Efficient use of data resources using the example of meetings and events industry management in Poland

The main objective is to present results, which determine the number, size of meetings and events, which are held in Poland in 2014 and present their economic value. In addition, the research presents the profile of participants, characteristics of meetings and material concerning the importance of meeting industry in shaping competitive position of world and Polish cities. The research presents the image of 18820 meetings and events of quantitative and qualitative characteristics and analysis of cities and regions. The contribution of the meetings industry to a state economy, estimated based on the data, is 1121,1 million PLN of value added generated in the hotel base and 141,5 million PLN in gastronomy, i.e. 1262,6 million PLN in total. The contribution to creation of jobs is 15519 employees in the hotel base and 11954 in gastronomic services, characterized by much smaller productivity than jobs in the hotel base. It gives 27473 jobs nationwide in total

Trendy w przemyśle spotkań na przykładzie segmentacji zarządzania spotkaniami biznesowymi

Within the article, the author presents a brief analysis of terminology based on research area, depending on the meetings between the industry and tourism enhancing the common elements and a new systematization according to the goals of the meetings, that is, content, product and motivation depending majority of market exchange services. Changes to the meetings industry at global and regional levels are critical and have an impact on the management of appointments in terms of exchanges in the services, financial flows and fluctuations in human resources. Not only want to look at it from a methodological standpoint, but also as a trend occurring

Комунікаційні виклики організації в умовах глобалізації: на прикладі розгляду meeting professionals international (MPI)

Many professional associations, organizations and corporations are looking to expand into global markets, as is the case with Meeting Professionals International (MPI). When targeting new members outside of the headquarter country of the organization, leaders and staff members often ignore communication and cultural differences as they look to quickly grow the organization. This study explored this growing issue and details the differences in communication styles and preferences between the MPI members of the United States and Europe. Significant variances are described, as well as, implications and recommendations to MPI and other organizations consider going global.Багато професійних асоціацій, організацій та корпорацій прагнуть розширити свою діяльність в глобальних ринках, як і у випадку з Meeting Professionals International (MPI). При пошуку нових членів за межами штаб-квартири країни організації, керівники та співробітники часто ігнорують особливості комунікації та культурні відмінності – те, як вони виглядають, щоб пришвидшити розвиток організації. Це дослідження поширювало питання і деталі відмінностей в стилях комунікації і переваг між членами MPI в Сполучених Штатах і Європі. Значні відхилення описані, а також, наслідки та рекомендації MPI та інших організацій виходять на глобальний рівень.Многие бизнес ассоциации, организации и корпорации стремятся расширить свою деятельность на глобальных рынках, как и в случае с Meeting Professionals International (MPI). При ориентации на новых членов за пределами штаб-квартиры страны организации, руководители и сотрудники часто игнорируют особенности общения и культурные различия – то, как они выглядят, чтобы ускорить развитие организации. Это исследование создало проблему и показало детали различия в стилях коммуникации и предпочтений между членами MPI в Соединенных Штатах и Европе. Значительные различия описаны, а также, последствия и рекомендации MPI и других организаций выходят на глобальный уровень

Efficacy and safety of Voriconazole in immunocompromised patients – single centre experience

BackgroundData on epidemiology and survival after fungal infections in patients with cancer are primarily based on studies in adults, whereas few data are available on children.AimThe objective of this study was to determine the safety and tolerability of the oral and i.v. formulations of voriconazole Vfend®, previously not reported in Poland.Materials/MethodsTwenty consecutive children and young adults aged 1 to 25 years, submitted for blood and marrow transplantation (BMT), were recruited during 10 months. When suspected or verified breakthrough systemic fungal infection occurred while kept on primary prophylactic fluconazole regimen, all patients received two loading doses of i.v. or oral voriconazole 6–9 mg/kg every 12 hrs, followed by a maintenance dose of 3 mg/kg every 12 hrs for five doses. If well tolerated, the voriconazole dosage was increased to 4 mg/kg every 12 hrs thereafter.ResultsFungal infection was possible in 15/20, organ involvement with pulmonary process in 13 pts; CNS changes in 2 pts. Fungal aetiology was proven in 3 children (pulmonary Aspergillosis in 2 and Candida krusei in 1 patient), and considered as probable in 2 patients, having lung (2) and CNS (1) involvement. Four patients died. Clinical and radiological improvement was obtained in 14 patients, while uncontrolled, progressive disease occurred in 1 patient. Transient visual disturbances occurred in one patient. Major caution is warranted due to drug interaction via the cytochrome P-450 system which may lead to unexpected toxicity of the coadministered drugs (e.g. Vinca alkaloids, cyclosporine, rifampicin, erythromycin, etc).ConclusionsVoriconazole is an advantageous new azole well tolerated in 20 patients. Outcome in BMT breakthrough infections was good

