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CCD Newsletter Autumn 2014 AUTUMN 2014 The CCD Launches New Responsive Website PAGE 4 Meet Una O’Dowd, new European People’s Party and Win a €250 Online General Manager of Strictly Against Breast Cancer Shopping Voucher CCD Hospitality Case Studies for the Kilkenny Shop PAGE 6 PAGES 8 & 9 PAGE 4 Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter It is now just over Over the past four years we have built up On page 14 and 15 we profile our Sales four years since we an impressive client base, many of which Team, all of whom are having a very busy opened in we are privileged to count as repeat year confirming events for 2014 and September 2010, clients. These include PhoCusWright beyond. Their recent wins include the 37th with 150 events Europe, PWC, Davy, Hostelworld, Alltech International Symposium on Combustion booked, promising Brewing, Career Zoo, Silicon Republic, 2018, the 56th Annual ACI World Congress the international Allianz Worldwide Care, AWAS, Deloitte 2017 and the International Conference on conference market and Paypal. Information Systems (ICIS) 2016. Emer and a world-class Niamh are attending IMEX America in Las venue in the heart We are also growing our association Vegas on 14 October (Stand 3019) and of Dublin city! client base every year, welcoming a wide Robyn and Adrienne will be at EIBTM in range of events from all corners of the Barcelona on 18 November (Stand G40), so We were delighted to recently celebrate globe, which are attracted to The CCD please drop by the Fáilte Ireland stands to our 1,000th event, welcoming the and Dublin for its accessibility, say hello and discuss how we can help make European Society for Paediatric hospitality and excellent business, your next event a great success in Dublin. Endocrinology (ESPE) with 3,000 medical and academic credentials. You delegates for their 3-day event. We can find details of our recent events, Finally, in July, we launched our new fully have now hosted over one million latest confirmations and upcoming responsive website, which offers all our delegate days and continue our events throughout the newsletter. online visitors an optimal user experience, commitment to delivering exceptional regardless of whether they are viewing the service to all our clients – whatever the One of the elements of our service which website on a desktop, tablet or mobile. If you size of their event. we are very proud of (and there are haven’t already checked out our new site, many!) is our CCD Hospitality offering, you can see for yourself at www.theccd.ie Earlier this year, The CCD scored a hat which has truly raised the bar in terms of trick, when we won our 26th Industry conference catering and banqueting in We hope you enjoy our newsletter and look Award - Gold for ‘Best Overseas Ireland. On page 6 and 7 you can find forward to welcoming you to The CCD soon! Conference Centre’ at the M&IT Awards out more about how we continuously 2014. We have now won this prestigious innovate to inspire and delight our award for three consecutive years, with clients and guests. When you bring an gold awards also in 2012 and 2013, and event to The CCD, you can be assured are truly grateful to all those who that your delegates’ palettes will be continue to vote for us. We are humbly stimulated as much as their curiosity Nick Waight requesting your votes for 2015’s award and intellect! Chief Executive if you are a UK organiser! The Convention Centre Dublin Contents Please vote for us! 3 Recently Confirmed Events 9 CASE STUDY: We were delighted to win gold for Strictly Against Breast Cancer 2013 4 CCD News ‘Best Overseas Conference Venue’ for 10 Recent Event Highlights the third year in a row at the 2014 M&IT 5 PCO News Industry Awards and we are now 11 Industry News looking for your votes for 2015! 6 CCD Hospitality 12 Upcoming Events 8 CASE STUDY: You can qualify to vote if you are a European People’s Party 2014 14 Meet the Sales Team UK-based event organiser, so please Elections Congress visit www.meetpie.com/awards and cast your vote for The CCD. You could win a trip for two to Abu Dhabi At The CCD we comply with Data Protection legislation and respect your privacy. If you courtesy of M&IT. 2 would prefer not to receive future promotional mailings from us, please let us know by emailing [email protected] and we will remove you from our marketing list. Thank you! RECENTLY CONFIRMED EVENTS 37th International 56th Annual ACI Symposium on World Congress Combustion 2017 2018 Digital Solutions Odysessy PCO and ACI Ireland, the The Combustion Institute will host their Cooperative (Dscoop) Financial Markets Association, recently six day meeting at The CCD in July 2018. 