Ahead of the ICCA Congress in Houston on 27-30 October 2019, ICCA has announced the January 2020 launch of its “ICCA Association Community” in a message yesterday morning to its global membership. Offering education, connections, tools and resources to assist and support international associations in organising more effective meetings, the new platform will officially welcome association executives into ICCA’s global association meeting community as affiliates, aiming to shape the future and value of international association meetings.
ICCA has today published its country and city rankings by estimated total number of participants as part of its public abstract of the 2018 Statistics Report, offering an alternative perspective on the growth of the association meetings market. In a continuation of annual trends in 2017, Barcelona and U.S.A. take the top spots these rankings.
The venue’s ICC drives 50% of all ICCA-rated delegates to London
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Over the past eight years, events hosted at ExCeL, have been responsible for driving 50% of all ICCA-rated delegates who come to London and 20% of all ICCA-rated delegates who come to the UK.
Penang has been selected as the host city and destination for the inaugural ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) Asia Pacific Summit 2019. The summit will take place concurrently with the 4th edition of BE @ Penang from 5 – 6 December at Setia SPICE Convention Centre, the world’s first hybrid solar-powered convention centre.
As a testament to his pioneering advancement of association meetings industry education and advocacy, ICCA CEO Senthil Gopinath was recognised at the 2019 PCMA Visionary Awards on 7th May in Washington D.C. when he was named Business Events Strategist of the Year.
Past favourite Paris achieves landslide victory with return to first place in ICCA city rankings
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The release of ICCA’s 2018 Country and City Rankings marks yet another successful year for the association meetings market, with the global meetings industry trade association capturing a total of 12,937 rotating association meetings taking place in 2018, at an increase of 379 additional meetings compared to the number recorded at the same time in 2017.
In recognition of her contributions to the growth of the international meetings industry, both through her global advocacy as ICCA Regional Director Europe and during her meetings industry career in Turkey, Elif Balci Fisunoglu was handed the prestigious “Outstanding Service Award” by leading Turkish exhibition ACE of M.I.C.E. at the 7th ACE of M.I.C.E. Meetings and Events Awards ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey on 4th April.
ICCA’s Board of Directors has selected Senthil Gopinath to serve as the organisation’s new CEO. As per ICCA by-laws, the Board made the selection in a closed-vote process, with Gopinath winning by majority vote. He will begin the new role in April 2019.
Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) is proud to share that Penang has been selected as the host city for inaugural ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) Asia Pacific Chapter Summit 2019, to be held from 5 – 6 December.
Delegates at the upcoming ICCA Association Meetings Programme 2019, taking place in Durban, South Africa from 18-20 June, are set to collaborate to drive value and impact through international association meetings, as ICCA reveals the theme of the event as “Inspiration to go further”.
BestCities Global Alliance, GainingEdge and Rehabilitation International unveiled new market-leading research into accessible meetings at today’s ICCA Congress in Dubai. The outcomes promote awareness among the meetings community on what can be done to enforce universal accessibility for delegates with disabilities.
Juan José García, Chief Marketing Officer of Bco Congresos, is running for President of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). The election result will be announced on 11th of November at the 57th ICCA Congress in Dubai.
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