Vancouver top MICE destination for North America

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), has ranked Vancouver as North America's top destination for international meetings ICCA ranks cities based on the number of international meetings hosted in the previous year. Vancouver hosted 50 meetings in 2006, placing it 24th internationally, well ahead of Toronto, San Francisco, New York City and Seattle. The next best ranked North American cities were Boston and Montreal, which tied for an international ranking of 44.
"This is great news for Vancouver," said Richard Yore, director of sales, meetings and conventions for Tourism Vancouver. Tourism Vancouver has been actively soliciting international associations business in recent years through a “Be a Host” program. "This in one of the most important initiatives we invest in each year" said Yore. "We research, identify and support local community members in bringing their association's international conference to Vancouver."
In 2006, the meetings and conventions industry contributed around CAD577 million in spending to the Vancouver economy.

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