A Modern History of International Association Meetings
The concept of ICCA was first discussed in 1962 at the ASTA Convention in Mexico by travel agents Moises Shuster from Mexico and Jean Claude Murat from Paris.
Valentina Tereshkova from Russia
Moises Shuster
" I have a dream" - speech
In 1963 Moises Shuster and Jean Claude together involved five other travel agents from other regions of the world in their discussions, and the International Congress and Convention Association was duly founded in Paris.
Fiorentino Travel Service
1st ICCA Congress, attendance: 7
Rotterdam, 2nd ICCA Congress, attendance: 18, Congress free of charge
2nd president, France, 1964 - 1968
3rd ICCA Congress, attendance: 15
4th ICCA Congress, attendance: 35, first charged ICCA Congress
Membership steadily increased and the first ICCA logo was designed.
5th ICCA Congress, attendance: not available
by Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky who received the transplant from Denise Darvall
On the 13 Oct 1967 the first by laws of ICCA (in Dutch) were signed.
6th ICCA Congress, attendance: not available
300 USD a year
Mexico, 3rd president 1968 - 1972
Unanimously elected as honorary president for life
7th ICCA Congress, attendance: not available
By now there were 76 member companies, including the first "Ancillary Services" member, the car rental company Avis.
8th ICCA Congress, attendance: 85
ICCA established it's first official Head Office in The Hague
9th ICCA Congress, attendance: 78
10th ICCA Congress, attendance: 67
ICCA continued to grow, and the very first geographical Chapter was set up covering Latin America.
signs official papers
Membership now passed 160 companies from 41 countries, and a major restructuring of the association into eight Categories was approved at the annual General Assembly in Paris.
Since 1972 ICCA's research department 'ICCA Data' has assembled information on the meetings of international associations taking place all over the world. The structure of this database perfectly suits the marketing information needs of suppliers (members) in the international meeting business.
U.S.A., 4th president 1972 - 1976
11th ICCA Congress, attendance: 92
John E Moreu was appointed as the first full-time, salaried Executive Director.
12th ICCA Congress, attendance: 83
ICCA's Head Office moved from The Hague to Amsterdam, the city where ICCA continues to be located today.
The first semi-automated information system was introduced, making the sharing of ICCA data much simpler. Regular paper "bulletins" were sent to members with the latest information about specific international association meetings.
13th ICCA Congress, attendance: 195
14th ICCA Congress, attendance: 162
Hong Kong, 5th ICCA president 1976 - 1980
15th ICCA Congress, attendance: 294
ICCA joined the Information Revolution with the setting up of its first computerised database, a massive investment and commitment at that time for a relatively small trade association.
16th ICCA Congress, attendance: 230
17th ICCA Congress, attendance: 266
18th ICCA Congress, attendance: 263
Austria, 6th president 1980 - 1986. Grave changes in the ICCA by laws occurred.
19th ICCA Congress, attendance: not available
has 7 employees in the office
20th ICCA Congress, attendance: 207
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