{"id":877,"date":"2024-04-12T04:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T04:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"2024-04-12T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T04:50:09","slug":"icca-top-ten-cities-and-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/icca-top-ten-cities-and-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"ICCA Top Ten Cities and Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-661fb29359084\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-661fb29359084\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/icca-top-ten-cities-and-countries\/#Who_is_the_ICCA\" title=\"Who is the ICCA?\">Who is the ICCA?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/icca-top-ten-cities-and-countries\/#ICCA_Top_Cities\" title=\"ICCA Top Cities\">ICCA Top Cities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertheevent.com\/icca-top-ten-cities-and-countries\/#ICCA_Top_Countries\" title=\"ICCA Top Countries \">ICCA Top Countries <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>When it comes to planning a meeting or event, whenever possible we all want the top of everything. Top venue, top accommodations, top service companies and yes top city and country. The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) released its Top Rankings for cities and countries around the globe. Along with the top rankings the ICCA is reporting some meetings industry positive update. News that the associations market is growing in strength for another year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basing the rankings on events that took place. Events planned by international associations that alternate between a minimum of three countries and takes place on a regular basis. The ICCA research panel and members recognized that 11,685 association events took place between a minimum of three countries in. That shows a rise in meetings by 535 over the year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_ICCA\"><\/span>Who is the ICCA?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ICCA is a member based organization that supports and advocates for over 900 member service companies in over 90 countries internationally. ICCA members are professionals that specialize in accommodating, moving, and planning meetings and events. And the ICCA is dedicated to the international association meetings segment providing first rate business improvement prospects, the ultimate in information exchange and communication second to none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ICCA_Top_Cities\"><\/span>ICCA Top Cities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to the city rankings, some of the results were surprising while others not so much. This year Vienna is out and Paris is in. For the first time since 2005 Vienna has slipped from number one to number three. Paris, number two last year has landed in the top spot. And Madrid went from fourth spot to number two this year. Here are the top 10 cities in order of their rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paris \u2013 204 meetings<br>Madrid \u2013 186 meetings<br>Vienna \u2013 182 meetings<br>Barcelona \u2013 179 meetings<br>Berlin \u2013 178 meetings<br>Singapore \u2013 175 meetings<br>London \u2013 166 meetings<br>Istanbul \u2013 146 meetings<br>Lisbon \u2013 125 meetings<br>Seoul \u2013 125 meetings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: No cities in the USA ranked in ICCA\u2019s top ten cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ICCA_Top_Countries\"><\/span>ICCA Top Countries <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This time all the countries included in the top ten country rankings round-up are exactly the same as the year before. Only this time they aren\u2019t exactly in the same order. First, second and third place remain the same, USA, Germany and Spain. A switcheroo happened in the next couple of rankings. France is now in spot number four with the United Kingdom following in the five spot. Here are the top 10 countries in order of their rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USA \u2013 829 meetings<br>Germany \u2013 722 meetings<br>Spain \u2013 562 meetings<br>France \u2013 527 meetings<br>United Kingdom \u2013 525 meetings<br>Italy \u2013 447 meetings<br>Japan \u2013 342 meetings<br>China \u2013 340 meetings<br>Brazil \u2013 315 meetings<br>Netherlands \u2013 302 meetings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICCA makes it crystal clear. Their results are intended to be used as a means to aid associations in pinpointing possible new meeting destinations. For more about the ICCA and all the information and rankings, please click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201130082431\/http:\/\/www.iccaworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to planning a meeting or event, whenever possible we all want the top of everything. 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