In ICCA’s annual statistics publications for the year 2021, a total number of 7,908 association meetings were represented, of which more than 90% were affected by COVID in some form or other. This prompted a change in our methodology with regards to collating our annual rankings, which resulted in the Destination Performance Index. 

However, a preliminary look at the 2022 data shows that the percentage of COVID-affected meetings has decreased dramatically, resulting in an almost complete reversal of this scenario. With up to 90% of the current 2022 meetings being in-person again, we are reverting to normality. For the coming year, the ICCA Country - and City - rankings are back

In addition to the Country - and City - rankings, we will also be publishing the 2022 Destination Comparison Tool, and the ICCA Statistical Study Report, to provide a more in-depth analysis of the association meetings industry.? 

Tell us what happened to your Events!

We would like you to provide information of the 2022 events that were confirmed for your destination/venue. We also kindly request you share the attendance numbers for your events. Your contribution to our findings is invaluable. 

Submission deadline: 14 February 2023

See the submission guidelines

Please send your submissions to Kavitha Pragalathan, Manager Research and Market Analytics at kavitha.p@iccaworld.org.

Feel free to submit your data in any format you have started collating. A sample template can be found here. Please refer to ICCA meeting submission guidelines for more information on our criteria.  

We encourage you to start submitting ASAP. Submitting earlier gives our colleagues in the ICCA Research team sufficient time to reach out to you should we need any additional information.