V CONVENTION FEDERCONGRESSI & EVENTI STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH. Turin, 15-16 March 2012.

1. Gdańsk Convention Bureau
Anna Górska
Chief Executive Officer

2. GDAŃSK Thousand years tradition of a modern city…
Vibrant city numbering almost half a million citizens
and a capital of a 800.000 people agglomeration
Place of change – Gdansk played vital part in
communist regime overthrowing in Europe
The city of Lech Walesa
- Peace Nobel Prize holder
A growing port city – Polish sea gate to the world
A place where World War II - the most brutal
conflict in the history of humanity - began
World’s capital of amber

3. Gdańsk & Region where business meets
7 hotels***** 744 rooms 1457 beds
7 hotels**** 880 rooms 1594 beds
23 hotels*** 1 619 rooms 3 330 beds
17 hotels ** 603 rooms 1 214 beds
54 hotels 3 846 rooms 7 565 beds

4. The biggest Convention Centers
PGE Arena – 42 000
NEW! Amber EXPO – 3 halls x 4000
Ergo Arena Hall – 15 000
The Sports and Show Hall Gdynia – 4 300
Polish Baltic Philharmonic Hall – 1 200
The Sheraton Sopot Hotel, Conference Center & Spa - 650
The Hilton Gdańsk Hotel – 530

5. Gdańsk Convention Bureau Structure
GTO Gdańsk Tourist Organization
Supervisory Council
GTO Board
Chief Executive Officer Deputy CEO
GCB Gdansk Convention GTO Marketing
Bureau Department
GTO Office Tourist Information

6. Agreements - Partnerships
Gdańsk, Sopot & Gdynia
Pomerania Regional Tourist Organisation
Jonkoping Convention Bureau

7. 120 members
% hoteliers
PCOs
Membership fee
GCB recommendation for PCOs
GCB do not organize conferences

8. What we do
Promote Gdańsk & Region as the
conference destination
Active in the International Associations
Ambassadors Programme
Educate
Statistics

9. Free for members
Trade shows
Road Shows
Tricity Academy of Business Tourism Organizers
Study tours
Promotional materials: cataloque, website
Promotional materials in it
GCBstats
Incentives offers
Planned GCB app for mobile phones

10. Cooperation with the City
Promotional materials
Mayor ‘s Presence during big events
Sponsoring of the Gala Dinners
Mayor’s support for statistics
Help - institutional matters
IMEX Politicians Forum

11. Problems
The City Hall organizes meetings on its own
Not understanding the role of CVB

12. Number of meetings in Gdansk & Region
in 2011
Number of
Area meetings %
Gdańsk 2 525 50%
Sopot 1 027 20%
Gdynia 305 6%
Region 1 229 24%
Total 5 086 100%

13. Statistics
Main business meetings fields

14. Place of Number of
origin meetings %
Poland 4 828 94,9%
Europe 239 4,7%
America 19 0,4%
Total 5 086 100,0%
Business meetings in 2011
Comparison
Percentage of domestic and international meetings

15. Number of
Area participants %
Gdańsk 243 637 64%
Sopot 59 372 16%
Gdynia 37 991 10%
Region 41 967 11%
Total 382 967 100%
Number of business meetings participants
in Gdańsk & Region in 2011

16. Number of meetings and events
in Poland in 2010
(Poland Convention Bureau Report)
Gdańsk
Sopot
Gdynia

17. Value of meetings
e.g. ICCA Research, Sales and Marketing
Programme 2011
220 800 USD
(ICCA: 736 USD x 3days x 100 pax)
Know-how and technology transfer
Exchange of experience and knowledge
International promotion aspect

19. International promotion

20. Local cooperation

21. Children's Home on Trakt
Speaker’s fee
Regional sweets
Toiletries

23. Touching moments…

24. Find out more at www.gdanskconvention.pl

25. See you all in
GDAŃSK!