December 2, 2020

Reports on bednights and meetings in 2019: a compelling evidence of the economic significance of European city tourism

European Cities Marketing launched the ECM Benchmarking Report and the ECM Meetings Statistics Report with results from the year 2019 respectively on Bednights and Meetings in […]
October 13, 2020

Attractions’ visitation on the rise this summer. September showing a rebound of satisfaction. Sentiment on Sanitary Safety remains positive overall.

European Cities Marketing (ECM) and TCI Research partner to monitor the COVID-19 city tourism rebound with the TRAVELSAT© Cities’ Heartbeat Dashboard. This partnership promotes and delivers […]
July 4, 2019

European Cities Marketing Benchmarking Report 2019 shows continuous growth of European city tourism

The ECM Benchmarking Report determined that European cities continued their development in 2018 with an average growth rate 4.2% increase in total bednights compared to 2017. […]
June 3, 2016

Long haul travels in 1st quarter 2016: high resilience of Europe despite terrorist attacks

The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer* produced by European Cities Marketing and ForwardKeys reveal that in Q1 2016, International trips were down by […]
May 9, 2016

International visitor number rises to 1.2 billion in 2015: UNWTO

Rising rapidly against all odds, international tourism once again proved to be the fastest growing industry. According to United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) latest report, […]
April 25, 2016

IMEX Group Sharing economy survey reveals differing views among meetings industry around the world

• 35 per cent of meetings professionals would not use a sharing economy service for business • Uncertain quality and safety were found to be the major reasons […]
April 7, 2016

Business travel is resilient despite attacks in Brussels shows GBTA

More than 72 percent of global travel buyers report that their company has a risk management plan in place, according to a poll conducted by the […]
April 4, 2016

Europe hotel industry reports positive figures for February 2016

The European hotel industry recorded positive results in the three key performance metrics when reported in euro constant currency, according to February 2016 data from STR. Read […]
March 16, 2016

Record €23.7 billion spent on hotels in Europe in 2015 as transactions reach highest level ever

In 2015, European hotel transaction volume totalled €23.7 billion, a record level and an increase of 66% on the previous year, according to the annual European Hotel […]