Industry
ICCA officially includes association executives in its global association meetings community

ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association, has announced the January 2020 launch of its “ICCA Association Community”. 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.

16 October 2019

African Member States met ahead of the General Assembly to plot a course for the future of tourism for the continent.

11 September 2019

Marriott International signs new global agreement for TravelClick’s Agency360, Travel Agent GDS Advertising Solutions and Rate360 to help hotels drive additional revenue & improve performance.

3 September 2019

2018 was a record-breaking year for congresses in Paris. The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau published its annual study – «Congress Activity» – to decipher the characteristics and evolution of meetings sector, a strategic one for the French capital, which largely contributed to the positive attendance record of the destination in 2018.

28 June 2019
AIPC, ICCA and UFI associations launch global alliance for the meetings and exhibition Industry

Three global associations serving the International Meetings Industry will collaborate more closely in the future: UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry), ICCA (The International Congress and Convention Association), and AIPC (The International Association of Convention Centres) agreed to launch a Global Alliance. 

25 June 2019

The International Congress and Convention Association has 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.

18 June 2019

Asia Pacific’s newest world-class convention centre Te Pae Christchurch is now 50% complete and on track for opening in October 2020. Te Pae will feature a 1,400 seat auditorium, over 3,000 square metres of exhibition space and 24 meeting rooms.

15 June 2019

Amadeus signs a landmark hospitality distribution agreement with Booking.com to integrate its accommodation content into the Amadeus Travel Platform for the first time. 

22 May 2019