In November 2018, when the 57th ICCA Congress was held in Dubai, within the General Assembly, the new president of this association – James Rees, who headed the London company ExCeL – was elected.

Since 2012 he has been a member of the ICCA Board, and in 2017 he became Vice President. Rees said he would be a true advocate of the MICE industry and the first in
this sector to ensure that “the Government hears the voice of the ICCA in a language that they understand.”