Nienke van der Malen, CEO of Conferli, talks AMI Editor James Lancaster through research which shows associations are being more proactive when it comes to choosing where to meet. 1:30 ‘Headache’, ‘time-consuming’, ‘complex’ – these are the words you hear when you talk to associations about the tender process. 2:51 In most cases there is no standard tender process in place. 4:27 Only 30 per cent of associations require a local host. 5:10 There’s been a switch. Associations are now proactively approaching destinations 5:40 There’s been a huge switch from destination branding to eco-system branding 8:00 Associations see hybrid as two different tenders – and they don’t like it! 11:20 We have a long way to go communicating what we can do 13:50: Nowadays the bidding process is still very political 18:10: I remember losing a bid to another city where the president had proposed to his wife!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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