Global President Neil Pompan CMP, (President of Pompan Hospitality Global) announced the formation of a new chapter of The International Association of Conference Centers to be called IACC Europe.
The new chapter consists of 100 existing IACC members in Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, and Belgium.
This is consistent with the global association’s restructuring that led to the establishment of IACC Americas last year along with a third chapter, IACC Australia, which began in 1997.
The new chapter has a “Representative Board of Directors” with each nation in the chapter having at least one active member on the board.
The officers of the European board include:
- Chair, Jeu Bressers (Conference Center Kapellerput, The Netherlands)
- Vice Chair, Philippe Attia (Dolce Hotels and Resorts, France)
- Secretary, Mark Cooper (The Sundial Group, England)
- Treasurer, Lotta Boman (Sigtunahöjden Hotel & Conference, Sweden)
In establishing the new chapter, members of the Board created the chapter’s mission and vision and agreed to include both in the chapter’s by-laws:
The mission is “to provide a European and global forum for discussion on non-competitive issues and to provide opportunities for global networking, inspiration and education to assist members in their business.”
The vision is “by the end of 2015, IACC Europe shall have reached 200 members, be a valuable resource for communication and networking among members and well-known among meeting decision makers.”
According to Pompan, combining all the European country-based chapters of IACC under one continental umbrella of IACC Europe, “increases our organization’s credibility and exposure around the globe."
"It also provides the foundation for increasing the value of membership to the facility members of the new chapter. IACC now has three strong geographic footholds and with it, the ability to promote the Total Meeting Experience around the world.”
