Meetings Industry Associations

ICCA works in partnership with other leading meetings industry organisations to promote the importance of our industry worldwide, and is a member of a number of strategic bodies.  Additionally, ICCA has a relationship with a number of national and regional groupings which are known as "ICCA affiliated meetings industry associations". ICCA membership of global organisations CIC Convention Industry Council: ICCA is a member of this US based federation of 31 national and international meetings industry related associations.  CIC is the accrediting body for the internationally recognised Certified Meetings Professional designation. GMIC The Green Meeting Industry Council was formed on December 10, 2003 to improve meeting management practices by promoting environmentally responsible strategies through the collaborative efforts of the hospitality industry, corporations, government, and community organizations. The GMIC is committed to supporting economic, environmental, and community objectives as they relate to the meeting industry. JMIC ICCA is a founder member of Joint Meetings Industry Council, which comprises 13 international meetings industry associations, and whose most recent major initiative is " Power and Profile", a guide to community and government relations that is freely available to all ICCA members. UNWTO ICCA joined the World Tourism Organisation in 2004 in order to advance the creation of comprehensive statistics on the meetings industry worldwide.  A new project to this end has been started by UNWTO in partnership with ICCA, MPI, and Reed Travel Exhibitions. UIA ICCA is an Associate Member of the Union of International Associations, which is a complementary source to ICCA Data of useful information about international associations.  Also like ICCA, UIA publishes regular statistics on international association meetings, which are based on different criteria and include meetings which do not rotate between different venues. Other leading international meetings industry associations AACVB Asian Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus AIPC International Association of Congress Centres DMAI Destination Marketing International Association ECM European Cities Marketing IAAM International Association of Assembly Managers IAPCO International Association of Professional Congress Organisers MPI Meeting Professionals International PCMA Professional Convention Management Association UFI The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry SITE Society of Incentive and Travel Executives ICCA affiliated meetings industry associations Latin America: COCAL Spain: FEEOPC France: France Congrès Australia: MEA - Meetings & Events Australia UK: MIA South Africa: SAACI