germany's air ambassador, Deutsche Lufthansa rivals the world's largest airline companies. Via its subsidiaries, the carrier operates more than 530 aircraft from hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, and Zurich. It flies passengers to some 250 destinations worldwide, not counting those served by code-sharing partners. (Code-sharing enables airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) Lufthansa's partners include fellow members of the Star Alliance, such as United Continental's United Airlines and Continental. The company's Lufthansa Cargo unit is a leading global airfreight carrier; Lufthansa also has interests in aircraft maintenance, catering, and information technology businesses.

The LVB Leipzig Transport Society operates the public transport network of the Greater Leipzig Area. For meeting planners, they offer custom-made mobility management for functions, congress and major events. This includes logistics concepts, transfers and VIP shuttles. Particularly attractive are the congress ticket arrangements, where conference delegates can use public transport throughout the event at a specially discounted rate. Guests simply use their attendee pass of the conference as a travel ticket. Terms and conditions are tailored to the format and the duration of the congress, and to attendee needs.

Omnibusverkehr Leupold OHG is a Leipzig-based coach bus company. Their service portfolio ranges from simple transfers to round trips for several hundred people. Fast and professional, they offer the kind of service international meeting planners expect. Services of Omnibusverkehr Leupold include: charter transport , bus tourism, city tours, transfers / shuttles, round-the-clock customer service, and tours with Parisian vintage buses built in 1932.

Founded in Munich in 1912, Sixt car rental company today is a worldwide mobility service provider, and still expanding steadily. In Germany and Austria, Sixt is already the market leader. Sixt rents top-class cars to its customers at very low prices. With the world's largest BMW and Mercedes Benz fleet, the latest models of top car makes, sports cars, convertibles, jeeps and trucks, Sixt meets the requirements of all its customers. Both private and business customers find innovative solutions for their mobility needs at many stations throughout Germany. Worldwide, Sixt also impresses with high service and product quality, customer-orientation and constant improvement.

Star Alliance network is the global leading airline network, in terms of daily flights, destinations and countries flown to and amount of member airlines. It was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer customers worldwide reach and a smooth travel experience. The member airlines of the Star Alliance network are among the most respected in the world. In order to become members, all airlines must comply with the highest industry standards of customer service, security and technical infrastructure. Together, they offer convenient and comfortable travel to almost any destination in the world.

Leipzig is a German city that boasts unique cultural wealth, powerful modern infrastructures, and belongs to the quality leaders among German meeting destinations. With a population of 521,000, Leipzig is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony and in the new states of Germany. Since the middle Ages, Leipzig has been one of the major European centres of learning and culture and enjoys particular fame as a City of Music. Leipzig played a significant role in the fall of communism in Eastern Germany, through events taken place in and around St. Nikolai Church. Since the Reunification of Germany, Leipzig has undergone significant change with the restoration of historical buildings and the development of a modern transport infrastructure. In 2006, Leipzig hosted key games in the World Cup. The Administration of the city, including the Lord Mayor, give their full support to the ICCA Congress.

The Free State of Saxony is a federal state located in the southeastern part of Germany, and it is the sixth most populous of Germany's sixteen states (4.3 million inhabitants). Located in the historical heart of German-speaking Europe, the history of the state of Saxony spans more than a millennium. Saxony has well preserved historic towns, and the cities of Dresden and Leipzig are known as a primary destination for foreign tourists. The Free State of Saxony represents an area of unrivalled natural beauty, a rich cultural landscape, and centuries old traditions. Saxony has the most vibrant economy among the states of former East Germany. Economically, it is Germany’s fastest growing region. Saxony is a high-tech location and undertakes highly sophisticated research projects. The Free State is internationally known by the names “Silicon Saxony”, “Autoland Saxony” and “BioSaxony”.

Bedouk provides the leading search tools in the Meeting & Conference Industry. It is dedicated to connect international conference, congress and meeting buyers with suppliers (Conference Centres, Hotels, CVBs, PCOs etc.) through : The Bedouk Worldwide Meeting Planners' Guide; Bedouk.com (over 10000 references in more than 100 countries); Bedouk Exhibition MC&IT and the Bedouk Venue Finder Service.

Taiwan – The Place To Meet
There are many good reasons to hold important meetings in Taiwan. Taiwan is a safe, green, clean destination. Delegates will feel at ease when discovering the many facets of this beautiful island. The people of Taiwan are renowned for their hospitality and courtesy. Costs in Taiwan compare favorably with other regional nations. Event organisers are frequently impressed by the value of money. Taiwan is centrally located, only a short flight from most major cities in Asia and connecting to 30 major Chinese cities. Not only is traveling to Taiwan convenient – public transport network offers easy access to places of interest island wide, ideal for both business and pleasure excursions.

