A focused, global virtual experience that expands advocacy beyond government relations—bringing together destination leaders, boards, partners, and community stakeholders. Gain practical tools, shared language and clear next steps to strengthen advocacy in your destination. Advocacy is now essential for securing funding and support, aligning stakeholders and communicating impact beyond tourism…
This first-of-its-kind global event will take place May 13, 2026, designed to expand advocacy beyond government relations to empower stakeholders across the destination ecosystem, and redefine how the industry approaches advocacy by convening destination leaders, board members, public officials, private sector partners and community stakeholders for a dynamic, interactive experience spanning multiple global time zones.
A more structured and transparent RFP process empowers associations to compare partners on equal footing, identify the destinations that truly align with their mission, and make more intentional, impact-driven decisions. This session will explore how clearer criteria, phased approaches, and mission alignment can transform RFPs from procurement tools into strategic partnership frameworks.
Taking place at IMEX Frankfurt 2026, ICCA Business Intelligence Database Training offers members a quicker, smarter user experience; giving access to data, stats, reports, and analysis to uncover more business opportunities. Key features include: Improved integration, Intuitive modern user interface, Customised meeting search tools, Notification system, Smart recommendation engine.
The traditional pre-IMEX Association Expert Seminar has evolved into the Association Circle, designed to elevate and upskill the meetings and association community, strengthening its ability to remain future-proof and resilient. By focusing on complex, strategy-driven topics, the initiative challenges participants to deepen their expertise and advance their knowledge to the next level.
Exploring practical and creative approaches to embedding wellbeing into how teams work together and how events are designed, introducing simple yet powerful tools that help facilitators, leaders, and event planners create environments where people feel safe, engaged, and connected. You’ll gain insights into how intentional design can improve collaboration, reduce stress, and support meaningful participation
Not all booth conversations are created equal. Some lead to qualified opportunities. Others are polite exchanges that go nowhere. We’ll break down the art of strategic conversation at industry events — how to ask the right questions, listen for the signals that matter, and capture intelligence that informs your bid strategy and destination positioning.
Is sustainability still relevant for international associations? In a shifting global landscape where policy commitments waver and priorities compete, this question has never been more important. We’ll examine the latest findings from ICCA x Destination Canada’s Association sustainability survey to understand where international associations stand now—caught between aspirations and the realities of implementation.
Social carrying capacity is increasingly used to guide sustainable destination management, yet many destinations still struggle to translate the concept into practical, place-specific strategies. Our next Feeling the Pulse webinar explores this through an academic lens with two distinct sessions, each featuring unique content. You’ll get insights from a pilot study in Garda Trentino informed…
Social carrying capacity is increasingly used to guide sustainable destination management, yet many destinations still struggle to translate the concept into practical, place-specific strategies. Our next Feeling the Pulse webinar explores this through an academic lens with two distinct sessions, each featuring unique content. You’ll get insights from a pilot study in Garda Trentino informed…
A foundational learning programme for professionals entering the exhibition industry, providing a cross-functional overview of the exhibition lifecycle–from concept to delivery–enabling professionals to understand not only their own role, but how all parts of an exhibition connect. This programme is certified by UFI and participants will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the programme.
Northstar Meetings Group has collaborated with industry experts isla to create unique online learning courses for event organisers, one for beginners (The Sustainable Events Course) and one for those looking to further their existing knowledge (The Advanced Sustainable Events Course). Watch and learn at a pace suited to you with these on-demand courses.
Grounded in four pillars of best practice, Tourism for All equips destination leaders to align local businesses around shared values that support visitor readiness, long-term community well-being and the competitive advantage of welcome. Cohort 1: Mar 3-Aug 31 – registration now open. Cohort 2: Jun 5-Nov 30 – registration opens May 5.
Loren Christie, MD, BestCities Global Alliance will join City Nation Place for this webinar to explore why legacy planning is so vital to event hosting, how you can effectively measure impact, and what it takes to get stakeholders on side – and to keep them there. Plus, you’ll also learn about BestCities Incredible Impacts Programme…
A unique collaboration between academia, event impact expert practitioners #MEET4IMPACT, AI events company Gevme and leading meetings destinations aims to help meeting owners and destinations to create unique impact reports on these events, making it relatively simple to plug a wide variety of large data sets into standardised reporting frameworks, for example “Theory of Change”…
An association’s Articles are their internal law. These fundamental rules can only be changed by sufficient members voting by 75% majority – so they need to be suitable. Join this practical interactive webinar to: Have the governance relationship between members and Board confirmed; Understand why purpose, membership and Board clauses are crucial; Know what not…
As associations are “owned” by members, understanding the governance relationships between members, the Board of Trustees and management is vital. Content: The importance of legislation and being incorporated; Why structure and scope of an association matters; Responsibilities and authority of the Board of Trustees; Key documents, especially Articles of Association; Best practice in running Boards.
webEDGE provides information on a range of subjects that are pertinent to those working in the meetings industry. The Congress Project Management Course is designed to equip business events industry professionals with a 360-degree view of congress organisation. Learn new skills, stay up to date on industry trends, and advance your career.
PCO consortium INCON has shared their latest webinar on meeting design strategies adopted by the ESCRS Congress — hosted in Milan (2022), Vienna (2023), and Barcelona (2024) — as a case study to showcase how these events have set new standards for incorporating circular economy principles in our industry. Presented in partnership with Global Destination…
During the celebration, we will: Reveal the 2025 GDS-Index results, which are vetted, verified, correlated, and validated by our benchmarking assessors; Celebrate and recognise the Leadership, based on ranking, and Most Improved destinations, based on year-on-year improvement (independent of ranking); Share inspiring, real-world, recent stories of progress, innovation and collaboration from around the earth.
Changing attendance numbers, questions about international travel, fluctuating pricing — these are just some of the factors playing into changes that planners are having to make to their supplier contracts this year. It’s natural to have questions, and Jonathan T. Howe, Northstar’s longtime legal expert, has answers to share.
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