Cultural Heritage Places as Conference Venues – An Attempt to Carry out an Analysis

W latach 2001-2013 w Polsce powstało kilkanaście organizacji Convention Bureau, zajmujących się promocją i marketingiem regionów pod kątem pozyskiwania spotkań biznesowych. Wielokrotnie impuls pojawił się przez zaangażowanie obiektów dziedzictwa kulturowego jako miejsc do organizacji konferencji. Celem rozważań jest pokazanie, że działania Convention Bureau wspólnie z obiektami pozwalają wzmocnić pozycję poszczególnych regionów turystycznych.The Polish meetings and events industry is every year stronger and more important for local authorities. Regions without Convention Bureaux in Poland are more focused on bringing meetings to their regions and would like to improve the role of corporate events and associations congresses in particular regions. The collection of data from several Polish voivodeships proved that there is a possibility to host such events in the regions which were noticed as attractive before. Local heritage venues have conference facilities. Some of them are even conference hotels. The survey carried out among sixty unique venues from twelve voivodeships proves a huge potential and many possibilities for professional meeting planners. It should be noted that some numbers are first numbers ever collected from regions which soon will be discovered as meetings destinations

Management of the Meetings and Events Organised in 2013 by Organisers of Congresses and Motivation Trips Recommended by the Polish Tourist Organisation

Polska jest coraz częściej postrzegana jako atrakcyjne miejsce do organizowania spotkań (m.in.: kongresów, konferencji, sympozjów) oraz wydarzeń (targów, premier produktów, podróży motywacyjnych itp.) o charakterze społecznym, gospodarczym, ekonomicznym i innym. Dlatego można przyjąć, iż dla segmentu przemysłu spotkań w Polsce tworzenie i wzmocnienie zainteresowania Polską jako atrakcyjnym celem podróży w przemyśle spotkań, a przede wszystkim miejscem realizacji spotkań stowarzyszeniowych, wydarzeń korporacyjnych oraz podróży motywacyjnych jest kluczowe. Realizacja działań w segmencie przemysłu spotkań prowadzona być powinna m.in. przez profesjonalne fi rmy specjalizujące się w obsłudze klienta biznesowego oraz agendy rządowe, tak jakie Polska Organizacja Turystyczna i wchodzące w jej skład Poland Convention Bureau. W artykule podsumowano działania firm zrzeszonych w systemie rekomendacji w 2013 roku.Poland is more and more often perceived as an attractive venue to organise meetings (inter alia, congresses, conferences, symposia) and events (fairs, product premieres, motivation trips, etc.) of the social, business, economic and other nature. Therefore, one may assume that for the segment of the meeting industry in Poland creation and reinforcement of the interest in Poland as an attractive travel destination in the meeting industry and, first of all, the venue for organisation of association meetings, corporative events as well as motivation trips is key. Implementation of activities in the segment of the meeting industry should be carried out, among other things, by professional firms specialising in service of the business client as well as the government departments such as the Polish Tourist Organisation and the Poland Convention Bureau being a part thereof. In his article, the author summed up activities of the firms associated in the system of recommendation in 2013

Analysis of the Market for Business Conventions in 2011 Taking Place Beyond the Area of Activity of Convention Bureaux in Poland

Convention Bureaux to wyspecjalizowane organizacje zajmujące się rozwojem, promocją i marketingiem turystyki biznesowej w państwie, regionie lub mieście. W Polsce coraz więcej miejscowości aspiruje do miana centrów biznesowych. W artykule przedstawiono informacje o zorganizowanych spotkaniach biznesowych w wybranych województwach Polski w 2011 roku. Charakterystyka ilościowo-jakościowa ukazuje możliwości, które stawia przemysł spotkań w ramach współpracy regionalnej i lokalnej dającej możliwość realizacji celów i zadań polityki turystycznej.Convention bureaux are specialised organisations dealing with development, promotion and marketing of business tourism in the state, region or town. In Poland, more and more localities aspire to the name of business centres. In his article, the author presented information on the organised business conventions in the selected provinces of Poland in 2011. The quantitative and qualitative characteristics show the opportunities posed by the convention industry within the framework of regional and local cooperation providing an opportunity to meet the tourist policy’s objectives and tasks

The International Industry of Meetings as an Example of Activities for Intensifying the Use of the Tourist Space

