International honour for former Adelaide Convention Centre head

Pieter van der Hoeven, founding Chief Executive of the Adelaide Convention Centre, has been honoured for his contribution to the global meetings industry, and awarded honorary life membership of the International Congress and Conventions Association (ICCA).

van der Hoeven was at the helm of the Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) for 21 years until 2006 and was instrumental in bringing the ICCA world congress to Adelaide in 1990. During his time at the ACC he also served as ICCA President between 1994 and 1998 and help pave the way for China's inclusion in the organisation in 1997.

In recent years, he and business partner Gary Kieseker, operating as PG International Consulting, have worked on a number of international and domestic convention centre-related developments in cities including Moscow, Kuching, Port Elizabeth (South Africa) and Melbourne.

van der Hoeven was honoured at the 52nd ICCA Congress in Shanghai, along with the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), which received the ICCA's Best PR Award.

KLCC was rewarded for its "hard-nosed and scientific" measurement of ROI, leading General Manager Peter Brokenshire to states "the KLCC is honoured to receive the inaugural ICCA PR Award and we congratulate all finalists.

"This accolade is dedicated to the KLCC team and our support agency who in every way make up part of the story that culminates in this award, and we hope that by sharing our approach at the Media and PR session here at the Congress, we can offer informative and valuable insights that can be helpful learning tips to our industry counterparts."

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