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| Spanish Council of Shopping Centres | ||
| Address | |
C/Mauricio Legendre, 19 -1° A E-28046 Madrid |
| Tel | |
+34 91 308 48 44 |
| Fax | |
+34 91 310 55 35 |
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asociacion@aedecc.com | |
| Website | |
www.aedecc.com |
| Chairman | |
Javier García-Renedo Martinez(Partner of Bufete CARUANA, COLINO & GARCÍA-RENEDO) |
| Vice-Chairman | |
Antonio de la Peña Sabatés(Chairman & CEO of ARPA ARQUITECTOS) |
| Secretary General | |
Fco. Javier Acebo Sánchez (Partner of ACEBO & RUBIO ABOGADOS) |
| Manager | |
Ma Victoria Gozálvez Martínez |
| Secretariat | |
6 staff |
| Members | |
More than 350 |
| Membership Category | |
Full Member |
| BRIEF HISTORY and ROLE | ||
| The Spanish Council of Shopping Centres (AECC-Asociación Española de Centros Comerciales) is the meeting point of an industry, which has based its success on integration, innovation and competition. Created in 1980 as non-profit organisation of nationwide scope, the AECC binds together people, professionals, companies and institutions in order to create, design, develop and manage Shopping Centres. Our primary purpose is to constitrute a professional forum and exchange knowledge regarding the present and future of the shopping centre industry, as a response to the needss of today's consumers. The AECC represents a sector involving 450 shopping centres integrating more than 27.000 retailers over 1.3 billion visitors per year. |
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| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES | ||
| Its primary purpose is to help its members develop and expand their businesses by facilitating points of contact to promote professional networking, keeping them informed about new developments in the sector and representing their interests visàvis public institutions and the mass media. For this reason, the AECC offers informative and educational activities: Congresses and Fairs. Every two years we celebrate the Spanish Congress of Shopping Centres, where top experts discuss the hot topics for the industry. Together with the Conference they have a Commercial Fair and a Trends and Design Exhibition, where companies display their projects, products and services. In the Conference, the AECC rewards the best Shopping Centres, Retailers and Marketing Campaigns. Conferences and Seminars. AECC brings together the professionals of the industry at several times a year to share their knowledge and experience of current shopping centres issues. Every two years, AECC also organise a Conference on Shopping Centre Trends. Study Tours. Every year AECC organise a Study Tour abroad to visit distinguished shopping centres specially for their architecture, dsign, commercial effort, size impact on customers, etc. Representation of the Industry. AECC has a close relationship with the press and other media and it transmit information continuosly about the evolution of the indutry and our activities. The association represents and defends the interests of the shopping centres towards governmental organisations, authorities and institutions. AECC represents the shopping centre industry at national and international fairs, participates in various conferences and fora giving information about different aspacts of the industry. |
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| ORGANISATION | ||
| The Board of Directors of the AECC is composed of professionals with vast experience and whose careers are noteworthy for their defence of the shopping centre formula for speaking out in its favour. Although it is based in Madrid, the AECC has permanent delegates in several regions of the country, who reinforce the representation of the company. |
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| PRINCIPAL AREAS OF POLICY | ||
| • Legislation • Commercial • Construction, Architecture and Urbanism • Management • Planning and Environment • Training • EU Affairs |
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| MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES | ||
| • Shopping centres & Retailers • Shopping centres consultants • Professionals of feasibility, planning and marketing • Lawyers • Architecture & engineering studios • Official institutions • Services and capital goods suppliers • Organisation or professional person involved with the shopping centres industry |
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| PUBLICATIONS | ||
| Diary. Website (www.aedecc.com), updated information available 24 hours. Monthly. The magazine of the industry, Centros, containing all the current information and extensive articles and a newsletter with the lastest news, Noticias AECC. Every two years. Two prestigious publications and basic working tool for shopping centre professionals: Spanish Directory of Shopping Centres and Report on the Trends of the Industry. A handbook fot AECC members caaled Las Claves de la AECC with all the contact data othe industry companies, dates and main information about the shopping centres. Finally, Congress Monographic, a colour magazine which includes the highlights of the Congress. |
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| MEMBERS | ||
| More than 350 members. AECC members can be found on the website. |
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