The US has retained its crown in ICCA’s 2016 top 10 country rankings while Paris has succeeding in taking over Berlin’s spot as the most popular city for international association meetings.
Top 20 country ranking by number of meetings organised in 2016
The US hosted 934 meetings in 2016, holding nine more meetings than in 2015. Germany and the UK remain in second and third positions respectively, while France and Spain have swapped places to fourth and fifth respectively.
Italy and Japan have also managed to stay put in sixth and seventh spot, however the latter now shares its seat with China, which has improved by one place.
The Netherlands drops from shared eighth to ninth. In the 10th position, newcomer Portugal (12th in 2015) shares the spot with Canada, whose position is unchanged.
Top 20 city ranking by number of meetings organised in 2016
Meanwhile, ICCA’s researchers have placed Paris in top spot in the 2016 city rankings, for hosting 196 qualified meetings in 2016. The French capital was number one in 2014.
2015’s champion Berlin has fallen from first to fourth place, while Vienna has climbed two places to second. Barcelona and London remain third and fifth respectively. Newcomer Amsterdam (12th in 2015) shares seventh spot with Madrid, and Lisbon has held on to her ninth position.
Asian winners Singapore has jumped from seventh to sixth, while Seoul has crossed into the top 10 chart from 13th to 10th.
Along with the latest chart toppers, ICCA has reported 136 more international association meetings being held in 2016, with a total of 12,212 events on record.
Statistics also revealed that the number of association meetings had doubled this decade, from under 6,000 in 2006 to over 12,000 in 2016.
