World PCO Alliance announces growth
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The alliance, consisting of 20 professional congress organisers worldwide, has handled over 500 congresses with over 450,000 delegates in 2013.
In another, less common move, it announces that its japanese member, Congress Corporation has opened their own convention center in Osaka. It is the first new convention center in Japan to be built, managed and operated by a PCO. Agencies managing venues is not common, and its impact on the reaction of other agencies remains to be seen…
The alliance also confirms the trend towards shorter lead times: AOSCE in Malaysia and ICS have experienced this trend. AOSCE secured in February 2014 three large events to be held this year and in 2013 ICS secured an event of 8,000 delegates with only 3 weeks lead time. Reactiveness is more important than ever.
