After fifteen years ICCA Head Office will relocate within Amsterdam to a more modern, functional space.

"We're totally squeezed into the current location, which was chosen when ICCA's staff was less than two thirds the size it currently is, and the cramped, separate-office layout made it incredibly difficult for team-working and quite literally embarrassing when members visited to attend an ICCA Data workshop or to discuss future projects," said Martin Sirk, ICCA CEO.

Located in the outskirts of Amsterdam near the city's sports Arena, the new space is significantly cheaper per square metre, in a high security building surrounded by useful amenities and with very convenient public transportation.

ICCA has created excellent space in which to run training and seminars for members and staff, has upgraded IT and communications networks which will make the association's website and databases more reliable for members, and most importantly the open layout facilitates cross departmental communication and team-working.

"The new office is dramatically better for staff and visitors, but it will also help us to improve service delivery to members in a number of key areas," said Sirk.

ICCA's Asia Pacific Office is also preparing to move, but this change is driven by expansion plans.  "We identified Asia as the region in which to grow our global research capacity", explained Sirk.

"We anticipate taking on two new researchers this year and another two in 2008.  ICCA's database of international association meetings is our members' key benefit and it is vital that we continue to invest heavily in expanding and improving its quality. This expansion will be good for all ICCA members and not just those in Asia Pacific, but to achieve this we needed to move to larger premises with an excellent IT infrastructure."