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Meeting for Congress Organisers Emphasises Ambition for Further Growth

19 October 2012

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Meeting for congress organisers emphasises ambition for further growth

With a total of 32 international congresses in the city, in 2011 Utrecht climbed from the 249th place to the 179th in the ICCA world ranking. Following the ambition of the Dom city to profile itself as the centrally located congress city in the Netherlands, the UMC, the Utrecht University and the Utrecht Tourism Convention Bureau held a meeting for congress organisers last week. Radiologist Dr Tim Leiner was appointed the first ambassador of Utrecht (‘Laudatores Trajectini’).

During the meeting that was held in late September, over 20 scientists and professors of authoritative Utrecht knowledge institutes were informed of the options for holding congresses in Utrecht.

Dr Tim Leiner, host of the 24

th international Magnetic Resonance Angiography Conference, which was held in September in the UMC Utrecht, shared his experiences as initiator. He said it was a very successful congress with foreign congress participants who were impressed of the magnificent city of Utrecht and the added value of the Utrecht Convention Bureau. Dr Leiner was also nominated first ambassador of Utrecht (‘Laudatores Trajectini’) and received a certificate from Monique André de la Porte of the Utrecht Convention Bureau.

CONVENTION BUREAU

Since late 2010, the Utrecht Convention Bureau (UCB) supports congress initiators in holding their congress in Utrecht. The independent UCB is part of Utrecht Tourism and informs and consults about the options the city has to offer as a congress destination. The bureau works with a rapidly expanding partner network and avails of practical means such as a convenient congress manual, an online location finder and funding for the production of prospectuses and financing of site inspections.

For more information about the Utrecht Convention Bureau, go to www.utrechtconventionbureau.com
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