Cvent Announces 2015 Top 25 Meeting Destinations in Europe

According to meeting and event booking activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, the company announced its first annual list of the Top 25 Meetings Destination cities in Europe today. Featuring more than 234,000 hotels, resorts and special event venues, the Cvent Supplier Network is one of the world’s largest and most accurate databases of detailed venue information. Cvent sourced more than $8 billion in meetings and events through its marketplace in 2014.

Competition between cities to attract meetings and events is incredibly fierce in Europe and London, Barcelona and Paris hold the top three spots on Cvent’s list.

Cvent’s analysis of sourcing activity identified significant competition between European countries, and increasingly within countries where smaller markets are investing to lure events away from major cities.

The top 25 European cities for 2015 are:

1	London, England	14	Munich, Germany
2	Barcelona, Spain	15	Copenhagen, Denmark
3	Paris, France	16	Lisbon, Portugal
4	Amsterdam, Netherlands	17	Manchester, England
5	Berlin, Germany	18	Stockholm, Sweden
6	Frankfurt, Germany	19	Athens, Greece
7	Madrid, Spain	20	Budapest, Hungary
8	Rome, Italy	21	Milan, Italy
9	Brussels, Belgium	22	Hannover, Germany
10	Dublin, Ireland	23	Birmingham, England
11	Prague, Czech Republic	24	Zurich, Switzerland
12	Istanbul, Turkey	25	Edinburgh, Scotland
13	Vienna, Austria

“Destinations and venues are working in tandem to be more attractive to event organizers to retain and grow group business which is an important economic driver, and for venues often generates more profitable revenue,” said David Chalmers, European marketing director at Cvent. “The strength of cities like Istanbul on the periphery of the EU and Athens in economically-challenged Greece highlight the rivalry between countries. Manchester and Birmingham are excellent examples of up-and-coming cities challenging their major domestic market.”

Cvent evaluated more than 2,500 cities in Europe featured on theCvent Supplier Networkto compile the first annual list. Activity was tracked from July 2014 to June 2015 and the ranking was then determined by a set of qualifying criteria consisting of: