The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) was founded in 1963 by a group of travel agents to exchange information on international congresses and conventions.[1][2]
Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the ICCA is a nonprofit trade organization whose primary purpose is to be the global community for the meetings industry, enabling its members to generate and maintain significant competitive advantage.
It has over 1,000 members in over 90 different countries. The members are divided by the type of the company into different sectors which include: destination marketing, meetings management, meetings support, transport, venues and honorary members. The member companies and organisations situated in the same geographical area are divided into chapters. The divided chapters include: African, Asia Pacific, Central European, France-BeneLux, Iberian, Latin American, Mediterranean, Middle East, North American, Scandinavian and UK/Ireland Chapter. The purpose of dividing the members into sectors and chapters is to enable networking between those members which have certain aspects in common in order to enhance their business activities in the industry.
^"ICCA's History: a short walk through the first half century of the association's development". ICCA. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^"Joint Meeting Industry Council | Joint Meeting Industry Council". Retrieved 2021-08-30.
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international, congress, convention, association, icca, founded, 1963, group, travel, agents, exchange, information, international, congresses, conventions, headquartered, amsterdam, netherlands, icca, nonprofit, trade, organization, whose, primary, purpose, g. The International Congress and Convention Association ICCA was founded in 1963 by a group of travel agents to exchange information on international congresses and conventions 1 2 Headquartered in Amsterdam the Netherlands the ICCA is a nonprofit trade organization whose primary purpose is to be the global community for the meetings industry enabling its members to generate and maintain significant competitive advantage It has over 1 000 members in over 90 different countries The members are divided by the type of the company into different sectors which include destination marketing meetings management meetings support transport venues and honorary members The member companies and organisations situated in the same geographical area are divided into chapters The divided chapters include African Asia Pacific Central European France BeneLux Iberian Latin American Mediterranean Middle East North American Scandinavian and UK Ireland Chapter The purpose of dividing the members into sectors and chapters is to enable networking between those members which have certain aspects in common in order to enhance their business activities in the industry The ICCA is a member of the following global organisations Convention Industry Council CIC Joint Meetings Industry Council JMIC 3 World Tourism Organization UNWTO and the Union of International Associations UIA The association now has an international network of suppliers which is in service for the international meetings industry References edit About ICCA ICCA Retrieved 29 October 2014 ICCA s History a short walk through the first half century of the association s development ICCA Retrieved 29 October 2014 Joint Meeting Industry Council Joint Meeting Industry Council Retrieved 2021 08 30 External links editOfficial website nbsp Sources edithttps web archive org web 20110407024823 http unwto org https web archive org web 20150403231915 http www cibtm com en Exhibitors 51261 ICCA International Congress Convention Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title International Congress and Convention Association amp oldid 1170133344, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
