Bid Manual ICCA Congress & Exhibition  The deadline to bid for the ICCA Congress 2015 is around 30 September 2011. Bidding for the Congress is open to all geographic regions, with the exception of the geographic region chosen immediately before the bid in question. In other words, the same geographic region cannot be selected two years in a row. The geographic regions will be those used for ICCA's governance purposes: Africa/Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America. The ICCA Board of Directors will take into account the time period between when a region hosts the Congress but there will be no strict rotation pattern. The final decision for 2014 will be made at IMEX 2011. After this we will know which regions can bid for 2015. If you are interested in bidding, please contact Mieke van Loenen Bid Manual ICCA Research, Sales & Marketing Programme The next open year is 2013. Any ICCA member organisation in Europe can bid for this event. The bid for the ICCA Research, Sales & Marketing Programme in 2012 should reach ICCA Head Office by 1 March 2011. If more than one destination bids for the ICCA Research, Sales & Marketing Programme 2013, site inspections could be carried out if necessary between March and the end of April 2011. ICCA Head Office can also take the decision based solely on the written bids. The decision will be announced by the end of May 2011. If you would like to receive a copy of the manual, please contact Mieke van Loenen