Kenes Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence

Geneva, Switzerland, January 19, 2015 – Kenes Group, a leading Professional Conference Organiser (PCO) and Association Management Company (AMC), today proudly announced the company’s golden anniversary, celebrating 50 years of service to clients around the world. Founded in 1965 by Gideon Rivlin, one of the pioneers in the global PCO industry. Over the last five decades, Kenes has successfully managed over 3,000 international conferences in 110 countries, with more than 115,000 participants per year.

With a team of over 300 professional, multicultural, multi-disciplinary employees in 16 Kenes offices on four continents, Kenes is best recognised for its unique services offering – global expertise with a personal, local touch. The company boasts 120 long term and returning clients, amongst them, some of the world’s leading medical and scientific associations and societies.

“2015 is an important milestone for Kenes, our employees and our clients around the world,” said Dan Rivlin, CEO. “Our reputation speaks for itself and has resulted in a high percentage of long term and returning clients. We anticipate that 2015 will be a good year for the Group as a whole. It does, as always, depend on us. This is no ordinary place of work and we are fortunate to have a team of dedicated professionals – some of the best in the business. Together we have made a difference and we will continue to make our impact for the benefit of ourselves and our clients,” he added.

Kenes will mark its golden anniversary with a host of international employee and client events and activities in all of their offices worldwide. The 50th anniversary has been marked by launching a new corporate website, www.kenes.com and will continue its celebrations throughout the year to honour the past and present employees, many of whom have been with Kenes for over two decades.

For more information, contact:

Magdalina Atanassova

Marketing Communications Manager

Email. matanassova(at)kenes(dot)com