Congresses: Vienna Leads the Ranking

Lifestyle & Travel ♦ Published: September 24, 2012; 18:46 ♦ (Vindobona)

Regarding the number of congresses, Vienna still ranks first as event location. The outlook is promising.

Congresses: Vienna Leads the Ranking / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In total, 13,348 events (congresses, conferences and seminars) were held in Vienna last year. The number of participates reached 1.3 million. Most congresses are rather small. In 45% of all cases, the number of participants was below 100. Only 2% of the events recorded more than 1,000 participants. On average, congress guests stay in Vienna for 4.6 days. This is substantially longer…