Globalisation, the world’s closer integration, is under attack. After nativism, terrorism and of course climate change, now a microscopic pathogen is even stopping us from gathering to meet. If globalisation does have a positive legacy though, international association meetings may be the best of what closer integration gives society. From Association Meetings International…
Māori culture gives New Zealand its distinct identity, but is also moving centre stage at meetings hosted in the country. This was very evident during the 2019 International Union for Health Promotion and Education Conference, which drew to Rotorua 1,185 attendees from 73 countries. From Association Meetings International…
Prior to IMEX America, this unique, interactive seminar brings together international association executives and international suppliers (ICCA members) to share information and experiences, and to update themselves on the latest trends and ideas relating to international association conferences.
*** THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED – NEW DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY *** ICCA and the Jordan Convention Bureau (JCB) have jointly organised a Meetings Development Workshop which will bring together meetings industry and international association professionals, as well as local ambassadors to address bidding challenges. There will be group exercises that will highlight…
Doing Meetings business through online chat rooms! Association Meetings are long term business. So, let’s plan for it now! ICCA’s success for over five decades has been built on the principle of members exchanging commercial information of recently hosted events. ICCA the only Global Association creating business opportunities in challenging times. To assist you in your efforts to…
Doing Meetings business through online chat rooms! Association Meetings are long term business. So, let’s plan for it now! ICCA’s success for over five decades has been built on the principle of members exchanging commercial information of recently hosted events. ICCA the only Global Association creating business opportunities in challenging times. To assist you in your efforts to…
Doing Meetings business through online chat rooms! Association Meetings are long term business. So, let’s plan for it now! ICCA’s success for over five decades has been built on the principle of members exchanging commercial information of recently hosted events. ICCA the only Global Association creating business opportunities in challenging times. To assist you in your efforts to…
Doing Meetings business through online chat rooms! Association Meetings are long term business. So, let’s plan for it now! ICCA’s success for over five decades has been built on the principle of members exchanging commercial information of recently hosted events. ICCA the only Global Association creating business opportunities in challenging times. To assist you in your efforts to…
Doing Meetings business through online chat rooms! Association Meetings are long term business. So, let’s plan for it now! ICCA’s success for over five decades has been built on the principle of members exchanging commercial information of recently hosted events. ICCA the only Global Association creating business opportunities in challenging times. To assist you in your efforts to…
This Virtual Best-Practice Exchange is available exclusively to association executives and is dedicated to growing the Global ICCA Association Community. Association executives will share how they are dealing with the challenges caused by COVID-19, from daily operations, member services, recruitment, meetings cancellations and moving them to the virtual dimension. We will not have answers at the ready,…
International travel is now all but shut down and meetings are either cancelled, postponed or online. It’s hard to think about rebuilding while still in the eye of the storm, but it’s nevertheless vital. Rod Cameron, Executive Director of the Joint Meetings Industry Council, which presents The Iceberg, talks sector recovery. From JMIC…
Melbourne’s AIME (the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event), with its more than 2,500 visitors and 300 exhibitors on the showroom floor, was one of the last significant industry gatherings successfully delivered in February before the coronavirus pandemic shutdown large meetings across the globe. The Iceberg partner’s buyers and exhibitors connected to conduct business at more…
Expo 2020 Dubai is almost certain to be postponed. Organisers said they wanted to show “solidarity” with the participating countries now fighting coronavirus. The event is likely to be put back a year, but a final decision should be made in June. Expo 2020 was hoping to attract eleven million visitors. From Association Meetings International…
A major meeting of blood doctors will be held virtually because of the COVID-19 crisis. The 28th Congress of ISTH (the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis) was scheduled to take place in Milan this July. The USA-based association’s event typically draws over 3,000 delegates to the meeting. From Association Meetings International…
ExCeL London has become an emergency hospital, called NHS Nightingale, with the conference and exhibition centre being put into service to treat the expected surge in coronavirus patients. Other UK venues are also being prepared as ancillary hospitals: Birmingham’s NEC, Manchester Central and Glasgow’s SEC Centre. From Association Meetings International…
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