Congress & Events
At COLUMBUS Congress & Events, we offer a wide range of services: from organizing congresses and planning business meetings to coordinating exciting team-building activities and hosting elegant evening events.
Our team is always happy to discuss the options for your next event with you!
Congresses, Meetings & Events
Are you planning a kickoff meeting, a product launch, a company anniversary, or a cocktail reception? Maybe even a grand opening, a special event for your customers, or even a trade show or congress?
We're here for you! Our team is not only highly committed, efficient, and passionate, we also make sure that your event is a unique experience for all participants!
With our many years of experience and our large network, we are the ideal partner for your event. We inspire national and international guests with exclusive locations, the best catering, and a unique supporting program.
However, we not only focus on the creative part, but also on your personal budget, possible funding, and the safety of your guests.
Exclusive COLUMBUS Travel Service
Through the synergies with the COLUMBUS travel agencies, we can offer you an exclusive all-around service.
Regardless of whether it's about traveling by train or plane, reserving the appropriate room quotas in the best hotels, or handling all transfers – we cover everything and can take away all your worries.
Our services include:
- Room requirements assessment
- Reservation of room quotas
- Handling group bookings
- Personal login for hotel bookings
- Flight bookings (through COLUMBUS as a licensed IATA office)
- Train ticket reservations (own train travel department)
- Transfers (from limousine to bus transfer)
Events for the pharmaceutical industry
In the pharmaceutical industry, there are many different codes, regulations, and recommendations. This can make it difficult to determine which ones are truly relevant, where the differences lie, and how they should be interpreted. Through our years of experience in organizing events for and with the pharmaceutical industry, we have acquired extensive know-how and experience that we are now happy to pass on to our customers.
For example, we are very familiar with:
- PHARMIG Code of Conduct (VHC)
- Medicines Act (AMG)
- EFPIA Guidelines
Green Meetings
Conferences, meetings and conventions are a professional enrichment and a social communication platform for professional life. However, they often consume too many resources and cause emissions.
Since we at COLUMBUS place great value on sustainability, we are not only a Travelife partner, but also a licensee of the Austrian Eco-Label for "Green Meetings and Events".
This allows us to design your meeting as a certified "Green Meeting". Such an event is not only more sustainable, it also promotes a positive image among the population, guests and sponsors.
Aspects that characterize a Green Meeting:
- Energy efficiency
- Waste avoidance
- Environmentally friendly arrival and departure
- Regional value creation
- Social responsibility
Our Services
- Event organization
- Concept & planning
- Theme and topic development (storyboards, storytelling)
- Location scouting
- (Congress) marketing
- Sponsoring
- Registration & participant management
- Scientific program & abstract handling
- Speaker management
- Catering
- Decoration & room design
- Event staff (hostesses, security)
- Technical implementation (event app, ...)
- Film & special effects
- Hybrid implementation
- Exhibition management
- Safety & security concept
- Green meeting certification
- Financial management (budget, funding, tax aspects, ...)
Our clients benefit from our strong network of partners and national and international associations in the implementation of their projects.
For example, we cooperate with:
At the heart of our work, we focus on three key concepts that are of great importance in all areas of our activities:
Team
We know what's going on, what needs to be paid attention to legally, and how to bring fresh air to an event.
How do we do it?
Naturally, through our unique team!
It consists of a mix of experienced members who know the industry inside and out, and young talents who enrich our team with unusual ideas and new perspectives. But enough of general descriptions - let's introduce ourselves:
