國際會展業(yè)三大協(xié)會發(fā)起組成全球聯(lián)盟！

巴黎時間 - 2019年6月25日發(fā)布

為國際會展業(yè)服務的三個全球協(xié)會今后將密切合作：AIPC (國際會議中心協(xié)會) 、ICCA (國際大會和會議協(xié)會) 和UFI (國際展覽業(yè)協(xié)會) 發(fā)起組成全球聯(lián)盟。全球聯(lián)盟將共同促進協(xié)作，讓作為合作伙伴的三個協(xié)會各自的會員組織產(chǎn)生更全面和更一致的利益。

該聯(lián)盟已同意在四個主要領域開始探索交流和互惠的計劃，其中包括：行業(yè)培訓的內(nèi)容、行業(yè)調(diào)研、標準化和宣傳。聯(lián)盟的組成將實施三個協(xié)會之間的靈活協(xié)作框架，以便在不損害每個會員組織的重心和平臺的情況下實現(xiàn)協(xié)作所帶來的好處。

作為合作伙伴，三個協(xié)會將首先進行一系列的教育及培訓交流，將彼此的知識內(nèi)容納入各自的舉辦的會議活動，也立刻展開并調(diào)整對共同實踐領域采取的措舉，比如行業(yè)調(diào)研和宣傳活動。同時，各協(xié)會的領導層之間也發(fā)起定期交流，以便在標準、術語和**實踐等范圍內(nèi)保持利益一致。

除了眼前的實際成果外，三個協(xié)會均認為，組成聯(lián)盟將在相互商定的行業(yè)框架內(nèi)，提高業(yè)界一致性的發(fā)展，從而提高整個行業(yè)的信譽。

聯(lián)盟組織包括：

AIPC (國際會議中心協(xié)會) 是一個由來自60個國家的185個主要會議中心組成的全球網(wǎng)絡，有900多名管理級別的專業(yè)人員積極參與其中。它致力于鼓勵、支持和認可會議中心的**管理，通過其國際成員的不同經(jīng)驗和專業(yè)知識，及維持一系列的教育培訓、調(diào)研，交流和行業(yè)標準方案來實現(xiàn)它的目標。

AIPC還認可和促進國際會議工業(yè)在支持經(jīng)濟學術、專業(yè)發(fā)展以及在加強高度多元的商業(yè)和文化利益之間的全球關系方面起了重要的作用。AIPC的會員是專門為會議和展覽行業(yè)建造設施。

ICCA (國際會議和會議協(xié)會) 在管理、運輸和國際會議和活動組辦方面代表著世界上領先的供應商，目前在全世界近100個國家擁有1100多個會員企業(yè)和組織。自55年前成立以來，ICCA專門從事國際協(xié)會會議領域的服務，提供完整的行業(yè)數(shù)據(jù)、通信渠道和業(yè)務發(fā)展的機會。

ICCA會員代表著全球**的會議目的地和最有經(jīng)驗的專業(yè)供應商。國際會議規(guī)劃人員可以依靠ICCA的網(wǎng)絡為他們的所有活動目標找到解決方案，其中包括：地點選擇、技術咨詢、協(xié)助參會代表的交通安排；全面的會議規(guī)劃或其他額外的服務。

UFI是領先的環(huán)球協(xié)會，代表了世界各地的貿(mào)易展覽會主辦方、展館運營方、重要的全國性和國際性展覽協(xié)會，以及精選的展覽業(yè)服務供應商。UFI的主要目標是代表、推廣以及維護會員和展覽業(yè)的商業(yè)利益。UFI可代表全球約5萬名會展工作者，并與52個全國性和地區(qū)性的會展行業(yè)協(xié)會會員機構密切合作。UFI在全球90個國家，擁有800多個會員企業(yè)并有1000多個展覽會已經(jīng)獲得了UFI認可，為參展商和參展商提供了質(zhì)量保證。UFI會員繼續(xù)為國際商界提供獨特的營銷媒體，旨在開發(fā)杰出的面對面商業(yè)機會。

AIPC, ICCA and UFI Launch Global Alliance effort

Paris - 25 June 2019: Three global associations serving the International Meetings Industry will collaborate more closely in the future: AIPC (The International Association of Convention Centres), ICCA (The International Congress and Convention Association), and UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) agreed to launch a Global Alliance. Together, they will facilitate collaboration and generate more comprehensive and better-aligned benefits for the three associations’ respective members.

The alliance has agreed to begin a program of exploring exchange and reciprocity in four primary areas: educational content, research, standards, and advocacy. It would implement a flexible framework of collaboration between the three associations in order to achieve these benefits without compromising the focus and platform of each member organization.

The three partners will begin by engaging in a series of educational exchanges incorporating each other’s knowledge content into their respective conferences and starting to align approaches taken to areas of common practice such as research and advocacy activities, beginning immediately. At the same time they are initiating a regular exchange between their respective leaderships to align interests on issues like standards, terminology and best practices.

In addition to the immediate practical outcomes, the partners believe the Alliance also offers potential to enhance the credibility of the industry as a whole by providing a vehicle for development of greater consistency within a mutually agreed industry framework.

TheAlliance Organizations are:

AIPC represents a global network of more than 185 leading centers in 60 countries with the active involvement of more than 900 management-level professionals. It is committed to encouraging, supporting and recognizing excellence in convention center management, based on the diverse experience and expertise of its international membership, and maintains a full range of educational, research, networking and standards programs to achieve this.

AIPC also recognizes and promotes the essential role of the international meetings industry in supporting economic academic and professional development as well as enhancing global relations amongst highly diverse business and cultural interests. AIPC Members are purpose-built facilities whose primary purpose is to accommodate and service meetings, conventions, congresses and exhibitions.

ICCA- the International Congress and Convention Association - represents the world's leading suppliers in handling, transporting and accommodating international meetings and events, and now comprises over 1,100 member companies and organizations in almost 100 countries worldwide. Since its establishment 55 years ago, ICCA specializes in the international association meetings sector, offering unrivaled data, communication channels, and business development opportunities.

ICCA members represent the top destinations worldwide, and the most experienced specialist suppliers. International meeting planners can rely on the ICCA network to find solutions for all their event objectives: venue selection; technical advice; assistance with delegate transportation; full convention planning or ad hoc services.

UFI is the leading global association of the world’s tradeshow organisers and exhibition centre operators, as well as the major national and international exhibition associations, and selected partners of the exhibition industry.UFI’s main goal is to represent, promote and support the business interests of its members and the exhibition industry. UFI directly represents around 50,000exhibition industry employees globally, and also works closely with its 52 national and regional associations members. Around 800 member organizations in about 90 countries and regions around the world are presently signed up as members and more than 1,000 international trade fairs proudly bear the UFI approved label, a quality guarantee for visitors and exhibitors alike. UFI members continue to provide the international business community with a unique marketing media aimed at developing outstanding face-to-face business opportunities.