GainingEdge is a specialist firm focused on the international
business events industry – meetings, conventions, incentives, exhibitions
and events. We offer a wide range of consulting services for the meetings industry.
Our company specialises in issues related to establishing and managing convention
& visitor bureaus, developing and expanding convention centres as well as the
broader aspects of the international meetings industry. This includes specialised
research and marketing services designed to enhance the success of destinations,
and targeted sales support through our dynamic and extensive global reach.
Mission
To deliver major competitive advantage to our clients which dramatically improves
their success. To enhance the performance and sustainability of the global meetings
industry. Read about our GainingConnections
service for bureaux.
Vision
GainingEdge will be the acknowledged global leader in meetings and events related
consulting - the go to place for innovation that will be transformative for businesses,
and destinations.
Corporate Values
Reliable
We operate transparently. We can be depended on to do the right thing. Our loyalty
to our clients doesn't end when projects end.
Collaborative
Our clients are our partners. We become part of their team. We will be flexible
and adaptable to their needs. We approach our work as a shared journey of discovery.
Caring
We become emotionally vested in the cause and identify with our clients. When we
talk about our clients' goals they become our goals. It's not what they
need to do, it's what we need to do. It's not them and us
- it's just us.
Innovative
We seek to be visionary, resourceful and proactive in finding new and creative solutions.
We look for ways to value-add beyond fulfilling the brief.
Responsible
We focus on corporate and social responsibility in what we do, in what we help our
clients to do and in what we help the industry to do. Instead of worrying about
our own intellectual property, we are busy transferring our knowledge, know-how
and new thinking.
Corporate Goals (by 2015)
- Clients feel that we provide exceptional outcomes
- Top 5 most recognized brand as meetings industry consulting specialists
- $1 Million per year in pro bono work for the industry and in the developing world