摘要
2013年6月30日至7月3日,国际会议中心协会(AIPC)年会在南非开普敦举行。会上,代表们分享了会议产业的相关议题,并选举出了新的董事会主席和董事会成员。悉尼国际会展中心兼AEG Ogde集团首席执行官Geoff Donaghy先生当选AIPC董事会主席。他表示,“今天,在全球会议行业内,尤其是会议中心的经营方面,面临着前所未有的挑战,而这对那些有创新意识的场馆而言,意味着非常好的机遇。在这样的背景下加入AIPC领导层,我觉得非常感激。我深信,我们现在有很好的机会,能够进一步将会议中心促进经济发展的作用彰显出来,达到政府的要求。在这个领域,AIPC将能够发挥真正的促进作用。同时,我们也将尽职尽责地以调查研究、实施项目、分享培训资源等方式来帮助AIPC会员解决问题,提高管理绩效。”
Q:What were the main issues that emerged at the most recent AIPC Conference in Cape Town?A:The single biggest issue,as measured in a very comprehensive member performance and confidence survey we carry out each year in advance of the Conference,remains the growing competition amongst convention cent res today and how centres can best deal with this.A close second-and related-issue is the ongoing uncertainty associated with a slow and uneven economic recovery in many parts of the world and the impact this is having on both event business and the kind of investment needed to ensure centres remain competitive.
