The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) could become the World’s Best Congress Centres according to world industry association, the International Association of Congress Centre (AIPC). The AIPC will announce the 3 finalists and the winner at their stylish annual conference award dinner on July 1st in Singapore.
In order to enter the awards potential entrants had to ensure that 25 clients, including 10 congresses, conventions or conferences of which at least five had to be international organisations, completed a survey questionnaire. Questions ranged from rating the venue in terms of the congress centre, the meeting room and break out rooms through to catering.
This year the AIPC received 27 entrants, backed by a total of 804 client references, and 17 made it through to the second round. The BIC will be up against other international venues, although has a good chance having been voted Number One Town Convention Centre in a national conference industry poll by Conference and Incentive Travel magazine last year.
Peter Gunn, Managing Director of the BIC and Pavilion said of the announcement: “This award is based on feedback from clients so it means a lot that we have been nominated for the finals in July. To win would be a fantastic achievement but to know that our feedback is so positive that we qualified for the awards is very gratifying and means we are moving in the right direction.”
If the BIC wins, it will be the second award for the venue this year, having won the Best Destination Stand award at renowned industry event International Confex in February. The AIPC have called the award an ‘industry standard’ and ‘highly contested’ event.
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