Conference & Meetings World Issue 101 — July / August | Page 26

ICCA rankings
ICCA rankings: Paris reclaims
top city spot; US still No.1 country
aris has returned to the top
of the latest ICCA City
Rankings with the USA
continuing to top the
Country Rankings. The French capital
previously held the top city spot in 2016,
and now returns in the newly released
rankings covering 2018 to claim first
place.
The ICCA’s 2018 Country and City
Rankings also mark another successful
year for the association meetings market,
with the global meetings industry trade
association capturing a total of 12,937
rotating association meetings taking place
in 2018. The figure represents an increase
of 379 meetings compared to the number
recorded in 2017. It is the highest annual
figure ICCA has recorded in its yearly
statistics.
In the City Rankings, Paris showed a
clean pair of heals to second place Vienna,
recording 40 more meetings. In 2017,
Paris and Vienna held joint second place,
with 190 meetings each.
Last year’s number one city Barcelona
falls to fourth place this time, with Madrid
entering the top five for the first time
since 2015, in third place. Berlin falls to
fifth place from fourth in 2017.
Remaining in the top 10, London,
Singapore and Prague drop to seventh,
eighth and ninth place respectively, and
Lisbon climbs three positions to hold
sixth place.
Bangkok rises seven places from 17th to
10th, knocking Seoul out of the top 10.
Seoul falls to 15th place, surpassed by
top 20 risers and joint position holders
Amsterdam and Tokyo, which jump from
16th to 13th place and 18th to 13th place
respectively.
Buenos Aires stays firmly in 11th place
and Hong Kong rises to 12th. Dublin
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USA remains unchallenged
The USA continues to dominate the
Country Rankings, unchallenged for
over two decades. Germany remains in
second place and 2017’s number three,
the UK, drops to fifth place, overtaken by
Spain, which rises to third. After exiting
the top five last year, France re-enters in
2018 in fourth place. Italy replaces
France in sixth place, and Japan and China-P.R. remain in seventh and eighth
place for another year. The Netherlands
and Canada swap positions, coming in at
ninth and 10th respectively.
Portugal remains in 11th place and
Republic of Korea climbs one position to
12th.
Brazil and Poland fall one place to 17th
and 19th respectively, and Switzerland
drops to 20th place, while Australia and
Sweden climb to 13th and 14th. Austria
remains in the top 20 but falls four places
to 16th. Newcomer Argentina regains its
position in the top 20 after falling to 21st
place in 2017, knocking Denmark from
20th to 22nd place.
Table 1: Top 20 city ranking by number of Table 2: Top 20 country rankings by number
meetings organised in 2018 of meetings organised in 2018
drops four places to 18th, and Stockholm
holds 19th place for another year.
Montréal and Rome drop out of the top
20, and newcomers Brussels and Taipei
enter in 17th and 20th place.
Rank City Meetings Rank Country Meetings
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 Paris
Vienna
Madrid
Barcelona
Berlin
Lisbon
London
Singapore
Prague
Bangkok
Buenos Aires
Hong Kong
Amsterdam
Tokyo
Seoul
Copenhagen
Brussels
Dublin
Stockholm
Budapest
Taipei 212
172
165
163
162
152
150
145
136
135
133
129
123
123
122
120
112
104
103
100
100 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 USA
Germany
Spain
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Japan
China-P.R.
Netherlands
Canada
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Australia
Sweden
Belgium
Austria
Brazil
Argentina
Poland
Switzerland 947
642
595
579
574
522
492
449
355
315
306
273
265
257
252
240
233
234
211
208
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ISSUE 101
“The
12,937
rotating
association
meetings
captured
by ICCA
statistics in
2018 was
a record
high
figure”.