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Press releases - 2012

On this page you can find all our press releases from the year 2012.

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Vienna Number One world-wide in congresses – city honors organizers (5/16/2012)
For the seventh time in succession, Vienna has topped the world-wide rankings as a destination for international congresses. The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) published its 2011 congress statistics almost simultaneously with a ceremony held at the City Hall by the City of Vienna to honor Vienna's 2011 congress organizers. This produced an unexpected bombshell during the celebrations.
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Successful acquisition of two medical congresses for Vienna (4/18/2012)
The congress city of Vienna has once again come out on top in the face of strong competition: the European Academy of Childhood Disability will hold the 26th EACD annual meeting in Vienna in 2014, and the European Paediatric Neurology Society will come to the Austrian capital for the 11th EPNS Congress 2015.
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2011 Vienna Convention Review: Events and bednights up, record turnover (3/27/2012)
At a press conference on Monday, March 19, 2012, Vice-Mayor Renate Brauner, Director of Tourism Norbert Kettner and the Director of the Vienna Tourist Board's Vienna Convention Bureau, Christian Mutschlechner presented the results of Vienna's 2011 Meeting Industry Statistics. All key indicators were up: the number of congresses and corporate events by 7% compared to 2010, with bednights generated increasing by 6%, and national value-added growing by 9% to reach a new record level. This year the Vienna Tourist Board's Vienna Convention Bureau became an authorized certification agency for "Green Meetings" and already has its congress calendar for 2012 crammed full.
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Vienna Convention Bureau to certify Green Meetings (2/3/2012)
The Vienna Convention Bureau supports sustainable action and environmentally friendly conference tourism.

As a licensee of the Austrian EcoLogo, it is now authorized not only to assist conferences in matters relating to environmental impact, but also to certify them as "Green Meetings".
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