New Members
15 September 2008
ICCA welcomes 18 new members this month! Get to know them better by visiting their websites.
AUSTRALIA
Global Research and Intelligence Network
Meetings Support
Address: P.O. Box 8533, Perth Business Centre
AU-6849 Perth, WA
Phone: 61-403-430004
Fax: 61-8-92254462
Contact: Mr. Scott Campbell
Executive Director
BELGIUM
SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre
Venues
Address: Rue du Musee 8
BE-1000 Brussels
Phone: 32-2-5151300
Fax: 32-2-5151310
Contact: Mr. Paul Koot
Sales Manager
CANADA
Tourism Calgary
Destination Marketing
Address: #200, 238 11 Avenue SE
CA- Calgary, Alberta T2G 0X8
Phone: 1-403-7502357
Fax: 1-403-2623809
Contact: Mrs. Pamela Darragh
Manager Int’l Meetings & Conventions
CHINESE TAIPEI
K&A International Company Limited
Meetings Management
Address: 7F., No. 249, Sec. 1 Fuxing S . Rd.
TW- Taipei 10666
Phone: 886-2-27018768
Fax: 886-2-27022025
Contact: Ms. Kitty Wong
President
COLOMBIA
Centre of Events “Valle del Pacifico”
Venues
Address: Calle 15 No. 26 – 120
CO- Yumbo
Phone: 572-6411000
Fax: 572-6411000
Contact: Mrs. Ana Teresa Segura Naranjo
General Manager
CROATIA
Maistra Ltd.
Meetings Management
Address: Obala V. Nazora 6
HR- Rovinj
Phone: 385-52-800390
Fax: 385-52-819497
Contact: Ms. Vesna Korda
Market Development Manager
FINLAND
Hotel Haikko Manor
Venues
Address: Haikkoontie 114
FI-06400 Porvoo
Phone: 358-19-57601
Fax: 358-19-5760799
Contact: Mr. Kai Mattsson
Deputy Managing Director
GERMANY
Cologne Convention Bureau
Destination Marketing
Address: Kardinal-Hoeffner-Platz 1
DE-50667 Cologne
Fax: 49-221-22123311
Contact: Mrs. Stephanie Franke
Head of Cologne Convention Bureau
GERMANY
KoelnKongress – Congress-Centrum Koelnmesse
Venues
Address: Messeplatz 1
DE-50679 Cologne
Phone: 49-221-8212121
Fax: 49-221-8213430
Contact: Mr. Ralf Nuesser
Manager Congress-Centrum Koelnmesse
GREECE
Minoa Palace Resort & Spa Hotel
Venues
Address: Platanias
GR-73014 Chania, Crete
Phone: 30-28210 36500
Fax: 30-28210 36555
Contact: Mrs. Despina Patsouraki
Conference Supervisor
NORWAY
Brunstad Conference Centre AS
Venues
Address: Post Box 101
NO-3168 Melsomvik
Phone: 47-33002000
Fax: 47-33002001
Contact: Mr. Ole-Georg Nilsen
Sales & Marketing Manager
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Korea Convention Services Ltd. (KoConex)
Meetings Management
Address: Suite 520 G-five Central Plaza 1685-8
Seocho-dong; Seocho-gu
KR-137-070 Seoul
Phone: 82-2-34767700
Fax: 82-2-34768800
Contact: Mr. Jae Wook Chung
Executive Director
SERBIA
Tourist Organisation of Belgrade
Destination Marketing
Address: Masarikova 5 / IX
RS-11000 Belgrade
Phone: 381-11-3061400
Fax: 381-11-3061414
Contact: Ms. Dragana Babovic
Convention Department
SWEDEN
Lulea Convention Bureau
Destination Marketing
Address: Storgatan 30
SE- 972 32 Lulea
Phone: 46-920-221332
Fax: 46-920-454959
Contact: Mr. Martin Theorin
Project Manager
SWEDEN
Örebro Convention Bureau
Destination Marketing
Address: Box 32800
SE-701 35 Örebro
Phone: 46-19-244400
Fax: 46-19-213300
Contact: Mrs. Pernilla Körberg-Törnqvist
Manager
TURKEY
Consys Communication AV
Meetings Support
Address: Istinye Mahallesi Bogazici Caddesi No: 57 Istinye
TR-34460 Istanbul
Phone: 90-212-2314464
Fax: 90-212-2466241
Contact: Mr. Mikail Basoglu
Vice President
UNITED KINGDOM
Hanover Square Properties Limited T / A H2 Events
Meetings Management
Address: 6The Vents Suite, Bryant House, 1-63 Wellington Road North
GB- Stockport, Cheshire SK4 1HS
Phone: 44-161-4779877
Fax: 44-161-4778222
Contact: Mrs. Susan Harrison
CEO
USA
Visit Charlotte
Destination Marketing
Address: 500 S. College St.
US- Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: 1-704-3312719
Fax: 1- 704-3312758
Contact: Mr. Jeffrey Hewitt
Senior Director Sales
ICCA publishes country and city rankings 2008
U.S.A. stays top country and Paris and Vienna share number one city destination
18 May 2009
The ICCA rankings cover meetings organised by international associations which take place on a regular basis and which rotate between a minimum of three countries. The data represents a "snapshot" of qualifying events in the ICCA Association Database as sampled on 12 May 2009. ICCA's Association Database is designed as a sales and marketing resource for its members to target future international association meetings, which is why it does not include one-off events or those which do not move between locations.
This year the ICCA Data researchers have identified 7,475 events which took place in 2008, a rise of approximately 800 over 2007. Partly this reflects the strength of the market, partly it is thanks to a record number of ICCA members sending us their calendar information to help identify new events.
Table 1: ICCA country and city ranking measured by number of meetings organised in 2008
|
Rank
|
Country
|
# Meetings
|
|
Rank
|
City
|
# Meetings
|
|
1
|
U.S.A.
|
507
|
|
1
|
Paris
|
139
|
|
2
|
Germany
|
402
|
|
|
Vienna
|
139
|
|
3
|
Spain
|
347
|
|
3
|
Barcelona
|
136
|
|
4
|
France
|
334
|
|
4
|
Singapore
|
118
|
|
5
|
United Kingdom
|
322
|
|
5
|
Berlin
|
100
|
|
6
|
Italy
|
296
|
|
6
|
Budapest
|
95
|
|
7
|
Brazil
|
254
|
|
7
|
Amsterdam
|
89
|
|
8
|
Japan
|
247
|
|
8
|
Stockholm
|
87
|
|
9
|
Canada
|
231
|
|
9
|
Seoul
|
84
|
|
10
|
Netherlands
|
227
|
|
10
|
Lisbon
|
83
|
|
11
|
China-P.R.
|
223
|
|
11
|
Copenhagen
|
82
|
|
12
|
Austria
|
196
|
|
12
|
Sao Paulo
|
75
|
|
13
|
Switzerland
|
194
|
|
13
|
Prague
|
74
|
|
14
|
Australia
|
182
|
|
14
|
Beijing
|
73
|
|
15
|
Portugal
|
177
|
|
15
|
Athens
|
72
|
|
16
|
Republic of Korea
|
169
|
|
|
Buenos Aires
|
72
|
|
17
|
Sweden
|
163
|
|
|
Istanbul
|
72
|
|
18
|
Finland
|
142
|
|
18
|
Bangkok
|
71
|
|
19
|
Greece
|
123
|
|
19
|
London
|
68
|
|
20
|
Belgium
|
122
|
|
|
Tokyo
|
68
|
As has been the case since 2004, U.S.A. and Germany are the number one and two countries measured by the number of international meetings organised in 2008. The numbers 3 and 4: Spain and France had a considerable increase by amount of meetings compared to 2007: 40 and 79 respectively. United Kingdom also had an increase of 40 in the amount of meetings, but drops from 4th place in 2007 to 5th in 2008. The Netherlands is a newcomer in the top 10 at the cost of Austria.
For the first time in three years, Vienna shares the top with Paris as the most popular city. Barcelona on third place had an increase of 30 meetings over 2007. Remarkable newcomers in the top 20 are Athens, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. Stockholm and Seoul both climb in the rankings to 8th and 9th position respectively.
ICCA is now working on the details behind these headline results. The full ICCA statistics report for 2008 will be released early June. The 10 Year statistics report covering 1999-2008 will be published late July.
The ICCA statistics reports will be freely available online to ICCA members. “The International Association Meetings Market 2008” will also be sent to over 3,000 association meeting planners all over the world. ICCA encourages associations to use the statistics as a practical way to identify potential new destinations for their events.
Enquiries to:
Mathijs Vleeming
Marketing Project Manager
ICCA, International Congress and Convention Association
Toren A
De Entree 57
1101 BH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 398 1962
Fax: +31 20 699 0781
Email: mathijs@icca.nl
Website: http://www.iccaworld.com
