30 May 2010
| Dubai
DUBAI AND THE POWER OF 8
In February 2000, the world’s first convention bureau alliance was born.
The BestCities Global Alliance.
Ten years on, Rick Antonson, one of the Founding Fathers reflects: “When BestCities was launched, it was with the ambition to bring talented convention destinations together to learn from each other, and to provide clients continuity, focused help and the highest professional standards as their conferences moved around the world. Today, BestCities is such a solid concept of cooperative sales and shared professional development, that if it didn’t exist, we’d have to invent it.”
Each partner in the alliance – Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Edinburgh, Melbourne, San Juan, Singapore and Vancouver – is committed to sharing bid intelligence, exchanging business leads and participate in client referrals. Association client events will remain the focus of the alliance’s sales activities with Vancouver and Melbourne each hosting a client workshop in 2010.
The Dubai Convention Bureau has been an active member of BestCities since 2003 and has successfully passed two external audits by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA). Like the other alliance partners, Dubai Convention Bureau is audited twice per year, once internally and once by Lloyd’s, to ensure only the highest of standards are available to clients.
“When working with the Dubai Convention Bureau, international meeting planners can be assured of not only receiving consistently high customer service standards but also that there will be an unsurpassed delegate experience for their attendees.” Says BestCities Board Member, Hamad bin Mejren
Ten years on, the energy and commitment within the alliance continues burning brightly.
Photo caption : BestCities Global Alliance celebrates 10 years together at IMEX 2010
Note:
BestCities is the first global alliance to put in place a certification programme – with standards certified by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) - to ensure a consistent level of convention bureau service excellence from all partner cities. BestCities Partners are Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Edinburgh, Melbourne, San Juan, Singapore and Vancouver.
