For years, ICCA Business Intelligence has helped members identify opportunities, strengthen bids, uncover association insights, and make more informed business decisions.
Powered by decades of industry research and collaboration, ICCA BI provides access to the most comprehensive sources of international association meetings data available anywhere in the world. With more than 340,000 meeting editions, 24,900 regularly occurring meeting series, and 13,000 associations, it remains an essential resource for destinations, venues, convention bureaus, and suppliers across the global meetings industry.
Now, we're making it even better.
A series of new enhancements has been introduced to help members find information faster, collaborate more effectively, and uncover deeper insights into the meetings and organisations that matter most. From expanded search capabilities and venue requirement data to improved filtering, reporting, and decision-maker visibility, these updates are designed to help you spend less time searching and more time acting on opportunities.
These enhancements are available as part of ICCA Business Intelligence, included with ICCA membership.
For members seeking even deeper market intelligence, advanced analytics, and expanded datasets, ICCA also offers ICCA BI Pro as an optional premium solution.
Explore the latest ICCA BI enhancements below and discover what's new.
Smarter Search & Filtering
Members can now refine searches with greater precision through a range of new filters and search options:
- Clone your saved searches (either your own or your organisation's).
- Send email notifications from any saved search to more than one email address.
- Search by meeting frequency (annual, biennial, triennial, others).
- Search for meetings added or updated at edition level using:
- Edition Updated Since
- Edition Added Since
- Attendance can now be filtered by ranges:
- Search for meeting series that clearly outline who the decision maker is for determining the next host destination.
- Sort and filter decision makers by:
- Board
- Council
- Executive Committee
- General Assembly
- International Organization
- Steering Committee
- President
- Others
- Filter organisations by International Association or Governmental Organization.
New Venue & Exhibition Intelligence
Gain deeper insight into venue requirements and exhibition needs before engaging with potential opportunities.
- New "Venue Requirements" tab added next to "Meeting Details".
- Venue Requirements tab includes:
- Preferred Venue search
- Commercial Exhibition indicator
- Exhibition Space (m²) range search
- Preferred Venue added to Series Essentials.
- Exhibition Space (m²) added to Edition Page > Housing & Edition Location.
- View exhibition requirements through the Exhibition URL available on edition pages for events with an exhibition.
Better Organisation & Research Insights
Access more contextual information and improved visibility into organisation and meeting data.
- View additional remarks/comments entered by the ICCA Research team at Organisation level.
- Governmental Series are now clearly labelled in blue.
- Series Preferred Months has been enhanced in:
- Series Months Grid (Profile Page)
- Meeting Details > Preferred Months searches
Improved Navigation & User Experience
Spend less time navigating and more time uncovering opportunities.
- Hover pop-ups added throughout ICCA BI to explain search buttons and functionalities.
- "Last Updated" column now available in Series and Edition search results.
- Confirmed meeting searches now display Editions by default, reducing the need to switch between Series and Editions.
- Access detailed Edition information directly by selecting the year in search results.
- Rejected RFPs will be indicated by a red x icon.
Enhanced Collaboration & Workflow Management
New features make it easier to work across teams and manage information within ICCA BI.
- View notes added by you and your colleagues in a dedicated Notes section, grouped together for easy access.
- All flagged items are now grouped under a single Flagged menu, including:
- Flagged Series
- Flagged Editions
- Flagged Organisations
Greater Transparency
Additional visibility has been added to help members better understand opportunities and recommendations.
- Filter and search all rejected series from the Recommended Series search, including the reason the series was rejected.
These enhancements reflect ICCA's continued commitment to providing members with the most relevant, actionable, and trusted business intelligence available in the international meetings industry.
Access to the ICCA BI is a member benefit. Not a member yet? Start your ICCA journey today!
