Benedicte Echard Email & Phone Number

Born and raised in France, Benedicte has established herself as a key figure in the meetings industry both in France and the UK for more than three decades; she is a specialist of the Conference and Incentive market and a MPI member.Be&Co brings a professional approach to foreign destinations (states, regional or national tourist authorities), convention bureaux, convention centers and hotels, looking for the best appropriate commercial exposure within the UK Conference and Incentive Industry.BE&Co selected client list: Banff & Lake Louise Tourism, Japan National Tourist & Convention Organization/JNTO - Viparis/Venues in Paris - Paris CVB - Toronto CVB - Switzerland/Lake Geneva Region - Innovation Norway/Norway CVB - Energy Cities Alliance - La Cite Nantes Events Center & Nantes CVB - Florence CVB - , Kimpton Hotels, Atout France, Hungarian National Tourist Office, Tenerife CVB, Malta Tourist Office, Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau, Bordeaux Gironde CVB & Bordeaux partners.Be&Co' services range from sales representation and ad-hoc projects such as tailor-made workshops, tactical sales blitzes, dinners and hospitalities, familiarisation trips and site inspections, telemarketing including database cleaning, e-newsletters, mailing, trade show participation (UK and overseas), market research (identification and evaluation) aimed at key C&I UK agencies, corporate clients and associations.Be&Co acts as a local UK contact , gathers trends and new developments within the events industry, and shares the market knowledge with its clients, facilitating networking and leads generating opportunities.She was the London Director of Sales and Marketing of the Monaco Tourist and Convention Office for 14 years (1994-2007); the London office was awarded the Gold Award for Best Overseas Convention Bureau in February 2007 (Silver and Bronze in previous years) by the Meetings & Incentive Travel Magazine.Her past experience spread over 17 years in Paris, first at the Palais des Congrès de Paris as Account Director then Deputy Exhibition Director at Exposium/CEP Communications, trade exhibition organiser for B2B exhibitions.Specialties: Bénédicte speaks French, English and Italian, is a wine connoisseur, an aromatherapist and loves traveling, gardening and pastel drawing.

Listed skills include Event Management, Tourism, Corporate Events, Trade Shows, and 25 others.

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  Université De Rennes I

  English, Italian