1. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com ICCA Association Database France-Benelux Chapter Meeting 8 February 2012 Paris, France

2. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Association Database Criteria Our leads in the database must: have at least 50 participants be organised on a regular basis move between at least 3 countries

3. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Association Database Number of leads 10,107 Online International Associations 15,502 Online Series 157,652 Online Events As at 15 January 2012

4. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com More interesting figures: International Organisations: 10,107 Decision links: 1,010 As at 15 January 2012

5. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Association Database Sources ICCA members International Associations Internet Local organisers Suppliers Other publications

6. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Statistics 2010 (nr of meetings) Country ranking: 1 USA (623) 2 Germany (542) 3 Spain (451) 4 UK(399) 5 France(371)

7. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Statistics 2010 (nr of meetings) City ranking: 1 Vienna (154) 2 Barcelona (148) 3 Paris (147) 4 Berlin(138) 5 Singapore(136)

8. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com International organiser: ICCA, Amsterdam HO Series (1):ICCA Research, Sales & Marketing Programme Event: 6 th :13-16 June 2012, Bregenz, Austria Series (2):ICCA Congress & Exhibition Event: 51 st : 20-24 October 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico Series = potential Event = confirmed Series/Events?

9. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Difference series/events Series 1 Event 15-17 July 2010 Vilnius Event 7-9 July 2011 Gdansk Event 13-16 June 2012 Bregenz International Organiser ICCA Series 2 Event 23-27 Oct 2010 Hyderabad Event 22-26 Oct 2011 Leipzig Event 20-24 Oct 2012 San Juan

10. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Series: ICCA Congress Hyderabad 2010 Leipzig 2011 San Juan 2012 Shanghai 2013 Antalya 2014 EVENTSEVENTS 2015?

11. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com World/International: the conference rotates between all continents Europe: the conference rotates only within Europe Scandinavia: the conference rotates only between Scandinavian countries Rotation area examples Remember to: choose your continent AND World/International

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13. International Congress and Convention Association. www.iccaworld.com Mail merge! Steps to generate direct mail: 1.Make a selection on-line 2.Export the profiles 3. View and check them in MS Excel, filter your result if necessary (on preferred venue, first open year, city, etc). 4.Save the file in MS Excel Workbook Database format 5.Connect this Database to MS Word (Mail Merge) 6.Insert the fields needed in the letter 7.Mail merge!

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