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 […]
September 19, 2018

The Theatre of Terror

Time after time, in every city and continent “The Theatre of Terror” looks for stages to perform their acts: blood, panic, ambulance wailing, media cameras, fear, […]
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 12, 2016

European cities to discuss controversies of the Sharing Economy

European Cities Marketing sets out to explore the impact of the sharing economy on city tourism during its annual meeting. The so-called sharing economy or connected […]
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, […]
May 4, 2016

European Commission awarded accessible tourism in Ljubljana

Ljubljana continues to receive awards for its sustainable practices. The latest one was granted today by the European Commission in scope of ETIS and Accessible Tourism […]
May 2, 2016

Turkey claims 7% growth in hotel booking despite turbulent year

With tourism in Turkey on the low, the hotel booking  site BookLogic records claims a seven percent growth in Average Daily Rate (ADR) and an increase […]
April 28, 2016

Dubrovnik Tourist Board’s latest promo film won 3rd place in New York

This is the second award for the film “Dubrovnik and Time” video after taking second place at the film festival “Das Goldene Stadttor” at the world’s […]
April 15, 2016

Budapest launches 2024 Olympic bid

Yesterday, the city of Budapest officially launched its bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024. The timing is appropriate, as this week Hungary […]