ICCA announces Top 20 cities and countries in 2014

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), the global expert in international association meetings, announces the top 20 cities and countries ranked by number of meeting organized in 2014.

Paris remains number one city with Vienna swapping places with Madrid and moving up from three to two, and Berlin and Barcelona swapping places at four and five respectively.

Rank	City	# Meetings in 2014
1	Paris	214
2	Vienna	202
3	Madrid	200
4	Berlin	193
5	Barcelona	182
6	London	166
7	Singapore	142
8	Amsterdam	133
9	Istanbul	130
10	Prague	118
11	Brussels	112
12	Lisbon	109
13	Copenhagen	105
14	Beijing	104
15	Seoul	99
16	Hong Kong	98
17	Budapest	97
	Rome	97
19	Stockholm	95
20	Taipei	92

The top five countries all remain in that top echelon, with USA retaining top ranking, Germany and Spain ranking two and three, whilst UK and France swap places into fourth and fifth place respectively.

Rank	Country	# Meetings in 2014
1	U.S.A.	831
2	Germany	659
3	Spain	578
4	United Kingdom	543
5	France	533
6	Italy	452
7	Japan	337
8	China-P.R.	332
9	Netherlands	307
10	Brazil	291
11	Austria	287
12	Canada	265
13	Australia	260
14	Sweden	238
15	Portugal	229
16	Switzerland	226
17	Republic of Korea	222
18	Argentina	191
19	Turkey	190
20	Belgium	187