Although the USA and Germany are the number one and two countries respectively for the number of international meetings organized in 2008, Paris and Vienna were the most popular cities, according to information from ICCA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The ranking is based on a snapshot of qualifying events in the ICCA Association Database, including 7,475 events that took place during 2008.

So where are the most popular business travel cities and countries?

Rank Country # Meetings Rank City # Meetings
1 U.S.A. 507   1 Paris 139
2 Germany 402     Vienna 139
3 Spain 347   3 Barcelona 136
4 France 334   4 Singapore 118
5 United Kingdom 322   5 Berlin 100
6 Italy 296   6 Budapest 95
7 Brazil 254   7 Amsterdam 89
8 Japan 247   8 Stockholm 87
9 Canada 231   9 Seoul 84
10 Netherlands 227   10 Lisbon 83
11 China-P.R. 223   11 Copenhagen 82
12 Austria 196   12 Sao Paulo 75
13 Switzerland 194   13 Prague 74
14 Australia 182   14 Beijing 73
15 Portugal 177   15 Athens 72
16 Republic of Korea 169     Buenos Aires 72
17 Sweden 163     Istanbul 72
18 Finland 142   18 Bangkok 71
19 Greece 123   19 London 68
20 Belgium 122     Tokyo 68

ICCA is one of the most prominent organizations for international meetings with approximately 850 supplier members in more than 80 countries.

Originally Published May 19, 2009