The Taiwan MICE Advancement Program is a special task force, sponsored by the Bureau of Foreign Trade, branded globally under the name of MEET TAIWAN, to promote Taiwan’s unique business events industry. For details, please visit www.meettaiwan.com, your first point of contact in Taiwan!

The Leipzig Erleben GmbH offers various guided sightseeing activities in and around Leipzig. Their portfolio includes guided walking tours, sightseeing tours by bus, and excursions. Their 80 certified guides make sightseeing tours to all the important sights of Leipzig an interesting experience. There are daily walking tours, and bus tours with modern coaches, nostalgic buses and double deck coaches. Furthermore, Leipzig Erleben organises individual tours, daytrips, visits to various museums and special Leipzig programs for excursion groups, special interest groups, companies, associations, students and young people.

Next year CAT Publications celebrates 25 years as the premier specialists in meetings industry media and proud hosts of ICCA’s CAT Night.

CAT Publishes:
Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine - the UK market leader
Association Meetings International - dedicated to the international association market
ConventionSource.com - the worldwide convention venues directory online
Meetpie.com - the event industry's leading portal

Since the ICCA Congress in Copenhagen in 2002, the ICCA Denmark members have been proud sponsors of the plenary session and keynote address at the annual ICCA Congress. The key note address is called The Copenhagen - Denmark Lecture and since 2002 several very prominent and interesting speakers have delivered the keynote address. Some of those are Archbishop and Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tuto, Branding guru Martin Lindstrom, author Dan Heath and Chief Belief Officer Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik.

EIBTM in Barcelona provides 3 days of the best business opportunities, best networking and best professional education for the global meetings industry.
EIBTM brings together a global visitor audience of over 7,000 with an extensive marketplace of international exhibitors. Over 3,300 visitors are senior decision makers attending as Hosted Buyers.
The Reed Travel Exhibitions portfolio of Meetings & Incentive Exhibitions provides truly global face-to-face business and networking opportunities. This portfolio includes: AIME in Australia, GIBTM in UAE, CIBTM in China-P.R., EIBTM in Spain and AIBTM in U.S.A.

IMEX is the Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events. It is unique in attracting both a major international gathering of Hosted Buyers (who travel and stay free as guests of the organisers) together with a large representation of decisions makers from the influential German market. IMEX attracts over 3,500 Hosted Buyers from 50 world markets plus more than 3,000 German buyers representing the 3rd largest outbound market for meetings and incentive travel.
Working in partnership with ICCA, the innovative Association Day and Evening – the day prior to IMEX – attracts 250 Association Buyers to a special programme of educational and networking sessions. All ICCA members exhibiting at IMEX are entitled to attend this function giving them one of the best opportunities in the year to meet association buyers face-to-face. ICCA also organises its mid-year sector and chapter meetings at IMEX, plus a host of seminars, workshops and receptions during the exhibition.

From 2005 the ICCA Italian Committee Association groups together the highest professional planners and suppliers that Italy can offer in the meeting industry, referring to the ICCA International Association.

Members are based in Italy's various regions and are diverse, therefore guaranteeing a complete range of offers and solutions to the clients.

The ICCA Italian Committee Association has a very simple yet primary mission:
promoting Italy as a destination for international Congresses and Conventions.

The aim of the Association is to further strengthen the Italian offer and its positioning on the international market, by fostering teamwork and establishing synergies. Networking among members and exchange of experiences is also vital as it enables clients to obtain the best possible solution when in our country.

Contact us:
Associazione Italian Committee ICCA
Federica Lucini - Chairman
Convention Bureau della Riviera di Rimini
Via della Fiera, 52 - IT-47923 RIMINI (RN)
Tel. +39 0541 711508 - Fax +39 0541 711405
lucini@riminiconvention.it

We are a non-profit service unit within the MTB; the one-stop shop for your next event in Mexico; bank of information of all the Mexican suppliers.
The Mexican Tourism Board (MTB), through its Mexico Convention Bureau (MCB) offers you the range of destinations and venues, as well as it facilitates a successful organization of your event with the support of the private and public sectors, which will help professionally in bringing you the necessary comfort and tranquility.
The MCB, is the federal bureau that generates and coordinates the country’s strategy for the Meeting Industry through the union of efforts of the Mexican Government, Mexican suppliers and the 56 Convention and Visitors Bureaus of the country. Its purpose is to increase the competitiveness and visibility of the Mexican meeting industry product for the optimal organization of Meetings, Congresses, Conventions, Incentive Travel, Fairs and Expos.

The Seoul Tourism Organization (STO) was founded in February 2008 to serve as a full spectrum tourism industry promotion organisation. STO engages in convention support, event planning services and promotional campaigns in its mission to attract a growing number of visitors to Korea's capital. To ensure the success of your MICE event in Seoul, the STO promises to deliver an unprecedented quality of service with complete support from A to Z. The STO is your well prepared partner!

