MCI NORDICS & ICS – DENMARK IS CREATING A NEW POWERHOUSE

Copenhagen - 30th May 2016. The MCI Group, a key driver of innovation in global meetings, events, association and congress industries, today announced an exciting partnership with ICS- International Conference Services – Denmark, one of the leading congress organizers and destination management companies in Scandinavia. ICS brings more than 25 years of highly reputed expertise and experience in delivering national and international congresses in Denmark and abroad.

“ICS and MCI complement each other perfectly, and together the ambition is to continue striving, developing the company and driving innovation for all our clients”, says Thomas Wüthrich, Managing Director of MCI Nordics.

In 2015, MCI Group worked with 85 of the Fortune 500 companies and many of the world’s leading associations, delivering 5,100 projects worldwide. This new partnership will focus on growing the Nordic region’s meetings, incentives, congress and exhibition (MICE) market, with MCI leveraging global best-practices and growth strategies while ICS provides local knowledge, connections and operational excellence.

“Accessing the enormous pool of knowledge and experience available within MCI, will allow me to better serve our clients to help them reach their business goals”, says ICS owner and CEO, Per Ankaer who will now lead MCI Nordics institutional divisions as Director of Sales.

With their first office established in 1971 in Stockholm, MCI Nordics has since then opened local offices in Gothenburg and Copenhagen. This new partnership provides a trusted local presence, expanding MCI service offerings to clients interested in engaging audiences and hosting congresses and events in the Nordic market. 

For more information please contact:

Thomas Wüthrich, Managing Director, MCI Nordics, thomas.wuethrich@mci-group.com, + 46 70 415 15 90

Per Ankaer, Managing Director, ICS – International Conference Service, per@ics.dk  + 45 61 70 24 10

ABOUT MCI

MCI is a global leader in engaging and activating audiences. Since 1987 we have been driving innovation in events and production, meetings, incentives, congresses and association and community management. Through our creative, consulting, analytics, sustainability and digital services, MCI helps multinational companies and international associations enhance their organizational performance, grow globally, energize communities and drive their business results. MCI is an independently owned company with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Our 1,800 professionals in 60 cities and 31 countries help clients across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, India, the Middle East and Africa. Find out more at www.mci-group.com.

ABOUT ICS

ICS is one of the leading Congress Organizers and Destination Management Companies in Scandinavia and is headquartered in Copenhagen. A team of 15 staff is serving their international clients since 1987. ICS has several times been awarded Event planner of the year and best DMC in Scandinavia. ICS has many clients that repeatedly use the services of ICS in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. ICS has been known to develop their own unique meeting concepts that create great value for the clients. www.ics.dk