ICCA rankings
Worldwide ranking: number
of meetings per city
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Data: ICCA Statistics Report
Country and City Rankings
– Public Abstract 2019
Rank City #Meetings
in 2019
Paris
Lisbon
Berlin
Barcelona
Madrid
Vienna
Singapore
London
Prague
Tokyo
Buenos Aires
Copenhagen
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190
176
156
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143
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swapping of one position took place
between China-P.R and Japan,
Portugal and Canada, Australia and
Republic of Korea, and Belgium and
Sweden.
Abstract analysis
That abstract offers more detail with
Barcelona topping the list for most
meetings participants for a second year
in a row with 157,000 delegates. In this
city list, Paris comes in second place,
followed by Madrid and then Lisbon.
The USA retains the country
rankings delegate numbers top spot
with 357,000 delegates hosted. Spain,
Germany, France and Italy make up
the top five, with Italy pushing out
Canada from fifth spot.
Key trends
In 2019, the average total expenditure
on all meetings in the ICCA
Association Database was almost
US$11bn - excluding spin-off
investments and economic
development.
The months September, October and
June are still the most popular choices
for the association sector.
Medical Science (17%), Technology
(15%) and Science (13%) are the three
most popular international association
meeting topics, the 2019 report
reveals.
Other trends to emerge from the
new ICCA report included Europe
holding the largest regional share of
meetings, hosting 53% of all
association meetings held in 2019.
Asia-Pacific follows, with a 23% slice.
When comparing the years 1963
and 2019, Europe and North America
collectively have lost almost a quarter
of their market share to the other
regions over that time. Asia has shown
the biggest increase (+16%).
ICCA continues to emphasise that its
annual report is a snapshot of just one
segment of the meetings industry,
focused on charting the growth of
international association meetings.
Only those meetings that meet ICCA’s
stringent assessment criteria - rotating
between at least three countries, have a
proven attendance of at least 50
participants, and are held on a regular
basis - are recorded within the global
association’s annual statistics. The full
ICCA statistics reports are available to
members in the ICCA Destination
Comparison Tool.
• ICCA has also created an ICCA
Recovery Kit to support members on
the road to recovery. The kit is
developed to highlight the most
important free benefits ICCA deems
most useful, as well as additional
opportunities that can help members
prepare for business post Covid-19.
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Bangkok
124
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Amsterdam
120
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Seoul
114
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Dublin
109
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Athens
107
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Rome
102
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Taipei
101
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Sydney
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