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Globally, around 60% of meetings happen with less than 500 delegates |
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Only 8% meetings happen in 5 star hotels |
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Close to a 49% choose a Convention Centre |
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1% of the total world population is employed in MICE |
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Luxemburg is the safest city in the world. Singapore stands at number two |
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Lisbon is the favorite when it comes to top city by number of International meetings followed by Vienna and Stockholm (Source: ICCA) |
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Germany is the most preferred country when it comes to top country by number of International meetings, followed by Japan and UK (Source: ICCA) |
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Europe gets the largest share of MICE, 60% (Source: ICCA) |
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Medical meetings are reducing globally, from 5-6 mega conferences a year, to about 3-4 Increasing reluctance to travel, more specifically long haul and technology is dramatically helping it |
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Globally 699 million people roamed the world as tourists in 2000 that resulted in revenues of USD 595 billion, around 692 million traveled in 2001 (remember 9/11). By 2020, this figure would rise to 1,500 million and earnings will cross USD 2000 billion (Source: ETIG, Tourism in India, December, 2003) |
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More than 60% of tourists choose a destination based on the good experience of someone they know |
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Highest spending tourists come from North America and far East |
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Europe gets the largest share of foreign tourists, 59% |
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Australians prefer a destination with 6-7 hours of flight time |
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