For the 2nd consecutive year, Ukrainian Incentives DMC is proud to be the official hospitality & logistics partner of the Brand Ukraine International Conference BUIC 2025
BUIC2025 brought together international key specialists in communication and reputation, government policy makers, investors, NGOs, and global thought leaders for dialog about reputation influence. The conference explores how values, identity, and narrative function as strategic assets in times of geopolitical tension and hybrid warfare. Panels & Workshops: from values-driven branding to practical communication tools. This year topic was: “Country brand as a shield: values guarding national security”. Ukraine is not only fighting for its survival, but also shaping its brand and our future. In today’s world, a country’s image and values are strategic asset and even a defence tools.
Our continued role reflects trust and reliability in delivering seamless services for high-level international events in Ukraine. Our mission was to ensure that leading international speakers and NGOs could fully focus on meaningful dialogue, while we took care about their logistics and hospitality in Kyiv. So travel, hospitality, and professional logistics are not just operational details — they are enablers of diplomacy, investment, and trust.
Being official hospitality partner for the second year proves that our team works consistently and efficiently, even during the war
Uzhhorod is one of most safe places in Ukraine now, as it is located just 28km from EU border.
Compact, cozy, and full of character, it offers both reliable infrastructure and unique experiences for delegations and corporate events.
Key advantages for event organizers:
All these hotels are equipped with shelters.
Planning Your Event in Ukraine
If your organization, your clients or partners are considering a visit to Ukraine, whether for corporate travel or humanitarian cooperation – Uzhhorod is a safe and inspiring choice. And our team will ensure everything runs smoothly.
Who visit Ukraine now: business travel, NGO, official delegations, volunteers, miltech developers, doctors for rehabilitation and prosthetics centers, other great supporters. If you have such clients, we are here, in Ukraine, to help with travel arrangements.
For inquiries about MICE and travel support in Ukraine, contact us: u-in@ukrainian-incentives.com.ua
Last week, the University of Birmingham, the charity organization Grace in War-Affected Regions, and UKRI Research England held a research workshop in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Ukrainian Incentives DMC is proud to be part of the organizational team. This is a powerful example of resilience and international cooperation.
About the Workshop
The workshop gathered researchers, charity representatives, and local partners to discuss academic and humanitarian cooperation in war-affected regions of Ukraine.
What the Organizers said
Why live format was more efficient:
It was able to have more valuable discussions. Given the sensitivities of the topics under discussion a live format was more suitable. We hope to develop sustainable relationships with individuals and organisations at the workshop – we were better able to develop these relationships by meeting in person.
In-person interaction allowed more natural and spontaneous communication, facilitating better understanding and knowledge sharing. The shared experiences led to more intense interactions and allowed us to connect in a meaningful way, which will hopefully improve working as a team in the next steps of building a strong network with a sense of common purpose to advance our policy agenda. The in-person format. also increased our focus and reduced distractions, leading to collaborative and creative discussions.
Detailed due diligence on the safety of the location (Uzhhorod at the Ukraine-Slovakia border) and extremely competent and transparent support from Ukrainian Incentives DMC were weighed against the remaining risks of holding the meeting in a country at war. This together with the very significant added value of holding a much more inclusive and efficient workshop in Uzhhorod than would have been possible outside Ukraine let to our decision.
References about work of Ukrainian Incentives team:
“Your support was exceptional and invaluable. We could not have done this work without you and your care and attention made it a truly memorable experience”
Rachel Canty
Global Reconciliation, Advocacy and Community-Building Engagement in war-affected regions
“Working with you and having. your support, wisdom and common sense while we were in Ukraine was a wonderful experience, and I hope that your country will soon be in a position to welcome larger number of tourists and professional visitors so that more people can experience Ukraine.
Kind regards, good wishes, and THANK YOU so much for facilitating such a memorable visit to Uzhhorod”
Sabine Lee
Professor of Modern History
University of Birmingham
Why This Matters
This workshop is more than a successful event – it’s a reminder that international conferences, research meetings, and professional delegations are possible in Ukraine even now. For NGOs, universities, businesses, and volunteer missions, Ukrainian Incentives DMC provides:
✅ Local expertise
✅ Reliable logistics and travel arrangements
✅ Full support for safe and effective event delivery
Contact us if you are planning an event, research visit, or professional mission in Ukraine. Together, we make it possible.
We are here in Ukraine, ready to help international clients and partners bring their projects to life, even in challenging times.
Ukrainian Incentives DMC was nominated as Ukraine’s Best MICE Organiser again
We won the World MICE Award in 2023. Also, we are the winners of World Travel Awards as Ukraine’s Leading DMC in 2020-2021.
Support us by voting for us at World MICE Awards in 2025!
Despite of war, Ukrainian business is working and requires business events.
2024 was quite busy with a big variety. What our clients asked to arrange in 2024?
✅️ Corporate conferences in Ukraine
✅️ Charity fundraising events for Ukraine abroad
✅️ Big international conference with foreign speakers in Ukraine
✅️ Regular planning and strategic sessions with facilitators
✅️ Corporate trainings on tactical medicine and team-buildings, which included making defence nets and special trench candles in winter times.
✅️ Presentations of research results in different spheres
✅️ Made in Ukraine: wine & craft products tastings for promoting and supporting local craft producers
✅️ Explored authentic places of Ukraine for corporate meetings
✅️ Mental health was also hot topic for corporate events and i believe, this trend will continue in 2025
✅️ Sustainable events with tree planting
✅️ Small incentive trips for re-charging
✅️ Football teams’ travel
✅️ Charity exhibitions “100 Motanka dolls for Peace” for fundraising and promoting Ukrainian culture abroad
✅️ Charity art-therapeutical master-classes “Art Heals” for Ukrainian children, living in temporary shelters
✅️ Participation in exhibitions abroad, we all work on Ukrainian export
✅️ and smallest drop of foreign visitors 🙂
That’s shortly about 2024.
Hoping for 2025 to be busy and efficient too: old & new partners and clients, new tenders, new partnerships, new challenges, new MICE events.
What were your events in 2024? How are trends in your countries? Please, share with us. Would be really interesting to know.
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