ICCA Names the Most Popular Cities and Countries for Association Meetings
June 16, 2015The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) recently announced the most popular cities and countries for association meetings by participant numbers. For the first time, ICCA is publishing country and city rankings by the estimated total number of participants in 2014, as part of its public abstract of the ICCA statistics report, aimed at international associations.
As in the city ranking by number of meetings, Paris is ranked first, with an estimated total of 130,516 participants visiting 214 association meetings in 2014, closely followed by Barcelona (fifth in the city ranking by number of meetings with 182 meetings in 2014, which means Barcelona hosts relatively large meetings) with 127,469 participants. Third in both the city ranking by number of meetings and by number of participants is Madrid, with 91,452 participants at 200 meetings. London (sixth in the ranking by number of meetings) is fourth in this ranking, and Vienna (second in the ranking by number of meetings) fifth, with 89,969 and 81,902 participants respectively.
The top five countries by estimated total number of participants is made up of the same countries as the ranking by number of meetings, but there are some position changes: USA is first in both rankings with 365,338 participants in 2014, Spain is one place higher in this ranking at the cost of Germany, which is third. France and UK switch places compared to the ranking by number of meetings and take fourth and fifth place respectively.
Click here to view the Top 10 city and country rankings by estimated total number of participants to all meetings organized in 2014, including number of meetings organized in 2014.
ICCA’s annual country and city rankings by number of meetings was published May 11. To be included, association meetings must be held on a regular basis, have at least 50 delegates, and rotate among at least three countries.