On 2 October 2014, an international seminar on the impact of mega sporting events on tourism was held at the National Stadium in Warsaw. The seminar was opened by Ms Katarzyna Sobierajska, Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism.   Sporting mega-events generate considerable emotions, income and costs. Their international and often […]

Kinga Soćko from Poland Convention Bureau Polish Tourist Organisation has won a scholarship in a competition held as part of the Larry Lee Memorial Scholarship.   The prize will allow Kinga Soćko to participate in IMEX America, an international meetings industry tradeshow that takes place in Las Vegas (14-16 October 2014), and in the Future […]

“The significance of the meetings industry in Krakow’s economy” was the leading theme of the conference closing the KRAKÓW IMPACT project, aimed to evaluate and monitor the impact of the Meetings Industry on the city’s economy. On 23rd September 2014, the Krakow Arena, Poland’s largest sports and entertainment venue, hosted the conference concluding the five-year […]

Only a little more time than a month and a half remains before the opening of the ICE Kraków Congress Centre. On the 1st of September, tickets went on sale for the concert 2014. Here and Now, the first event to be held at Krakow’s Congress Centre. But the opening is not only the concert […]

Furnel Travel International received recommendation of PCB PTO for the next two years as a professional incentive travel company. The aim of the recommendation Programme is to identify and support entities which provide professional and comprehensive services in organising and holding congresses in Poland. This is the second, next to a professional congress organizer, recommendation […]

Together with the Conferences and Congresses in Poland Association, Poland Convention Bureau of the Polish Tourist Organisation (POT) announced a competition among PCO with PCB POT’s recommendation for the organisation of the largest congress in 2013. From among the submitted entries, the 19th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework on Climate Change – […]

There is no museum in Gdańsk that has exhibits like STAR truck and shipyard gantry. There is no building in Gdańsk that has naturally growing trees inside. No other library has a mezzanine  and platforms. The new building of the European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk will have it grand opening on August 30th-31st. Long waited […]

We are about to witness another edition of one of the most important events of meetings trade in the United States – IMEX America fairs. Poland Convention Bureau of the Polish Tourist Organization, already for the third time, is the organizer of the Polish national stand 2708.

This year, the Summer Meeting of the ICCA Central European Chapter (International Congress and Convention Association) will be held on 27-29 August in Belgrade, Serbia.