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ICCA Names Top 20 Association Meeting Cities

SmartMeetings

Top Meeting Countries. On the other hand, ICCA’s top 10 meeting countries did not change much. 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.

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China Exerts More Control Over Foreign-Based Associations

PCMA Convene

Activities of a temporary nature — such as meetings and events — are to be registered with Chinese partner entities that agree to serve as sponsors. based associations will rethink their activities in China. My current understanding is that foreign associations that have no presence in China will need to find a local partner.