ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - IVA

iva conference centre
MEETING PLACE IN THE
HEART OF THE CITY
iva’s conference centre is the natural venue for the
Academy’s own meetings, but it is also one of Stockholm’s
leading day conference facilities. Every year some 1,200
meetings are arranged here and attended by around 50,000
people. The Conference Centre’s customers include many
of Sweden’s most prominent listed companies, companies
that offer training and education, and various types of organisations.
The recent slump in the economy had a negative impact
on the conference market, but IVA’s Conference Centre
ended 2004 with its strongest quarter for several years. We
are now working intensively on developing the Conference
Centre’s technology, milieus and services, so that we will be
able to offer our customers an even better meeting place in the
future – right in the heart of the city.
During the year, the Conference Centre’s technical equipment
was upgraded and the lobby and meeting rooms on the
second floor were modernised. The plans for a new reception
area, cloakroom and lobby on the ground floor are well underway.
In 2004, we started to work with a new web-based platform
to improve services through a more effective integration of
customer relations, reservations, resource planning and administration.
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Facts about IVA’s Conference Centre:
11 conference rooms, 4 of which are smaller meeting rooms
4 assembly halls for parties/banquets
Space for 175 people
Wireless Internet
Food prepared at Restaurant Grodan
6 members of staff
Central location