answers: Convention Industry Council
context: Events Industry Council The Events Industry Council (formerly known as the Convention Industry Council (CIC)) is a non-profit federation of more than 30 U.S. and international organizations involved in the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry. The Events Industry Council’s member organizations represent more than 103,500 individuals and 19,300 firms or properties across all sectors of the industry. The Convention Liaison Council was founded in New York City in 1949 by four organizations – American Society of Association Executives (ASAE); American Hotel and Motel Association (AH&MA); Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI); and International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus </s> International Association for Exposition Management The International Association of Exhibition and Events (IAEE) is a non-profit professional organization that represents the interests of trade show and exposition management. Founded in 1928 as the National Association for Exposition Management, it has over 7000 members in 15 chapters worldwide. Chapters include: On November 30, 2006, IAEE changed its name to the International Association for Exhibition and Events. (IAEE). IAEE holds an annual meeting, known as Expo! Expo!, during the fourth quarter of the year. The 2007 Annual Meeting was held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV on December </s> accusations of corruption and ill-gotten gains, became President of the IAACA. The start up of the IAACA was done in Beijing on November 2005. Mr. Ye Feng was the head of the meetings in which Mr David Morrison (from the UK); Mr. Shao Ting (from China) and Mr. Sebastian Sal (from Argentina) drafted the IAACA´s bylaws. The first General Meeting took place in Beijing in October 2006. More than 100 countries were represented at that time. The second General Meeting took place in Bali, Indonesia (2007), the third (2008) in Kiev, Ukraine, the fourth in Macao, China (2010), the fifth
question: the accepted practices exchange ( apex ) is an initiative of the