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BestCities and ICCA Extend Incredible Impacts Programme Partnership

Published: 13th June 2025
Host Destination: Global

BestCities Global Alliance and the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) have renewed their partnership through a three-year agreement to continue the annual Incredible Impacts Programme. The initiative recognises international meetings that create meaningful, enduring legacies within their host destinations and global communities. Each year, the Incredible Impacts Programme distributes two financial grants – a…

ICCA and ESAE Partner to Strengthen Collaboration and Inspire Future Association Leaders

Published: 10th June 2025
Host Destination: Europe

From ICCA: Signed during IMEX 2025 in Frankfurt by ICCA CEO Dr. Senthil Gopinath and ESAE Managing Director Ioannis Pallas, the agreement affirms both organisations’ commitment to nurturing the next generation of association leaders and professionals, as well as contributing to one another’s ongoing research and development efforts.

European Boating Industry Turns the Tide in Recreational Marine Sustainability

Published: 9th June 2025
Host Destination: Europe

From Boardroom: As the European Green Deal is shaping various sectors in the continent, associations need to step up their game for advocacy and actively lead their sectors towards transformation. Few have risen to that challenge with the clarity and collaborative ambition of the European Boating Industry (EBI), which has just been awarded the 2025…

NASA Faces Steep Budget Cuts, One Space Meeting Has Already Been Scrapped

Published: 6th June 2025
Host Destination: USA

From Skift Meetings: The White House has proposed the largest single-year budget cut to NASA in U.S. history. As a result, space science and exploration are taking a hit — and so are the cornerstone conferences that support these efforts. NASA is facing a proposed 24% budget cut. The financial uncertainty is already hitting the…

A Book Worth Reading about the “Invisible Industry” in the USA

Published: 6th June 2025
Host Destination: USA

It’s great to see a dramatic example of The Iceberg’s central metaphor on the cover of this book about the enormous impact and value of trade shows! It’s focused on the USA, but the arguments and insights are universal. Read a review from ExhibitCity News here. The Invisible Industry: The Evolution of Trade Shows can…

GLOBAL EXHIBITIONS DAY: A Message from UFI President

Published: 4th June 2025
Host Destination: Global

Hugh Jones, CEO of RX Global and President of UFI, the Association of the Global Exhibitions Industry shares the organisation’s key advocacy messages in a video address to policymakers.

Canceled, Moving to Canada: Science Conferences Shun the US

Published: 3rd June 2025
Host Destination: Canada USA

From Skift Meetings: Visa delays, funding cuts, and geopolitical tensions are driving scientific conferences out of the U.S. Some are relocating. Others are canceling. The International Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (IACBT) canceled its August 14-17 conference in Nashville — its first U.S. meeting in 40 years. Approximately 900 were expected. Organizers cited visa uncertainty,…

Leadership Choices and the Legacy Based Mindset in Sydney

Published: 3rd June 2025
Host Destination: Australia Sydney

From Boardroom: Associations are under pressure. Technology moves fast, members want different things, politics are unstable, and the climate crisis is ever-growing. Association leaders must make difficult decisions about what relevance means and how to partner strategically for impact. In this context, Sydney’s Leadership Choices: Driving Societal Change into Associations event served as a hands-on…

New US Government Policies put Global Medical Conventions in the Crosshairs

Published: 2nd June 2025
Host Destination: USA

From PCMA: ABTS is seeing some troubling trends for international health-care events — some of which are due to global misperceptions of current realities in the US. After Convene sent out an email invitation to participate in our pulse survey with the subject line “Is Global Uncertainty Affecting Your Events?,” I received an email reply…

Senior Singapore Minister to Attend Annual Business Events Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Published: 30th May 2025
Host Destination: Singapore

This is the calibre of policymaker every country should strive to involve in their business events activity, including recognition of local ambassadors and organisers. Singapore consistently aligns of its meetings strategy with key national development goals. (Pictured above, Mr. Alvin Tan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development, Singapore.)

Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance Hosts Record-Setting Legislative Action Day

Published: 29th May 2025
Host Destination: USA Washington DC

A record-setting group of 170 business and professional events industry leaders and advocates from 30 states met with more than 130 elected officials on Capitol Hill today as part of the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance’s (ECA) annual Legislative Action Day. “What happens in Washington, DC is critical to the competitiveness of our industry going forward,”…

Healthy Livers Matter: Citizen Outreach & Education at 2025 EASL Congress in Amsterdam

Published: 28th May 2025
Host Destination: Amsterdam Europe Netherlands

Early pre-event collaboration between the city’s destination marketing organisation and congress organisers was key in designing high-impact outreach programmes involving schools and thousands of ordinary citizens, raising awareness of how to maintain lifelong liver health. From Amsterdam Convention Bureau…

New Maharashtra Convention Bureau to Exploit Opportunities in India’s Largest Economic Hub

Published: 26th May 2025
Host Destination: Maharashtra

This initiative will serve as a catalyst across key sectors, from tourism and hospitality to higher education, manufacturing, and infrastructure. It will attract global thinkers, investors, and changemakers to Maharashtra, generating new opportunities for our youth, our entrepreneurs, and our communities. From Meetings International…

BE Industry Recognises Champions in Advocacy, Event Impact, Sustainability & Innovation

Published: 22nd May 2025
Host Destination: Europe Frankfurt Germany

The 2025 IMEX Gala was the setting for the sector’s leading associations to present awards recognising star individuals within their communities who are raising awareness of the enormous long-term economic and societal impact of business and scientific events, amongst both policymakers and citizens.

EIC and JMIC Announce Closer Strategic Collaboration

Published: 20th May 2025
Host Destination: Global

The two of the three most important umbrella organisations for the business events sector, Events Industry Council and Joint Meetings Industry Council announced at IMEX 2025 a joint programme of advocacy, research and sustainability standards, including working together with Oxford Economics on the 2026 Economic Significance of Business Events Industry report, which will provide worldwide…

Copenhagen Releases Updated Version of Local Sustainability Guide

Published: 19th May 2025
Host Destination: Copenhagen Denmark Europe

Wonderful Copenhagen Convention Bureau has been the world leader in sharing its innovative work on event impact, creative event design and sustainability, recognising that encouraging competitors to embrace these changes will help the entire world of Business Events to increase its positive societal impact whilst reducing its carbon footprint, strengthening advocacy arguments for the entire…

Germany Releases Latest Annual Overview of Domestic and International Meetings

Published: 19th May 2025
Host Destination: Europe Frankfurt Germany

Germany reports attendance figures back up to pre-pandemic levels in 2024. This is a useful report for those interested in communicating the enormous scale of the meetings sector in individual countries. 377 million attendees participated in approximately 2 million events in a single year! From Skift Meetings…

VisitBritain Association Conference #2: Impact is the Future

Published: 15th May 2025
Host Destination: Newport United Kingdom Wales

The second edition of the VisitBritain Business Events Association Conference, held at the ICC Wales 11-13th February, revealed the extent to which the sector has adopted the new impact & sustainability narrative – and tools – for effective congress bidding by the organisation’s key partners and stakeholders. This video of the event titled ‘Bid for…

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