Client Advisory #42
Date: 20 May 2022
As part of GainingEdge’s standard protocol, we are committed to advising our existing clients of new engagements for our company. We adopted this best practice in view of our company’s broad client base in the business events industry. It is also GainingEdge’s duty to scrutinise its client relationships for potential conflicts of interest and to disclose actual or potential conflicts to our existing clients.
While we firmly believe that our adherence to the confidentiality clause in our contract with all our clients is sufficient to ameliorate any possible conflicts, we also wish to offer the opportunity for any possible concerns to be discussed.
Below is a list of GainingEdge’s current engagements:
| Client | Project |
|---|---|
| International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA), THE NETHERLANDS (Headquarters) | Manager and Moderator of annual Association Executive Seminar as well as various seminars conducted by ICCA Asia Pacific Regional Office – since March 2005 ICCA Africa – African capacity building project – white papers on various aspects of building local convention industries – since October 2020 Assist and support ICCASkills Certification programme 2021-2024 – since January 2021 |
| BestCities Global Alliance (Headquarters) | Management Services for the world’s first global convention bureau alliance. BestCities Global Alliance partners include CVBs of Berlin, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Guadalajara, Houston, Madrid, Melbourne, Singapore, Tokyo and Vancouver – since April 2009 |
| African Society of Association Executives, SOUTH AFRICA | Organisational consulting and support for education programs – since March 2015 |
| Ōtākaro Limited (New Zealand Government), NEW ZEALAND | Advisor/Owner’s Rep for Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre – since October 2017 |
| Guadalajara Convention and Visitors Bureau, MEXICO | In-market sales representation for European market – since May 2018 |
| Visit Brussels Convention and Association Bureau, BELGIUM | Setting up and facilitation of Client Advisory Board – since June 2018 Intellectual Capital Analysis of Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia regions – since April 2022 |
| HONG KONG (undisclosed client) | Technical feasibility and master plan advisory for convention and exhibition centre in mixed used development – since May 2019 |
| MeetDenmark, DENMARK | Outreach Program (Phase 3) – since January 2020 |
| BEXCO Busan Exhibition & Convention Centre, SOUTH KOREA | Convention leads development – since February 2020 |
| Istanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau, TURKEY | Development of an activation strategy – since March 2020 |
| Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, MACAO | MICE bidding and support consultancy services – since January 2021 |
| ChristchurchNZ Convention Bureau, NEW ZEALAND | Christchurch Advocate Programme – since February 2021 |
| NEOM, SAUDI ARABIA | Owner’s rep and operator procurement – since March 2021 |
| Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau, JAPAN | Asia and North America Representation 2021-2022 – since April 2021 |
| Destination Florence Convention & Visitors Bureau, ITALY | Florence Restart Program project extension – since May 2021 |
| Japan National Tourism Organization, New York Office, USA | USA MICE promotion 2021-2022 – since June 2021 |
| VisitFlanders Convention Bureau, BELGIUM | Strategic reset – since July 2021 |
| PROMTUR Panama, PANAMA | DMO Organization Development – since October 2021 |
| Beijing North Star Convention and Exhibition Investment Co., Ltd., CHINA | Operational Advisory for opening of China National Convention Center II (CNCC-II), Beijing – since September 2021 |
| Convention Bureau Italia, ITALY | Italian Knowledge Leaders – since September 2021 |
| Hungarian Convention Bureau / Budapest Convention Bureau, HUNGARY | Activation strategy – since January 2022 |
| Daegu Convention and Visitors Bureau, SOUTH KOREA | International promotion and publicity for “Business Events Legacies in Daegu” report – since March 2022 |
| Destination Canada Business Events, CANADA | Legacy Impact Study of Canada’s business events industry – currently underway |
A record of all GainingEdge clients – past and present – can be viewed here.
