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Association Meetings Up, Attendees Down

SmartMeetings

There were more international association meetings than ever last year, but on average the meetings had fewer participants, reports the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Italy, Spain and Japan follow next in the rankings. city was in the top 10 in this category.

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ICCA Names Top 20 Association Meeting Cities

SmartMeetings

With 934 meetings in 2016, the United States once again ranked first. It has far and away the world’s highest number of international association meetings; second-place Germany had 689 meetings in 2016. Association Meetings Hit New Highs. Netherlands. Republic of Korea. Switzerland.

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Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower

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tops the 2021 country rankings, with the UK, France, Germany and Italy rounding out the top five list. The report also looks at the correlation between a destination’s intellectual capital and the number of international association meetings hosted.

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ICCA Top Ten Cities and Countries

Master the Event

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.

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Focus on Collaboration Helps Event Company Through Pandemic Times

PCMA Convene

With several hundred employees from more than 25 countries working out of 16 offices around the world, of course Milan, Italy–based AIM Group has a structure and processes in place in order to organize several thousand events per year among 400 clients. We offer different services, each with a dedicated team, all siloed in a way. “We

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How—and Where—to Pair Wine and Business in California

Smart Meetings

The region has since become synonymous with world-class vintages, and an entire lifestyle—and associated meeting spaces—have grown to support the $57.6 At 11 feet tall and nearly 1,000 gallons, the casks honor the tradition of gracefully aging fine wines with the same centuries-old techniques used in France and Italy.

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How to Hold a Successful Spin-Off Conference

PCMA Convene

Late last year, the association launched its own small and more targeted conference for its medical and scientific community by working closely with its members — and with its host destination to leverage its knowledge assets. The idea for the specialized event came after the 2016 ESTRO congress, which was held April 29–May 3 in Turin, Italy.