Kellen Company Opens First Association Management Company Office in Beijing

Kellen Company Opens First Association Management Company Office in Beijing

February 05, 2007

    BEIJING, Feb. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Kellen Company,
a premier global professional services firm, and the
largest international association management company,
announces the opening of its new office in Beijing, China. 
Kellen Company is establishing this significant presence in
Asia with advanced resources, membership development and
market intelligence for the benefit of the company's
international clients. Kellen Company is the first
association management company to operate in Beijing,
China. 

    "China is a crucial component of the global
economy," says Peter Rush, Chairman and CEO of Kellen
Company. "Many associations and professional societies
need to be there. Kellen can provide them with a way to
enter the Chinese market with an infrastructure to develop
or serve their organization and membership." 

    With its new location, Kellen now has six global
offices: Beijing, Brussels, Washington, DC, New York,
Atlanta and Tucson. Among the professional services offered
in Beijing are association management, consulting and
strategic advisory, membership development, market
research, communications, monitoring, government affairs
and exhibition and conference management. 

    Kellen can also assist associations with global
regulatory and legislative advisory services in China, as
it does in the United States and the European Union. 

    The company serves more than 100 client organizations
and their member companies and professionals worldwide in
several industries, including construction, home
furnishings, food and nutrition, electronics, medical,
media, law and technology. 

    Kellen's global services component was accelerated by
the acquisition of Ernst & Young Association Management
in Brussels in 2004, now Kellen Europe. Alfons Westgeest,
managing partner of Kellen Europe, and group vice president
of Kellen Company, is leading Kellen's global expansion
efforts. 

    "Our clients are excited to be an integral part of
this new expansion, as Kellen continues to enhance its
services and strengthen its global reach," says
Westgeest. "With our team of multinational experts and
alliances, we can now provide associations and companies
with truly global solutions and capabilities."  

    Kellen Management and Consulting (Beijing) Ltd. is a
Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise, located in the Chaoyang
district, Beijing China.

    About Kellen Company 

    Founded in 1964, Kellen Company provides association
management, government affairs, public relations, meetings
management, creative communications, Web site development
and other professional services to associations, as well as
individual companies and other organizations.  Kellen serves
more than 10,000 companies and 100,000 professionals
worldwide, either through its more than 100 client
associations or directly, from offices in Atlanta,
Washington, D.C., New York City, Tucson, Beijing and
Brussels.  For more information, visit
http://www.kellencompany.com , http://www.kelleneurope.com
.


    For more information, please contact:

     Cara Clinton, 
     New York
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     Alfons Westgeest, 
     Brussels
     Tel:   [phone] 
     Email: [e-mail]


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