The m:con – mannheim:congress GmbH organizes congresses and events at the Congress Centre Rosengarten, as well as other locations in Germany and Europe. m:con also provides most modern event and congress technology that ensures smooth processes during the entire event.
The m:con Congress Center Rosengarten, with an area of more than 22,000 square metres, offers a platform to realize holistic congresses, authentic events, and extraordinary moments. Please visit www.mcon-mannheim.de

Dresden Marketing GmbH, founded in October 2008, is a company owned 100% by the City of Dresden. Their mission is the national and international marketing of Dresden. This includes the branding of Dresden as a tourist, business and meeting destination, designing and implementing a communication strategy and all relevant print and online means of communication, networking among all structures and activities that help promote Dresden, and the coordination of events, meetings and conferences.

Opened in 1878, The Leipzig Zoological Garden looks back on a long and proud tradition of animal keeping. It displays a great biodiversity and has firmly established itself as one of the city's most popular event and leisure venues. The Zoo covers about 225,000 m² and contains 6,700 animals of 900 different species. Animals can be observed in their natural habitats. These include the world's largest great apes enclosure Pongoland, the lion savannnah Makasi Simba, the Tiger Taiga, the Elephants’ Temple, and the Kiwara Savannah which is devoted to the continent of Africa. Leipzig Zoo takes seriously its responsibility for all animals and wants to win its visitors over to the protection of this world.

International Confex, owned by global media business UBM, is the leading annual event for the for the events industry and is the UK’s biggest exhibition for people organising congresses and conventions worldwide. More than 12,000 visitors attended in 2011 to see the latest venues and destinations on offer; learn from the experts through the cutting-edge educational programme and network with industry peers.
On 6-8 March 2012, the 29th International Confex will relocate from Earls Court to London ExCeL, and will feature over 900 exhibitors within three sectors: Location, Logistics and Something Special including everything from 5* conference venues to caterers and registration companies. In addition, attendees can benefit from a packed schedule of seminars and clinics offering unrivalled knowledge and advice, access to exclusive networking areas, the Confex Loyalty Programme plus a range of exciting new features…to be announced shortly.
UBM (United Business Media) informs markets and bring the world’s buyers and sellers together through events, online news, publications and data services. The company focuses on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, to journalists and jewellery traders, to marketeers and event organisers around the world.

A Porsche is no ordinary vehicle. Each car offers an incomparable experience that begins long before it is driven for the first time. In fact, it all starts with the concept.

With its combination of conference facilities and attractive support programmes, breathtaking architecture, versatile meeting rooms, modern equipment and insights into vehicle production of Cayenne and Panamera, Porsche Leipzig is a unique location. The opportunity to drive a Porsche on the test track, as a 'co-pilot' next to a professional Porsche instructor or directly behind the wheel – a unique experience for your guests. A visit to Porsche Leipzig is the ideal way to combine business with pleasure.

The Spotme wireless handheld is a unique all-in-one solution which accelerates networking (People List, Spotting, Radar, Electronic Business Card Exchange), improves interactivity (Voting, Surveys, Q&A, Games) and electronically handles complex onsite logistics (Personalized Agenda, Messaging, Attendance Tracking). Spotme will integrate seamlessly into your meetings and provides you with powerful tools to make it a great experience!

„Yes, we can…“ was always our philosophy since 1998 when we established Zatisi Catering.
Zátiší Catering Group has become a leading Czech Restaurant & Catering company operating four premier restaurants and a top quality catering business. Zatisi Catering operates across the Czech Republic and Central Europe with headquarters in Prague and an office in Budapest.
Creative ideas- delicious food- service excellence- unique inventory- great value for money - WOW service.
Zatisi Catering is General Caterer for the Prague Congress Centre and Žofín Palace.

Busan CVB works to attract international conferences to Busan and support convention organizers in planning perfect meetings. Successfully hosting the2010 ITS World Congress, the 2012 International Water Association Conference and 2013 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Busan continues to improve as a MICE destination and in 2010 was ranked as the 4th most popular convention destination in Asia by the Union of International Association's statistics.

R&C Market Research Company have pleasure in inviting you to participate in Europe+Asia Event Forum (EFEA), which will take place on 18-20 January 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

EFEA is a communication site for the MICE industry professionals that provides an opportunity to establish international relations and expand business networking in the market of the former USSR territories, to meet a large number of foreign industry players, those that have been present on the Russian market for a while and those just entering it alike.

Participation in the Forum is a guarantee that you will learn all about the most recent trends of the exhibition and congress industry, gain a maximum of useful and topical information, and it will also provide you with a chance to present your own plans and ideas to the professional community and expand your business network.