The number of international association meetings continues to double every 10 years. Paris reclaims the top spot in the 2016 city ranking.
ICCA captured 12,212 rotating international association meetings taking place in 2016, which is clearly an all-time record for ICCA’s annual snapshot of immediate past year’s meetings data, and 136 additional meetings compared to 2015.
Table 1: Top 20 city ranking by number of meetings organised in 2016
RankCity# Meetings in 2016Change in Rank1Paris196+12Vienna186+23Barcelona181-4Berlin176-35London153-6Singapore151+17Amsterdam144+5Madrid144-29Lisbon138-10Seoul137+311Prague126-12Bangkok121+413Dublin118+514Copenhagen115-415Beijing113+416Budapest108+417Buenos Aires103+918Stockholm101+519Hong Kong99-4Rome96-3
Table 2: Top 20 country ranking by number of meetings organised in 2016
RankCountry# Meetings in 2016Change in Rank1USA934-2Germany689-3UK582-4France545+15Spain533-16Italy468-7China410+1Japan410-8Netherlands368-110Canada287-Portugal287+212Austria268+213Republic of Korea267-14Sweden260+215Brazil244-416Australia211-117Poland195+418Belgium194-219Argentina188+420Switzerland184-
Published
15/05/2017
