Biography

André Vietor started his career in the hotel industry where he held sales positions at several properties as well as at international sales offices for Intercontinental Hotels and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company between 1984 and 1995.

In 1995 he joined the PCO business and is currently leading Barceló Congresos, the congress division of Grupo Barceló dedicated to meetings management, association management and business events consulting. He positioned the brand as one of the top references in congress management worldwide. In early 2014 he started to expand the business to Latin America with the brand “Barceló Congresos Latam” opening offices and establishing strategic partnerships in several countries such as Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

André is an expert and professional consultant in business plan development, planning of bid strategies and management of bid presentations, destination marketing as well as association development. He is an active board member of IAPCO (International Association of Professional Congress Organisers) since 2001 where he was President from 2006 to 2008. He currently holds the position of the Chair of the Training Academy since 2011.

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