2015 EMEA confirmed that the 56th Annual ACI It is expected to attract 1,600 experts to World Congress will be coming to The Dublin, who specialise in all aspects of Dscoop’s annual event will come to The CCD in 2017. The congress will attract clean and efficient energy, fire safety, CCD in June and will be the largest event over 1,000 delegates and speakers to power generation and propulsion for HP Graphic Arts users in EMEA in Dublin and will highlight the recovery in technologies. 2015. It provides an opportunity to both the domestic economy and banking connect with peers, industry leaders, HP sector. www.combustioninstitute.org executives and experts in the field of www.aciireland.com digital print. International www.dscoop.org Cochrane UK & Conference on Ireland Annual Information Pendulum Symposium Systems (ICIS) Summit 2015 2016 2015 This annual event comes to The CCD in ICIS is the major annual meeting of the The Pendulum Summit will return to The April 2015 and brings together Association for Information Systems CCD for the second year and will feature researchers, healthcare users, health (AIS), and is the most prestigious some of the world’s leading authorities professionals and charity representatives gathering of academics and practitioners from the corporate, leadership, personal with an interest in evidence-based in the IS discipline. The conference is development and mindfulness sphere. Healthcare. expected to attract over 1,000 IS The one day event is expected to attract academic professionals from around the 2,000 guests. www.ukcc.cochrane.org world to The CCD in December 2016. www.pendulumsummit.com www.aisnet.org CONFIRMED EARLIER THIS YEAR EuroSpine 2017 EuroSpine will bring its international World Airway World Congress of spinal research conference to The CCD in Management Meeting October 2017 which expects to attract Biomechanics 2018 more than 3,000 spine experts, renowned (WAMM) 2015 surgeons and industry professionals, For the first time in 20 years the Difficult The World Congress of Biomechanics will generating revenue of over €4 million for Airway Society (DAS) and the Society of take place at The CCD in July 2018 the local economy. (WCB2018), and is expected to attract Airway Management (SAM) are combining around 3,000 participants from all EuroSpine is the annual event of the their annual scientific meetings for The corners of the globe, generating revenue Spine Society of Europe which is the World Airway Management Meeting in excess of €5 million for the local leading European society in spine (WAMM) over three days at The CCD in economy. WCB is an international research, surgical and non-surgical November 2015. meeting which brings together engineers treatment and is one of the most widely and scientists from various disciplines. attended conferences in the industry. www.wamm2015.com www.wcb2018.com www.eurospine.org For up to date news on our confirmed events see www.theccd.ie/news 3 CCD NEWS THE CCD LAUNCHES NEW RESPONSIVE WEBSITE In July we launched a new fully responsive The new responsive site also incorporates website. To ensure that all visitors receive a range of new user-friendly features. To the optimal user experience, regardless of help facilitate the event planning process whether they are viewing it on a desktop, for clients, the site includes a mobile- tablet or mobile, the new site automatically friendly Google 360 degree tour of the adjusts the display based on the screen size building, as well as downloadable floorplan of the device it’s viewed on. factsheets for every room. While the We are one of only a handful inclusion of more images and photo of convention centres in the galleries let organisers see how the venue’s world that have adopted this ‘blank canvas’ rooms and halls are brought new approach to website to life to stage world-class events. design. In addition, our new ‘Visiting’ section We also took this features an interactive map, so users can opportunity to rebuild the explore the various facilities and attractions, website from the ground up. including many restaurants, bars and hotels By focusing on increasing simplicity, that lie in the vicinity of The CCD. improving content structures, refining WINNER navigational flows, and adding ‘swipe and Visit www.theccd.ie to try The CCD’s new To celebrate the launch of our tap’ functionality, the new site has been responsive website today. new responsive website, we streamlined and de-cluttered. gave away a fabulous city break in Dublin for two people. The lucky winner was Anna Taylor from Touch Associates UK. COMPETITION Great News! New Head We are delighted to give away an To enter, simply exclusive €250 online shopping voucher visit our We can now bill in of Event sterling, making it for the Kilkenny Shop, home to Ireland’s homepage at easier for you to Operations largest collection of Irish designers.
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