City and region:

The City of Utrecht in cooperation with the Province of Utrecht.

Main organization submitting the bid:

Utrecht Convention Bureau (part of Utrecht Marketing) and the strategic partners united in the Utrecht Convention Alliance, amongst others:

• Utrecht Convention Bureau
• Utrecht Marketing
• Municipality of Utrecht
• Province of Utrecht 
• Royal Jaarbeurs Event & Exhibition Center

Responsible for overall planning and signing the contract:

Cor Jansen, Utrecht Marketing, also on behalf of Jeroen van Hooff, CEO of Jaarbeurs, the Municipality of Utrecht, the Province of Utrecht, and all other partners of the Utrecht Convention Alliance.

Official support for the bid

In addition to the organizations mentioned above:

• Fietsersbond, the Dutch Cyclists’ Union 
• Dutch Cycling Embassy 
• Stichting Landelijk Fietsplatform
• Routebureau Utrecht
• NBCT Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions
• Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
• Utrecht Bike Community: network of 750 cycling -and bike professionals
• Hicle organizer of Fiets & Wandelbeurs and IBTC

And the other partners united in the Utrecht Convention Alliance, such as: Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht, ROM Utrecht Region, Economic Board of Utrecht, HOST (Utrecht Hotel Alliance). Click here to see the full list.