Athens ranked 19th in the first annual list of the Top 25 Meetings Destination cities in Europe according to meeting and event booking activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, the company announced.
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.
Fierce competition
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.
The company’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
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