Global Outlook

The specter of Hurricane Michelle, forecast to hit the Yucatan Peninsula on November 4, the opening day of the International Congress and Convention Association general assembly in Cancun, Mexico, barely fazed conference attendees who had weathered a much tougher storm since September 11. Initially projected by the Cancun Convention Bureau to attract 550 registrants, the 5th ICCA Congress & Exhibition, incorporating the 40th ICCA General Assembly, finished up with 387 attendees at the