“There is certainly a Christmas character to the end-of-the-year event that has Polish Tourism Organisation joining forces with Saint Nick. I am glad that we could present recommendations to as many as 17 companies (with two receiving double distinctions) standing out from their competition. The end of the year is also a good time to take a look back. This was an outstanding year for Polish tourism, including the business tourism sector. We wish everyone involved in the meetings industry an even more successful year ahead”, says Robert Andrzejczyk.

In addition, the President of POT announced that starting with January 2019 Poland Convention Bureau will become a self-governing unit within the structures of Polish Tourism Organisation’s Department of Strategy and Marketing. Before the ceremony of presenting recommendations, Aneta Książek, newly appointed head of the unit, discussed the operations PCB is planning to hold next year in order to bolster the meetings industry.

 In 2019 Poland Convention Bureau will be undertaking promotional initiatives following the “Poland - smart move” slogan. The list of tools intended to implement the activities in question involves trade fairs, foreign workshops, programmes of recommendations and congress ambassadors, fam trips, statistical research, as well as membership in international organisations.

The first part of the meeting ended with a speech by a special guest, Agnieszka Ciesielska of the EventowaBlogerka.pl blog, who discussed how to draw the attention of customers with a unique event scenario.

Finally, it was time to present the certificates, which were handed out in three categories: PCO (Professional Congress Organizer), ITC (Incentive Travel Company) and CB (Convention Bureau). The recommended companies (see below for their full list) will receive a lot of publicity through PCB POT operations, i.a. information in promotional brochures, presentations for foreign organisers, as well as a website and social media. In addition, the discussed organisers are invited to participate in undertakings staged by POT, such as presentations, international trade fairs, fam trips, workshops, training sessions, etc.

Recommendations for 2019-2020 were presented to:

in the PCO category:

Allegro Brand Experience Agency,

Furnel Travel International Sp. z o.o.,

ICP Group SA,

PolandPops Meetings & Incentives,

Poznań International Fair – Poznań Congress Center.

in the ITC category:

ICP Group SA,

Intercrac DMC Poland,

Jan-Pol DMC Poland,

Maestro Meetings & Incentives sp. z o.o.,

Mazurkas DMC Poland,

PolandPops Meetings & Incentives,

Tarifa sp. z o.o.,

Travel Projekt DMC Poland,

Vengo DMC Poland.

in the CBx category:

Gdańsk Convention Bureau,

Kraków Convention Bureau,

Poznań Convention Bureau,

Warsaw Convention Bureau,

Convention Bureau - Wrocław