Cvent announced its inaugural list of the top 25 cities for meetings and events in Europe according to meeting and event booking activity through the Cvent Supplier Network.
Featuring more than 234,000 hotels, resorts and special event venues, the Cvent Supplier Network is one of the world's largest databases of detailed venue information.
Competition between cities to attract meetings and events is incredibly fierce in Europe. 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:
- London, England
- Barcelona, Spain
- Paris, France
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Berlin, Germany
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Madrid, Spain
- Rome, Italy
- Brussels, Belgium
- Dublin, Ireland
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Vienna, Austria
- Munich, Germany
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Manchester, England
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Athens, Greece
- Budapest, Hungary
- Milan, Italy
- Hannover, Germany
- Birmingham, England
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Edinburgh, Scotland
Cvent evaluated more than 2,500 cities in Europe featured on the Cvent Supplier Network to 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:
- Unique Request for Proposals Received.
- Total Room Nights Requested in RFPs.
- Awarded Request for Proposals.
- Awarded Room Nights.
- Percentage of Qualified Meeting Venues.
- Number of Profile Views.
The Cvent Supplier Network contains listings of hotels and other venues in more than 175 countries that can be searched and filtered based on approximately 200 meetings and events attributes.
