The International Bartender Association (IBA) was founded in 1951 and is a global non-profit an organization that consists of 65 national barmen assosiations and IBA is continuously expanding.

The barman international community is today a generally recognized authoritative organization in professional bartender industry. IBA annually organizes and conducts International Bartender World Championship (WCC).

The event gathering the best bartenders from 65 countries,organized by IBA with support from national associates members of the organization.

It is thanks to this participation in organization of associate members and constant support from a wide range of companies from the beverage industry and their premium brands, the World Bartenders Championship was able to grow to a professional level. In turn, bartenders around the world used our associated brands to create awesome cocktails. Since all the preparations for

The World Barmen Championship (WCC-2018) is over, we would like to take this opportunity and invite your company to join us as Associate Members so that IBA bartenders can use your premium brands for the cocktail competition giving them as wide as choice as possible to show their creativity.

A Proud Family of 62 Nations

As an independent entity, we are an ideal platform for all the premium brands to present themselves and to provide competing bartenders with as wide choice of products as possible.

By becoming an Associate member of the IBA, the premium brands increase their worldwide awareness among the bartender community, expand their reach and visibility in the on-trade whilst providing the IBA and the bartenders throughoutthe world with a great benefit of working, experimenting and competing with their products.

The International Bartenders Association, established in 1951, consists of bartender guildsfrom 62 countries with over 50,000 members. IBA is a worldwidenon-profit society of memberswho are each registered national bartender associations in their own home countries.

Members: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Cuba, Columbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Geor- gia, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India (observer, waiting to join), Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam.

World Cocktail Championships WCC 2018
Tallinn, Estonia

IBA takes this opportunity to thank the partners of WC-2018 for their support in holding the event. Your help is of great importance to the International Bartenders Association.

Location

EXPOFORUM

Congress and Exhibition Center EXPOFORUM, the largest in St. Petersburg and the North-West.

This is the most modern venue in Europe and Russia for business and leisure events of any scale and   format — exhibitions, congresses, forums, sports and cultural events.

CONGRESS CENTER

the main building of EXPOFORUM is a visit card of the congress and exhibition complex

Information about hotel

We provide Presidents of National Associations and Guilds with rooms at the Hilton St. Petersburg Expoforum Hotel. For participants of WCC-2020 - numbers in the Hampton by Hilton St. Petersburg Expoforum. Also, all participants are provided with a place among delegates at reception and gala dinners, full board for the entire period of the IBA Congress and the World Championship among bartenders.

Hampton by Hilton Saint Petersburg Expoforum

Hilton St. Petersburg Expoforum is a hotel that allows guests to feel unique and enjoy a comfortable stay that can satisfy any desire. The provision of services to hotel guests is made at a high quality level. That is why, this place gives the opportunity to be located with the same comfort to tourists, families with children and businessmen.

Hampton by Hilton Saint Petersburg Expoforum

Hilton St. Petersburg Expoforum the facilities and services provided by the hotel ensure a pleasant stay for guests. The hotel offers numerous on-site facilities to satisfy even the most discerning guest. The ambiance of Hampton by Hilton Saint-Petersburg ExpoForum is reflected in the guestrooms.

Social media

ADS/PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA

In order for the information about the event to reach the maximum efficiency, the organizer of the event, the Bartending Association of Russia, took all necessary measures to ensure the media space during the competition with high — quality content.

The event will involve:
Presenters with extensive xperience in conducting bartending competitions will act as commentators and interviewers at the event. Information and interactive, will also be all invited representatives of the industry and social media. A professional team of video and photo operators will provide high-quality coverage of the entire event.

Design Services

VIDEO

Video crew consists of 5 video operators with cameras, which will produce video on the entire site of the event.

Also the video stream will be conducted on the page IB FB, Youtube and the official page of IBA.

LIVE BROADCAST

The competition will be broadcast live via Facebook, YouTube and the IBA's official website iba-world.com on its Facebook and on YouTube.

A total of 4 streams will be provided:

IBA WCC 2020 Competition flair;
Competition IBA WCC 2020 classic mixing competition;
IBA WCC 2020 Flair competition final;
Stream IBA WCC 2020 Superfinal;

YOUTUBE

Videos from the contest will be uploaded to the official YouTube page of IBA within 2 weeks after the event:
Video IBA WCC 2020;
Flairtending competition;
Video IBA WCC 2020 Classic Mixing Competition;
Video IBA WCC 2020 Flairtending competition Finals;
Video IDA CCC 2020 Superfinal;
Video partnership workshops;

PHOTOGRAPHY

The competition will be covered by 3 professional photographers.

The galleries will be divided as follows:
• IBA WCC 2020 Flairtending competition gallery;
• IBA WCC 2020 Classic Mixing Competition gallery;
• IBA WCC 2020 Flairtending competition Finals gallery;
• IBA WCC 2020 Super Final gallery;
• Gallery of all competitive cocktails;
• Gallery "Welcome dinner";
• Gallery of master classes gallery "Gala dinner";

PARTICIPATION in WCC 2020 events


On cooperation with the Bartending Association of Russia
and partner participation in the events at the WCC 2020
world bartending Championship in St.Petersburg:

Sergei Kolbeev

President of the Bartenders Association of Russia

Phone: +7 (909) 697-51-67
Site: www.bartenders.pro
E-mail: kolbeevbar@bk.ru

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