Club of Rome

‘CommGres has helped us with the organisation of this two-day international congress. With 800 participants-including honorary guests, such as Queen Beatrix and Mikhail Gorbachev-this was both a logistical and protocol challenge.'

History

Founder Marga Groot Zwaaftink started her career in 1995 at Euroforum where she learned everything there is to know about the art of organising and marketing congresses.

In 2001, she became attracted to the hotel business: Marga then switched over to NH Hotels. In this position, she managed the sales team concerned with congresses and events, ensuring they took place in an NH Hotel, i.e. on the other side of the table. This is where Sandy Vos entered the picture: the head of reservations at NH Koningshof, one of the larger congress hotels of NH. Sandy made sure that all the promisesses made by sales were fulfilled in each and every way!

Nevertheless, Marga still had that yearning; after all, organising congresses together with a client is the best thing in the world! As such, the initiative went fulltime from 2004 onwards-and has been doing so with the utmost pleasure!
In November 2008, the growth in projects called for an extension of the team with Berthe van Galen. Berthe has extensive management experience in the government and non-profit sector. A large share of the growth in clients comes from these segments, thus making this a compatible match.
In her previous position, Berthe van Galen worked as a Work and Income Team Manager at the municipality of Oss. At CommGres, she is responsible for internal operational management, combing combines this task with the role of Project Leader for several municipal and provincial clients.
It takes a great deal of work, but what makes it particularly worthwhile is to see the network of speakers and suppliers grow, to learn from new developments and to apply them, and to feel the ‘stage fright' together with the client. In addition, the satisfaction the congress has achieved, touching the participant, is also shared.