ICCA adds governmental meetings to its database

It seeks to benefit members with this huge and untapped sector.

Tapping into governmental meetings: a first for ICCA.
Tapping into governmental meetings: a first for ICCA. Photo Credit: Adobe stock/T

International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) is now providing access to data on governmental meetings. This is in addition to the current access of data on international associations and their meetings. Networking and education have been some of the benefits of joining ICCA, including generating sales leads through ICCA’s extensive Business Intelligence (BI) database.

By adding governmental meetings to its database, which it describes as a ‘previously untapped – and potentially huge sector’ for its members, the association said it was bringing ‘new and exciting business opportunities directly to our members’, which made ‘the ICCA value proposition stronger than ever’.

ICCA CEO Senthil Gopinath said: “This is the exciting advancement our members have been waiting for. Governmental meetings occur at local, regional, and international levels across the world.

“It has vast potential. We believe government meeting needs - allayed to our members’ expertise - creates a win-win situation for all stakeholders. I look forward to ICCA governmental meetings (GM) driving both business success and the establishment of conducive long-term working partnerships.”

The new ICCA 'GM' database will be progressive at the outset as it is tested and populated with members’ data.  After testing, it is projected to grow sizably and occupy a significant part of ICCA's ever evolving portfolio.

Source: AMI