Florence advances in 2013 ICCA ranking

FLORENCE, ITALY – ICCA, the main International Congress and Convention Association of the meeting industry, published the “2013 ICCA Country & city rankings”, a classification that measure the conference activities of cities and countries around the world.

The ranking, referring to data collected in 2013 and sent from convention bureaux and conference centers members of ICCA, considers the international conferences with more than 50 participants and are subject to the principle of rotation of the destinations from at least 3 different countries.

Excellent results for Florence which advances dramatically in the world ranking moving from 111th position in 2012 with 20 international conferences to 51st position in 2013 with 46 international conferences, doubling the previous year. In the ICCA city rankings Florence is 26th. In the pole positition we find Paris, followed by Vienna and Madrid.

This is a very positive trend that indicates the commitment and potentialities of our city as a conference destination. “It ‘s an amazing result and an important recognition at the international level.” Carlotta Ferrari, director of the Florence Convention Bureau, said.”We climbed the ICCA City Ranking of 60 positions in a single year and this once again confirms that the excellent team work together to Firenze Fiera is taking us in the right direction”.