The
52nd Congress of International Congress and Convention Association
(ICCA) will be held in Shanghai on November 2-6, 2013.
This
annual congress is to be jointly organized by ICCA and Shanghai
Municipal Tourism Administration in coordination with
ICCA Chinese members.
Hosting ICCA
Congress 2013 will play an important role in promoting Shanghai to
the international meetings and tourism market, attracting more
international meetings to Shanghai, and giving a strong boost to the
growth of Shanghai’s meetings and industry, especially in
maintaining and enhancing the appeal of Shanghai to the international
meetings and tourism market after the World Expo 2010. At the same
time, the Congress will also help make Shanghai and China as a whole
better known in the international meetings and tourism industry,
develop the modern service industry in Shanghai, and move Shanghai
forward towards the strategic goal of becoming a leading
international meetings destination in the Asia-Pacific region and a
well-known international tourist destination. It will give industry
professionals and experts of both China and the world
an opportunity to
have practical exchanges and give China an opportunity to
showcase its meetings and tourism industry.
For
the preparations for ICCA Congress 2013 in Shanghai to get along
smoothly, the Local Organizing Committee was officially created at
the second annual meeting of ICCA China Committee held at the Beijing
National Convention Center on September 11. The member organizations
are fully confident in
the success of ICCA Congress 2013, and indicate their willingness to
work together and get involved in the Congress in a variety of ways.
Now, the logo of ICCA Congress 2013, designed by ICCA China
Committee, has been accepted by ICCA Headquarters and officially
released.