Two Meeting Industry Leaders – Conferon and Congrex – Unite in Strategic Alliance Combined Global Expertise For Meeting Success By Marian Calvin, Director of Marketing Conferon, Inc., and Congrex Holding bv have entered into an extensive strategic alliance agreement. Congrex is recognized as a leading International Professional Conference Organizer (PCO) with its key market in Europe and considerable practical operating experience in Asia, the Republic of South Africa and South America. Headquartered in Sweden, Congrex has over 100 employees located in offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg (Sweden) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). In addition, Congrex has Project Offices in Bangkok (Thailand) and Barcelona (Spain). This unique strategic alliance allows for the referral of business between the two companies and the sharing of staff and technology resources. The combination of staff expertise, technology solutions and buying power will provide both customer bases with enormous advantages wherever meetings are held. "We are fortunate to have found a partner in Europe that shares our commitment to integrity and expertise. This alliance allows us to provide Congrex clients with the Conferon quality that has set the standard in the U.S.," said Bruce Harris, Conferon President and CEO, "and, our clients holding meetings in Europe will be served by Congrex professionals who live by those same levels of quality and excellence." Congrex and Conferon will share resources for a full range of mutual services, including destination and site selection, contract negotiations, project management, on-site management, housing, registration, marketing, supplier management, expo sales, lead retrieval, as well as overall management services for all meetings, conferences and events. "Congrex is very pleased to be partnering with Conferon," stated Catharina Hamilton, Group Managing Director of Congrex Holding bv. "Our two companies have been working on this alliance for almost a year. Combined, our two firms offer the finest meeting planning option available anywhere in the world. The alliance with Conferon also gives Congrex unique access to management services in North America." Congrex is an independent group of companies founded in 1982, specialized in the management of conferences and exhibitions worldwide. Congrex’ business idea is to provide encompassing conference and exhibition management services to associations and corporations on an assignment basis. Congrex’ management services include all organizational, administrative, logistic and financial tasks related to the execution of national and international conferences of all types and sizes with or without concurrent exhibitions and irrespective of where in the world they are scheduled to be held. Furthermore, Congrex provides consulting and other specialist services to its increasing number of long-term clients. Currently Congrex is planning some 100 international conference projects in 24 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. If you are planning to hold a meeting overseas let Conferon and its new alliance partner, Congrex, help you meet with success. For assistance in planning your next international meeting, please contact your Conferon Representative.