The landmark partnership agreement sees ICCA recognised as the UN Tourism partner for business events across all UN Tourism platforms and initiatives. This collaboration recognises the influence and transformative potential of the business events industry and puts it, on the map, as a key driver for socio-economic progress across the world.

ICCA acknowledges that it is imperative to strengthen ties between the two organisations, and has worked tirelessly as an organisation for many years with the goal of creating this partnership, for the pivotal role business events play as an accelerator of economic growth, and legacy initiatives worldwide.

“This collaboration with the UN Tourism has been a long-held strategy of ICCA. This is great news not just for our members but for the whole international associations meetings and events industry. We know how intrinsically linked the world of business events and tourism are, but this formal partnership gives us privileged access to each other’s communities,” said Mr. Senthil Gopinath, chief executive officer of ICCA.