国际会展业三大协会发起组成全球联盟！

巴黎时间 - 2019年6月25日发布

为国际会展业服务的三个全球协会今后将密切合作：AIPC (国际会议中心协会) 、ICCA (国际大会和会议协会) 和UFI (国际展览业协会) 发起组成全球联盟。全球联盟将共同促进协作，让作为合作伙伴的三个协会各自的会员组织产生更全面和更一致的利益。

该联盟已同意在四个主要领域开始探索交流和互惠的计划，其中包括：行业培训的内容、行业调研、标准化和宣传。联盟的组成将实施三个协会之间的灵活协作框架，以便在不损害每个会员组织的重心和平台的情况下实现协作所带来的好处。

作为合作伙伴，三个协会将首先进行一系列的教育及培训交流，将彼此的知识内容纳入各自的举办的会议活动，也立刻展开并调整对共同实践领域采取的措举，比如行业调研和宣传活动。同时，各协会的领导层之间也发起定期交流，以便在标准、术语和**实践等范围内保持利益一致。

除了眼前的实际成果外，三个协会均认为，组成联盟将在相互商定的行业框架内，提高业界一致性的发展，从而提高整个行业的信誉。

联盟组织包括：

AIPC (国际会议中心协会) 是一个由来自60个国家的185个主要会议中心组成的全球网络，有900多名管理级别的专业人员积极参与其中。它致力于鼓励、支持和认可会议中心的**管理，通过其国际成员的不同经验和专业知识，及维持一系列的教育培训、调研，交流和行业标准方案来实现它的目标。

AIPC还认可和促进国际会议工业在支持经济学术、专业发展以及在加强高度多元的商业和文化利益之间的全球关系方面起了重要的作用。AIPC的会员是专门为会议和展览行业建造设施。

ICCA (国际会议和会议协会) 在管理、运输和国际会议和活动组办方面代表着世界上领先的供应商，目前在全世界近100个国家拥有1100多个会员企业和组织。自55年前成立以来，ICCA专门从事国际协会会议领域的服务，提供完整的行业数据、通信渠道和业务发展的机会。

ICCA会员代表着全球**的会议目的地和最有经验的专业供应商。国际会议规划人员可以依靠ICCA的网络为他们的所有活动目标找到解决方案，其中包括：地点选择、技术咨询、协助参会代表的交通安排；全面的会议规划或其他额外的服务。

UFI是领先的环球协会，代表了世界各地的贸易展览会主办方、展馆运营方、重要的全国性和国际性展览协会，以及精选的展览业服务供应商。UFI的主要目标是代表、推广以及维护会员和展览业的商业利益。UFI可代表全球约5万名会展工作者，并与52个全国性和地区性的会展行业协会会员机构密切合作。UFI在全球90个国家，拥有800多个会员企业并有1000多个展览会已经获得了UFI认可，为参展商和参展商提供了质量保证。UFI会员继续为国际商界提供独特的营销媒体，旨在开发杰出的面对面商业机会。

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.