In
the year 2005 on the 19th – 24th of October in Helsinki we organize an
I.B.A. Congress and along with it the Bartenders’ World Championship in
two categories, Flair Tending and Fancy Cocktail.
The congress gathers approximately 600 participants from 50 countries.
The congress location is the Crowne Plaza Hotel and the World
Championship location the Finlandia House.
Both domestic and foreign media will be invited to the event; the most
important magazines in the beverage business, the lifestyle and trend
magazines and the media representatives both from Russia and The United
States. The interest within the media particularly in the world’s best
Flair Tending competitors is high.
The event is organized in cooperation with both the international and
domestic professionals of the beverage business. Negotiations with the
international companies of different industries in Finland are taking
place. The television broadcasting contracts are negotiated with the
television companies and the possibility of live television
broadcasting is impending.
From Finland a delegation is sent to this year’s congress in Las Vegas
on the 20th – 25th of November to promote to the international members
the I.B.A. event in Helsinki next year.
F.B.S.K. ry (Finland’s Bartenders’ and supporters’ club) was established in the year 1954. The goals of operation are:
to develop and maintain bartenders’ professional skills
to develop the members’ working conditions
to support the creation of relationships within the industry
to maintain contact with the international bartender associations
to increase the appreciation towards the profession and the interest towards the industry
to represent the members in common issues that are of their concern
The operation of the club is brought to the public with an own magazine
“Shaker”, the annual Grand Cocktail Festival and the FinnBar trade
fair. The F.B.S.K has approximately 550 members at the moment.
In
the year 2005 on the 19th – 24th of October in Helsinki we organize an
I.B.A. Congress and along with it the Bartenders’ World Championship in
two categories, 
FBSK press IBA 2005 en.pdf