Vienna as a congress location once again placed in the top ranks of the recently published statistics

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Vienna as a congress location once again placed in the top ranks of the recently published statistics of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) in 2016, and was ranked second in the world.

With 186 relevant events, Vienna was rated behind Paris (196) but ahead of Barcelona (181). Berlin (176) was rated 4^th in the ICCA ranking followed by London (153) and Singapore (151), whereas Amsterdam and Madrid (144 each) were rated 7^th, followed by Lisbon (138) and Seoul (137) which came in 9^th and 10^th respectively.  

In a country comparison, Austria also improved in the past year, and was ranked 12^th in the world with 268 congresses and conventions. The USA (934) came in first, followed by Germany (689) and Great Britain (582).