"Business tourism promotion as the trademark of Gdansk and Pomerania".

Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Funds

Currently one of the major projects carried out by Gdańsk Convention Bureau (GCB) is the promotional campaign  "Business tourism promotion as the trademark of Gdansk and Pomerania" .The project is co-financed from the Regional Operational Programme for Pomorskie Province 2007-2013.

The total value of the project is 2 958 393.00 PLN. The amount of financing from EU funds is 2 082 820.00 PLN. The project is planned for three years - until the end of 2011.

The project includes:

• Implementation of an information portal for tourism business www.gdanskconvention.pl,
• Creating of promotional materials - conference venues directory, folder, film and multimedia presentations and other promotional materials,
• Statistics of tourism business in the Pomeranian region in 2009-2011,
• Participation in international business tourism fairs (CONFEX in London, EMIF in Brussels, IMEX in Frankfurt, EIBTM in Barcelona) and the purchase of exhibition stand,
• Organizing of study tours for foreign journalists and professional travel agents,
• Promotion of the region in the international press (CIM, CAT Publications, fairs publications, Bedouk, MICE Poland) and in the Internet,
• Organizing of trainings for the tourism industry "The Tri-City Academy of Business Meeting Organizers"
• Creating and promotion of products of business tourism for Gdansk and region,
• Participation in international networks of cooperation - ICCA and MPI.

We believe that the promotional campaign will bring the desired results and will increase the number of business events held in Gdansk and Pomerania and the number of tourists coming to our region for business.