Rating of Saint Petersburg at the global congress market had rapidly grown

The rating of Saint Petersburg as the place for holding international forums and congresses has grown during a year by 33 points: the city has moved from the line 112 to 79.

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) annually publishes the list of the cities where the international congress events are held which meet the specific criteria. The event should be rotable, i.e. being held on a regular basis, at least in three different countries, and it should gather minimum 50 delegates.

Last year, 26 events of high international level satisfying the ICCA requirements have taken place in Saint Petersburg. As a result, the city took the 79th place in the list of the most popular destinations for holding congresses and conventions.

According to the experts, the fast growth of positions of the city is associated with the fact that many companies-members of the Association began proclaiming international events held in Saint Petersburg by own efforts, while in the other cities, the statistics were centrally gathered by the local congress-bureau. ExpoForum JSC is among the companies which have undertaken this function.

However, for the further promotion of Saint Petersburg as a large-scale business centre of international level and for increase of the interest of the leading players of the congress market, the city needs the modern infrastructure.  One of its most important elements will be the new convention and exhibition complex which construction is being implemented by ExpoForum JSC. We plan holding at least 3-5 large-scale events per year in the new convention and exhibition centre with the delegates number of 4 to 7 thousand" - said Sergey Voronkov, the Chief Executive Officer of ExpoForum JSC.

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Rating of Saint Petersburg at the global congress market had rapidly grown

The rating of Saint Petersburg as the place for holding international forums and congresses has grown during a year by 33 points: the city has moved from the line 112 to 79.

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) annually publishes the list of the cities where the international congress events are held which meet the specific criteria. The event should be rotable, i.e. being held on a regular basis, at least in three different countries, and it should gather minimum 50 delegates.

Last year, 26 events of high international level satisfying the ICCA requirements have taken place in Saint Petersburg. As a result, the city took the 79th place in the list of the most popular destinations for holding congresses and conventions.

According to the experts, the fast growth of positions of the city is associated with the fact that many companies-members of the Association began proclaiming international events held in Saint Petersburg by own efforts, while in the other cities, the statistics were centrally gathered by the local congress-bureau. ExpoForum JSC is among the companies which have undertaken this function.

However, for the further promotion of Saint Petersburg as a large-scale business centre of international level and for increase of the interest of the leading players of the congress market, the city needs the modern infrastructure.  One of its most important elements will be the new convention and exhibition complex which construction is being implemented by ExpoForum JSC. We plan holding at least 3-5 large-scale events per year in the new convention and exhibition centre with the delegates number of 4 to 7 thousand" - said Sergey Voronkov, the Chief Executive Officer of ExpoForum JSC.

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