Vienna as a Congress City Takes Second Place Worldwide

Lifestyle & Travel ♦ Published: September 11, 2015; 18:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria's capital city, Vienna, has once again confirmed its standing as one of the world's most popular congress cities in 2014. In the 2014 ranking of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) Vienna took second place with 202 international congresses, thereby climbing one place against 2013. Paris (with 214) was at the top of the ranking.

Vienna as a Congress City Takes Second Place Worldwide / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The following cities in the ranking were Madrid (200), Berlin (193), Barcelona (182), London (166), Singapore (142), Amsterdam (133), Istanbul (130) and Prague (118).

Congresses, corporate conferences and incentives are an important part of the Vienna tourism business.

The exceptional congress infrastructure, the high service standards of the congress service industry…