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The Incredible Impacts Programme celebrates the “beyond tourism” value of international association meetings to create a powerful platform to advocate their positive societal impact. A panel of independent judges from the association world each years determines which meetings have proven impact to…
Read MoreJane Cunningham, Director of International Associations at BestCities, breaks down this year’s winning associations, trends, and the key to success for Incredible Impacts 2019. What are the key factors judges look for in a winning Incredible Impacts submission? We had 19 fantastic Incredible Impacts…
Read MoreLegacy has now gone far beyond an industry trend: the concept is quickly becoming the meeting industry’s guiding principle, an ethos, and a way of doing business. Previously deemed unquantifiable, destinations across the world are gearing up to shout the untold impacts of meetings on their local…
Read MoreThe monetary value of information presented at this year’s European Congress of Radiology, in Vienna, amounted to €813m, according to a groundbreaking new report. Calculated by adding up the professional time spent compiling, and the research funding associated with, the content of 3,331 papers…
Read MoreLegacy has been the talk of the industry for some time now. Some will think it has everything to do with the efforts some people make to justify what they do, others will point out it is the industry itself trying to come up with a special raison d’être, while there will be the occasional callout…
Read MoreSometimes the best theories are just that: theories. No matter how much you pummel and shape them, they refuse to comply with reality. Sometimes this creates a kind of cognitive dissonance in those who proposed the theory in the first place. They continue to believe their hypothesis even though all…
Read MoreOn 14 November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique and innovative approaches to ensuring their events go beyond tourism. Securing one of the three…
Read MoreLast year ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique and innovative approaches to ensuring their events go beyond tourism. The World Parkinson Coalition was one of the…
Read MoreIn November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. A number of associations entered the programme, showcasing their unique and innovative approaches to ensuring their events go beyond tourism. Winning one of the three $7,500…
Read MoreThis article was originally published on Intellectual Capital. It has been republished below in full with the author's permission. Destinations which align themselves to knowledge clusters like biotech, fintech or healthcare reap benefits through attracting conferences, talent and investment…
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