Elsene. As of January 2010 the Union of International Associations (UIA) is expanding its services by partnering with the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Subscribers to ICCA´s online database of international association events can now benefit from 4,500 of UIA´s 62,000 profiles of international associations. The UIA profiles are a significant augmentation to the information available to ICCA subscribers. No one studying the association meetings market can afford to ignore UIA and ICCA. These two organizations – each in its own field of specialization – provide essential information on this market segment. Their databases and statistical reports are complementary resources, enabling a more complete understanding of how, where and when international associations meet. ICCA provides in-depth information on 135,000 events of 9,000 associations (4,500 of which are now linked directly to UIA profiles).
