Poland Convention Bureau - MICE Presentation

1. POLAND MEETING PLANNER GUIDE

2. Poland Convention Bureau POT
Poland among
the 20. mos.t-
visited
countries in the
world and
Poland Convention Bureau
was created in 2002 as a
department of Polish Tourism
Organisation and is responsible
for the promotion of Poland as
an attractive destination for
meetings and business events.

3. Polish Tourism Organisation has representatives in
14 countries all over the world (covers +30 markets)
19.6 Million
Visitors
***
20 Most-Visited
Countries in the
World
The only Visegrád
Group member
state to be ranked
in the top twenty
of ICCA Raport

4. • Flexibility: the new normal (virtual, hybrid meetings)
• Location in the geographical centre of Europe
• One country, many destinations
• Safety & comfort
• Great transport & accessibility
• New infrastructure & very good level of services
• High value for money
• Venues located in urban centers or wild places
POLAND OFFERS YOU
• Capacity from 1 up 10 000 delegates
• Modern convention centres & academic venues
• Meetings industry professionals
• Activities prepared for different client profiles
• Leading universities, specialized hospitals and research institutes

5. POLAND MEETINGS MARKET OVERVIEW
Poland ranked 19th on the ICCA worldwide country’s rankings 2019
➢ well-established players
• Warsaw (placed 43)
• Kraków (48)
➢vibrant developers
• Poznań (143)
• Gdańsk (159)
• Wrocław (191)
• Katowice (267)
➢emerging destinations
• Łódź (307)
• Lublin

6. PCB POT
OUR LATEST PROJETS
INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE MEETINGS INDUSTRY

7. POLAND ONLINE SITE INSPECTION
Looking ahead at “post-coronavirus” times, the Polish Tourism Organisation – Poland Convention
Bureau, in cooperation with the municipal and regional convention bureau, has launched the first
edition of Poland: Online Site Inspection, a comprehensive online guide for meeting planners.
It allows event organizers to interactively and individually explore the many congress, conference
and event facilities Poland has to offer – from anywhere in the world and at any time.
www.pot.gov.pl/PCB

8. SAFE Meetings and Events
• Safe MICE Venue - latest project intended
to support the meetings industry
• a new self-certification programme
available at
www.bezpiecznyobiekt.pot.gov.pl is
aimed at conference and congress venues
operating in Poland in order to provide
unified sanitary standards.

9. VIRTUAL/HYBRID events, the new normal
Studios for hybrid events:
• ICE Kraków Congress Centre (Krakow)
• Poznań Congres Centre (Poznań)
• International Congress Centre (Katowice)
• Lublin Conference center (Lublin)
• Digital Knowledge Village (Warsaw)
• Avatarland

10. POLAND PLACE & TRANSPORT
15 International Airports
2.5-hr flight time in Europe
LOT Polish Airlines
connects Central and Eastern
Europe with the main destinations
in the region, Western Europe
and the most important business
centers in Asia and North America
LOT Polish Airlines added velue
LOT International Events
LOT Incentive Travel
Warsaw & Krakow
over 110 flight connections to 60 cities across Europe & the world
30 Express Intercity Premium EIP services from Warsaw to Gdynia
Katowice, Kraków and Wrocław

12. LOT for
MICE
PARTNERS
Incentive
Travel
Organizers /
Incentive
Agencies
Organizers of
International
Events
PCO / AMC /
DMC
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LOT network of over 120 destinations worldwide, 91 years of
experience, modern fleet, 2 European hubs, 10 million
passengers a year and over 350 air operations a day*, gives us
confidence that we are the right partner for your International
Event [eg. meeting, conference, congress, exhibition, etc.]
STEP 1
Register International Event at LOT.com
Direct LINK: https://www.lot.com/pl/en/mice
STEP 2
Fill the online form and let us contact you back with tailor
made offer
STEP 3
Organizer sign a contract
STEP 4
Enjoy your travel to the host-city of the event
LOTInternationalEvents
* based on 2019

