ICCA Tool Kit
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Johanna Fischer, Owner of tmf dialogue marketing GmbH, Germany
Zyrah Montebon, Marketing Executive, ICCA, the Netherlands
Willy Cortus, ICCA Data Research Executive/Education Officer, the Netherlands
We are:
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• ICCA PR Kit
• ICCA Statistics Tool
We will discuss:
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ICCA Press Database
ICCA Member Press Release
Digital Clipping Service
Share your Business Wins
ICCA PR Guidelines/meetingspr.com
ICCA PR Kit
Best PR Award
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ICCA Press Database
ICCA PR Kit
Press list for the meetings industry
Almost 500 media lists
A way to share your press release(s)
Identify advertising channel
Specific search
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ICCA PR Kit
ICCA Digital Clipping Service
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ICCA PR Kit
Proper use or selection of key words is essential!
ICCA International Congress and Convention Association Int’l Congress & Convention Association Int’l Congress & Convention Assoc. International Congresses
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ICCA PR Kit
Keys to fantastic media coverage
How to deal with potentially hostile media
PR opps at tradeshows
Online PR & Social Media
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ICCA PR Kit
Best PR Award
Recognising exceptional PR performance by ICCA members (print & web/social). We are watching you!
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Thank you!
Let’s give it a try, shall we?
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ICCA Statistics / 2014 ranking
Rank City # Meetings in 2014
1 Paris 214
2 Vienna 202
3 Madrid 200
4 Berlin 193
5 Barcelona 182
6 London 166
7 Singapore 142
8 Amsterdam 133
9 Istanbul 130
10 Prague 118
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ICCA Statistics / 2014 ranking
Rank Country # Meetings in 2014
1 U.S.A. 831
2 Germany 659
3 Spain 578
4 United Kingdom 543
5 France 533
6 Italy 452
7 Japan 337
8 China-P.R. 332
9 Netherlands 307
10 Brazil 291
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ICCA Statistics Tool
Make use of what ICCA offers you
https://meetingspr.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/5-reasons-why-destinations-should-start-taking-advantage-of-their-icca-rankings/#more-546
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ICCA Statistics Tool
1. Press loves statistics and rankings. Use the rankings as an angle to communicate your destination’s core brand values and key messages
2. Prepare your story, even if you have dropped in the rankings
3. Advocacy
4. Promote your destination to association meeting planners
5. 50 years of association meetings data provides new story angles
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Regional:
Worldwide: Peru 39th Lima 36th
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Another example:
Worldwide: Canada 12th Vancouver 38th
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Top 10 city ranking by estimated total number of participants to all meetings organised in 2014
Rank City # participants # meetings
1 Paris 130,516 214
2 Barcelona 127,469 182
3 Madrid 91,452 200
4 London 89,969 166
5 Vienna 81,902 202
6 Amsterdam 79,356 133
7 Berlin 76,880 193
8 Istanbul 75,864 130
9 Copenhagen 57,551 105
10 Singapore 57,497 142
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Top 10 country ranking by estimated total number of participants to all meetings organised in 2014
Rank Country # participants # meetings
1 U.S.A. 365,338 831
2 Spain 289,039 578
3 Germany 264,156 659
4 France 233,075 533
5 United Kingdom 199,100 543
6 Italy 175,400 452
7 Australia 151,808 260
8 Japan 147,245 337
9 Canada 133,609 265
10 Netherlands 133,105 307
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Worldwide: Dominican Republic 65th Santo Domingo 297th
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ICCA Statistics Tool
ICCA statistics are just one option when ranking cities
https://meetingspr.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/icca-statistics-are-just-one-option-when-ranking-cities/
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