„Przestrzeń turystyczna” obejmuje coraz więcej zjawisk na globalnym rynku – pojawiają się nowe rodzaje turystyki czy działalności gospodarczej, które próbuje się dopasować do wcześniej określonych norm związanych z szeroko pojętym zjawiskiem. Jednym z takich elementów jest przemysł spotkań, który z punktu widzenia nauki nie doczekał się w Polsce wielu analiz i opracowań teoretycznych. Jednak organizacja kongresów, konferencji, podróży motywacyjnych czy korporacyjnych to działalność, która na świecie analizowana jest w sposób naukowy. Złożoność zjawiska oraz innowacyjność w Polsce dają podstawy do jego analizy pod kątem aktywności, które wpływają na intensyfikację wykorzystania przestrzeni turystycznej. Nowe formy uprawiania turystyki, specjalistyczne podejście do gościa biznesowego czy różnorodność infrastruktury wykorzystywanej dla celów organizacji spotkań biznesowych to tylko niektóre czynniki, na które warto zwrócić uwagę. Przedstawiona analiza ukazuje, w jaki sposób międzynarodowy przemysł spotkań wykorzystuje przestrzeń turystyczną, również na podstawie zmian pojawiających się w Polsce.The tourist space comprises more and more phenomena in the global market – there emerge new types of tourism or economic activity, which entities try to adjust to the earlier defined norms connected with the phenomenon in a broad sense. One of such elements is the industry of meetings which, from the point of view of science, has failed to encounter in Poland many analyses or theoretical treatises. However, organisation of congresses, conferences motivational or corporate trips is the activity which is world-wide analysed in the scientific manner. The phenomenon complexity and innovativeness in Poland provide the grounds for its analysis at an angle of activities that affect intensification of the tourist space usage. The new forms of practising tourism, specialist approach to the business guest or diversity of the infrastructure being used for the purposes of organisation of business meetings are only some of the factors deserving attention. The presented analysis shows how the international industry of meetings makes use of the tourist space, also based on the changes taking place in Poland

A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Meetings and Event Organised in 2014 by the Recommended Organisers of Congresses and Motivational Trips of the Poland Convention Bureau of the Polish Tourist Organisation

Analiza ilościowo-jakościowa za rok 2014 dotyczy 1948 spotkań i wydarzeń zorganizowanych przez rekomendowanych organizatorów kongresów i podróży motywacyjnych Poland Convention Bureau Polskiej Organizacji Turystycznej. Analiza zebranego materiału ukazuje kierunki rozwoju kluczowych organizatorów spotkań, charakterystykę rynku i tendencje, którym ulegają stowarzyszenia i korporacje organizujące spotkania i wydarzenia. Ponadto pokazuje aktywność agencji eventowych, organizatorów kongresów oraz firm obsługujących korporacje działające w Polsce. 45,38% wszystkich spotkań stanowiły te określane jako branża humanistyczna czyli takie, które były związane z kulturą, sztuką – filologią, muzykologią, etyką, filozofią, oraz ze społeczeństwem – historią, archeologią, socjologią, psychologią, ekonomią i antropologią.The quantitative and qualitative analysis for the year 2014 concerns 1948 meetings and events organised by the recommended organisers of congresses and motivational trips of the Poland Convention Bureau of the Polish Tourist Organisation. The analysis of the collected material presents the directions of development of the key organisers of meetings, the market description and the trends undergone by the associations and corporations organising meetings and events. Moreover, it shows activity of event agencies, organisers of congresses, and firms serving the corporations operating in Poland. 45.38% of all meetings were those described as the humanistic branch, i.e. such which were connected with culture and arts: philology, musicology, ethics, philosophy as well as with the society: history, archaeology, sociology, psychology, economics, and anthropology

Human resources issues in the business events industry

The extent to which any city or country may be successfully branded, positioned and promoted as an events destination depends largely on the availability of a wide range of resources within the destination itself. These may include infrastructural, natural and cultural resources. However, increasingly, attention is focusing on human resources as a critical success factor in the events industry in general and the business events sector in particular. The dedication, expertise and creativity of all events professionals operating in any destination are clearly of great importance in determining that destination’s level of success in this industry. But while this has been widely acknowledged in the case of the men and women who conceive, plan and deliver the actual events (with job titles such as events managers, events planners and events coordinators), far less attention has been paid to the human resources element represented by those professionals who are responsible for marketing their destinations as attractive places in which to hold events. As competition to ‘win’ events of all types intensifies worldwide, it is becoming clear that the degree of success of any city or country in attracting such events depends partly on recruiting and retaining professionals of the right caliber into these key destination marketing positions. Destinations that are eager to succeed as places that host highly lucrative business events such as conventions and incentive trips need to attract and retain professional staff capable of using their initiative and innovative skills to secure these types of events for their particular city or country. Nevertheless, despite the widely-acknowledged importance of the role played by marketing professionals in attracting events to their destinations, very little is known about how these vital stakeholders are educated and trained for, as well as recruited into, such positions. This chapter therefore explores the issue of the education and careers backgrounds of professional staff in destination marketing organizations, with particular emphasis on those who are responsible for attracting business events to their destinations. It examines the extent to which the educational community is contributing to preparing young people for employment in these organizations and investigates the career paths that currently lead to this particular occupation