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BENEFITS for the EVENT ORGANIZER:
• Boost event attendance with great promo-offer
• Fare discounts up on Business, Premium and Economy Class
• Tickets can be purchased individually at lot.com or via selected
IATA agency
BENEFITS for ATTENDEES:
• Attractive discounts for event attendees + travel partners
• Easy, quick, and comfortable booking
• Stay with us longer - your travel can be extend up to 7 days
before / after the event
• Possibility to collect air miles
Please contact us directly for more
information: convention@lot.pl
LOTInternational Events

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LOT for
MICE
PARTNER
S
Incentive
Travel
Organizers /
Incentive
AgenciesOrganizers
of
Internationa
l Events
PCO / AMC /
DMC
On individual request:
• Let us know about your MICE Group / Incentive Group
• Site inspection included
• Best price offer
• Individual group conditions
• Dedicated sales representative
• Larger groups
• and much more…
Partner of:
Please contact us directly for more information: incentive@lot.pl
LOTIncentiveTravel
Please discover what LOT may offer for Incentive Travel partners:

15. The Polish Congress Ambassadors Programme:
• run together by Polish Tourism Organisation (PCB) and Polish
Conference and Congress Association (SKKP)
• 270 Ambassadors from 1998
Local Congress Ambassador Clubs:
Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław and Poznań
Local support Programs
The synergy of academic potential, the institutional support of local government and the establishment of a platform
for cooperation with the business community constitute the right path to accomplishing the goal of boosting the
number of congresses and conferences and a significant development of the meetings industry.

16. ONE COUNTRY, many destinations

17. WARSAW
city full of contrasts
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• centrally located in Europe,
• business, political, scientific, and cultural hub,
• safe (very low crime rate),
• fresh and undiscovered European gem,
• young, creative hub - over 70 universities,
• compact: key hotels, convention & gala dinner venues in the city centre
FLIGHTS : 192
AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 10
HOTEL BEDS: 13 781
EXPO XXI: 12 700

19. WARSAW
(1955 – from 2019 partly under renovation)
(2012)
(1999/ 2009)
(2018)

20. WARSAW
(1955 – from 2019 partly under renovation)
(2012)
(1999/ 2009)
(2018)

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KRAKÓW
the city of KNOWLEDGE
• the historical capital of Poland, the leading center of academic, cultural, and artistic life
• the second largest city in Poland (approx.750.000 inhabitants)
• 23 universities – Jagiellonian University (the oldest in CEE), 180 000 students
• 100 scientific and research unit
• 55 Congress Ambasadors (2019)
• over 6000 business meetings every year
• FLIGHTS: 110
• AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 11
• HOTEL BEDS: 11 000
• ICE KRAKÓW: 1 915

23. And…
ICE Krakow Centre (2014)
Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University (2005)
KRAKÓW

24. EXPO Krakow (2014)
Tauron Arena (2014)
KRAKÓW
Tauron Arena (2014)

25. Wieliczka Salt Mine
• 10 km from the centre of Krakow,
• an ideal venue for meetings, conferences, symposia,
congresses, conventions and various business
meetings,
• the oldest active industrial establishment in the world
(700 years),
• in 1978 together with 11 other sites from around the
world, Wieliczka Salt Mine was listed on UNESCO's
First World List of Cultural and Natural Heritage,
• every year Wieliczka Salt Mine host almost 300 events
(up to 600 people),
• Underground Health Resort and medical treatments,
• Stable climatic conditions (temperature 12.9-14.5°C
and humidity 60-75%).

26. KATOWICE
heart of the Upper-Silesian Region
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• FLIGHTS: 54
• AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 30
• HOTEL BEDS: 1 609 + REGION
• ICC: 15 000
Central Zone of Katowice (2016)
• one of the most rapidly developing Polish metropolis,
• the former capital of the Polish heavy industry,
• the largest venue in Poland: The International Conference Centre in
Katowice: with the capacity to accommodate 15,000 visitors, coupled with
the Spodek Arena next door,
• the largest room in the ICC has 9,000 seats and 12,000 standing place,
• COP24 2018 - UN Climate Change Conference – 22,000 participants from 1596 countries.

