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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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Denzil Rankine: ‘We Have an Extraordinary Journey in This Industry’

PCMA Convene

What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? If you look at venue occupancy, you will see some high points — Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Las Vegas. So we will get to that point — the sooner the better. Do you see resistance to this new model? And I’ve mentioned this.