ICCA Congress press releases Media resources and story ideas This press release contains short features and story ideas, along with contact details for more information. Please do not hesitate to ask us for any input into these or other stories on the international meetings market. Read more Naked Norwegian man wins ICCA Best Marketing Award 2009! Norway Convention Bureau has won the ICCA Best Marketing Award 2009 for its “Norway for natural reasons” campaign, famous for depicting a rear view of a naked man enjoying the elements. Read More   ICCA Congress provides global launching pad for Ovation DMC's new "Huggability Awards". Ovation DMC Managing Director Patrick Delaney took the opportunity of speaking at the ICCA Congress in an education session to announce to announce the launch of his company's innovative new "Huggability Awards". Read More   ICCA offers new educational opportunities to young professionals in the meetings industry! This year’s ICCA Silent Auction was a great success! It raised 14,500 for the ICCA Education Fund. The ICCA Annual Silent Auction runs throughout the ICCA Congress and Exhibition, which is currently taking place in Florence, Italy. Read More   Latest joint research by IMEX and ICCA confirms continued strength of international association meetings market Preliminary results from research conducted over the last few weeks amongst international association executives continue to provide the industry with much needed grounds for optimism. Read More   ICCA Congress attracts record attendance! It’s official! The 2009 annual ICCA Congress & Exhibition taking place from 7-11 November in Florence Italy, officially broke the record for the number of registered attendees. Read More ICCA Member press releases: ICCA fully supportive of MPI's plans to turn CMP into a genuinely global meetings industry accreditation programme. London named as one of world’s most affordable destinations Singapore Expo announces Value Packages and Schemes for MICE organisers As the second fastest growing destination in Asia for hosting exhibitions, Taiwan is the new Asian meetings destination PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISERS UNVEIL WORLD PCO ALLIANCE Original session speaker Fay Beauchine from Carlson Marketing cannot be with us this week since her company is in the process of an agreed takeover that exemplifies the fast-changing environment of the corporate meetings market.  She'll be contributing to the session "ME103: The Future Shape of International Corporate Meetings: What are the Implications for Suppliers and Agencies?" through a recorded message.  See this Press Release for more information on this big news story: Groupe Aeroplan to Acquire Carlson Marketing. ICCA General Assembly speeches: GA 2009 Speeches GA 2009 Presidential Address ICCA Press Kit and pictures Please check out the ICCA Press Kit on our website. It contains: Background and general information on ICCA ICCA Spokespersons ICCA upcoming activities and events Photos ICCA Board of Directors (including new board members) ICCA logo’s Logo of the ICCA Congress & Exhibition ICCA press releases ICCA Press Contact Mathijs Vleeming Marketing Project Manager Phone: +31 20 398 1962 (direct line) Mobile: +31 6 5050 4931 Fax: +31 20 699 0781 Email: mathijs@icca.nl