27. POZNAŃ
city of know-how
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• FLIGHTS: 31
• AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 6,4
• HOTEL BEDS: 4 500
• PCC: 1 850
• Poland's 5th largest city,
• 1,000 years of history,
• trade shows since 1921,
• compact and walkable,
• 16,000 participants from 152 countries from all over the world at
the Annual World Dental Congress FDI Poznań 2016
Earth Hall in Poznań Congress Centre (2012)

28. GDAŃSK
where business meets
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• FLIGHTS: 69
• AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 15
• HOTEL BEDS: 4 303
• AMBER EXPO: 6 000
• it is a cultural, scientific, and economic center as well as the communication
hub of northern Poland,
• called the City of Freedom (Solidarity),
• maritime economy center with a large trading port,
• together with Gdynia and Sopot, it creates the Tri-City,
• the Philharmonic’s Music and Congress Centre on the Ołowianka Isle offers:
the Concert Hall (1,100 places), the Chamber Music Hall (180 places), the Jazz
Hall (200 places) and the Oak Hall (100 places).
Olivia Star (2020)
Polish Baltic Philharmonic
and Congress Centre

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the meeting place
WROCŁAW
• FLIGHTS: 85
• AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 12,7
• HOTEL BEDS: 4 303
• CENTENNIAL HALL: 5 693
• Poland’s 4th largest city,
• Polish Venice: 12 islands connected with 112 bridges,
• 1000 years of Polish-German-Czech-Jewish coexistence and co-operation,
• historical centre with 13th century buildings,
• Centennial Hall & Wrocław Congress Center: arena can hold 10,000 people,
Auditorium - the largest room in the WCC has 990 seats
Auditorium WCC (2011)

30. LUBLIN
city of inspiration
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• FLIGHTS: 9
• AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 16
• HOTEL BEDS: 1 692
• LCK: 969
Lublin Conference Centre (2016)
• Lublin is called the capital of the eastern Poland, and is the largest and fastest
growing city on the right bank of the Vistula River,
• Knowledge profile of the city:
• Lublin IT Upland - over 750 companies
• Medical University of Lublin and several medical research institutes
• medical patents e.g the material called "artificial bone„ and „vitagenum”
• 9 universities, 70 000 students, 40 PhD programmes
• Lublin Conference Centre: 10-minutes walk to the Old Town, 11 modern conference
rooms of various sizes and world-class equipment, the largest room with foyer has 535
m2 and can accommodate up to 400 people.

31. ŁÓDŹ
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the most dynamically developing city
• FLIGHTS: 5
• AIRPORT KM DISTANCE: 6,5
• HOTEL BEDS: 2 241
• EXPO ŁÓDŹ: 4 400
• Łódź is a post-industrial city which nowadays bets on modern services,
science, and the creative sector.
• 3rd largest Polish city
• central location (only 140 km from Warsaw)
• 28 universities
• The Machine Hall (in EC1 Complex), due to its original interiors, has become
a significant, popular venue frequently used for organising various events.
The Machine Hall (1907)

32. In the latest The CVB & the Future of the Meetings Industry
2018 report by Destinations International & Miles
Partnership, more than 50% of surveyed third-party,
corporate and association planners considered the
operations of convention bureaux as crucial for the
industry’s growth, and 75% declared that they applied
the services offered by the organisations in question
(at various stages of organising meetings).
WHO?
Regional CVBs

33. WHO?
Recommended PCOs & ITCs

34. THANK YOU
Aneta Książek CIS, HMCC
Head of Poland Convention Bureau PTO
aneta.ksiazek@pot.gov.pl
polandcb@pot.gov.pl
www.pot.gov.pl/PCB