HKCCA Distinctive Milestones
1999
1999 Hong Kong Call Centre Association (HKCCA) was established by a group call centre users and practitioners with the mission to help local contact center organizations improve customer services by deploying best practices in management of people, processes and effective use of technologies.
2000
Hong Kong Call Centre Awards was launched to recognize the industry excellence.
2001
HKCCA Portal was launched to facilitate on-line information exchange with members and partner associations.
Call centre site visits were organized to encourage best practices sharing and member networking.
2002
Collaboration agreement was established with Call Centre Association of Malaysia, Call Centre Management Association of Ireland, Association of Call Centres & Outsourcing – Pakistan, China Call Certre and CRM Association, Taiwan Call Centre Development Association, Call Centre Association of Singapore.
2003
HKCCA conducted the first Call Centre industry research.
2004
HKCCA launched the first Regional Call Centre Awards with Call Centre Associations from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
2005
HKCCA Awards extended the award categories to cover both corporate and individual level.
2006
HKCCA brought in international professional certification programmes for members in CIAC Certification and LCCI accredited Certificate in Contact Centre Professional Skills.
2007
HKCCA launched its own training service to offer open and tailor-made contact centre skills training courses for member companies.
2008
HKCCA jointly established Asia Pacific Contact Centre Association Leaders (APCCAL) with:
- Australian Teleservices Association Limited
- (ATA)
- Contact Centre Association of Malaysia
- (CCAM)
- Contact Centre Association of Philippine
- (CCAP)
- Contact Centre Association of Singapore
- (CCAS)
- Contact Centre Industry Association of Thailand
- (CCIA)
- Contact Centre Management Association
- (CCMA)
- Callcentre Industry Information Centre
- (CIRC)
- China Call Certre and CRM Association
- (CNCCA)
- Indonesia Contact Centre Association
- (ICCA)
- Taiwan Call Centre Development Association
- (TCCDA)
2009
HKCCA celebrates its 10th anniversary of service to members and contributions to the industry.
2010
HKCCA was awarded the right to host the Asia Pacific Contact Centre Association Leaders (APCCAL) EXPO 2011.
HKCCA successfully applied for the HKSAR Government’s SME Development Fund to carry out the “Implementation of Code of Practice for Hong Kong Telemarketing Industry” project.
2011
HKCCA website was revamped to better serve members and contact centre industry practitioners.
Person-to-Person Telemarketing Code of Practice Certification Scheme was launched.
Collaborated with Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Council to conduct a study on health and safety needs of contact centre frontline agents in Hong Kong.
Asia Pacific Contact Centre Association Leaders (APCCAL) EXPO 2011 was successfully held.