Professsional business and incentive travel leaders, international PCOs and DMCs will provide rich market information, share the latest analysis and trends on incentive travel, conference & meetings market, hotel performances and profitability in Central and Eastern European countries. These practical and informative mini seminars are designed to inspire all travel industry clients to strategically plan and prepare to face "key challenges", explore consumer trends and tap new market opportunities.

Free entrance for all exhibitors

Seminar Speakers and Presentations at ECECIBT 2010 / 25 June 2010 Friday

1. Mrs. Carolyn Dow / Director of Society of Incentive Travel Executives, SITE Europe

TOPIC: The Proof that Motivational Experiences Really do Work !

2. Mr. Jens Thraenhart / Publisher of ChinaTravelTrends.com + Dragon Trail China

TOPIC: "Leveraging the complex and powerful online and social media landscape in China to market to the fastest growing and most lucrative outbound tourism market in the world"

3. Mr. Antonio Ducceschi, CMM / Meeting Professionals International, MPI

TOPIC: Future Watch 2010 and MPI's Business Barometer: An outlook on the status of the business and trends that will influence our industry. The Future Watch 2010 study is conducted by American Express through a survey to almost 2.000 influential meeting professionals, both planners and supplier and gives extremely interesting findings on the trends that will impact the world of meetings and events in the coming months.

4. Michel Neijmann / IAPCO Training Academy

TOPIC: Education as a guide on the road of quality in congress and meeting planning.

5. Mr.Dieter Hardt-Stremayr, current European Cities Marketing ECM President and CEO of Graz Tourism

TOPIC: ECM's strategies in general and marketing tools for the region /Central and East Europe)

6. Ms. Hajar Ali, Founder / Urbane Nomads, Singapore

TOPIC: The importance of promoting cultural-specific tourism for all forms of international incentive business travel, with a highlight on authentic experiences.

7. Prof. Wolfgang Arlt, CEO of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute

TOPIC: The new strategies, trends and tendancies of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute's 2010 and 2011 travel forecast for Central and East Europe region.

8. Mr. Feyyaz Yalcin, Member of Board, TURSAB (Assosation of Turkish Travel Agencies)
   

TOPIC: The strategic role of DMCs and travel agencies when organizing national and international meetings and conferences.

9. Mr. Christopher Korenke, Vice President Commercial, Star Alliance Services GmbH

TOPIC: The new services offered by Star Alliance Group to convention planners and frequent congress travelers international.