Arnaldo Nardone Uruguay
Current president of ICCA International
Past president of ICCA Latin America. 2009 – 2011 period.
Past – Icca Board member de ICCA - (International Congress and Convention Association). (Since 2002)
Past-Chairman of the ICCA.VENUES Sector
Board Member of the JMIC (Joint Meeting International Council), the world council that gathers all the international events sector associations.
Past-Vicepresident de ICCA.
Former Director of the SRS Hotels Latin American Marketing Committee
Former Director of Tourism for the Canelones region- Uruguay (second most important region after Montevideo)
Permanent advisor to COCAL (Confederation of Congress Organizers for Latin America and the Caribbean).
Director of Marketing & Congresses, Radisson Hotel, Montevideo.
Director of Mice Consulting.
Director of Studies of the ITHU – Montevideo Polytechnic Institute of Hotel and Gastronomy – Events Organizer degree.
Past President ICCA for Latin America.
Past President de COCAL. (2003 - 2006)
Past President of the Montevideo Conventions Bureau.
Past President of AUDOCA – (Uruguayan Association of Congress Organizers) From 2000 - 2005.
Former Marketing & Sales Director Southern Cone for Radisson Hotels Latin America (Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay)

Academic Diplomas
Master in Strategy, Marketing and Business Management from the Juan Carlos III University - Madrid
Bachelor in Hotel Administration from the University of Bridgeport’s School of Business USA.
Bachelor in Strategic Management from Cornell University - USA

Specialist Areas
Strategic Marketing - Cornell University– USA.
Strategic Hotel Administration - Cornell University– USA.
Conference Center Management, Operations and Marketing - Cornell University– USA
Strategic Leadership - Cornell University– USA
Hotel Financial Administration - Cornell University– USA
Customer Loyalty and Relationship Marketing – Adolfo Ibáñez University Chile.

Special Awards
Prize for the Congress Executive of the Americas (IMEX AWARD) 2004 , a prize given by the IMEX Award Academy in Frankfurt - Germany
The ICCA Moisés Shuster world prize- Canada
COCAL (Latin American Federation of Professional Congress Organizers) Prize 2007.
Businessman of the Year Prize 2003 for Tourism in Uruguay.
President of the World ICCA Congress held in Montevideo-Uruguay in November 2005.
President of the COCAL Congress 2001 in Montevideo - Uruguay.
President of the COCAL Congress 2004 - Lima - Peru
President of the COCAL Congress 2005 - Mar del Plata - Argentina
President of the COCAL Congress 2006 -Cartagena - Colombia.
Medal of Honour from the Mayor of Callao - Lima - Peru -2004
Keys to the City of Cartagena de Indias - Cartagena - Colombia -2006
Recognition from the Municipal Tourism Office Mar del Plata- 2005
Honorary President AUDOCA Congress 2007
Honorary President COCAL Congress 2008
Prize awarded by the Uruguay Chamber of Tourism for the Tourist Businessman of 2008.

Mr Arnaldo Nardone has given talks in over 30 countries always in
connection with the Events sector.